On December 25, 2024, the Wonju branch of the Chuncheon District Court sentenced the mother of beautiful actress Han So Hee , Mrs. Shin, to one year in prison with two years of probation, as well as 120 hours of community service for operating an illegal gambling establishment.
Although she had previously been fined for a similar offense in 2021, Mrs. Shin continued to operate seven gambling establishments between January 2022 and August 2023 in several cities such as Wonju, Ulsan, and Gyeongju.
These gambling establishments allowed customers to participate in online gambling games such as baccarat, often in collaboration with game room operators. The court noted that the financial benefits from his operations were significant but took into account his lack of prior criminal record and time served in pretrial detention when imposing a conditional sentence.
However, prosecutors have appealed, arguing that the sentence was too lenient. This is not the first controversy involving Ms. Shin. In 2020, she was accused of embezzling funds from a personal savings group, sparking a debt scandal.
So Hee explained at the time, "My parents divorced when I was five years old, and I was raised by my grandmother. As her child, I paid off her debts as much as I could before debuting." In 2021, Ms. Shin was fined 5 million won for violating the Game Industry Promotion Act.
In 2022, Ms. Shin faced a lawsuit for failing to repay the 85 million won she borrowed in 2018 using a bank account under So Hee's name without her daughter's knowledge. So Hee's agency, 9ato Entertainment, expressed their regret over the situation, emphasizing that the matter was entirely personal and unrelated to the actress, who learned about it from news reports.
This news certainly shocked the public. Until this article was released, there had been no statement from So Hee. Seeing Mrs. Shin's condition which was so sad because she was involved in a legal case, many fans and netizens were worried about So Hee's condition.
They asked how the actress would feel if she found out about the news, even though the relationship between mother and daughter was known to be bad. Because, when her mother was arrested last September 2024, So Hee revealed through her agency that she was devastated to hear the news.
"The things that were reported yesterday (September 2, 2024) regarding Han So Hee's mother were personal actions taken by her mother. Han So Hee herself found out about this through the news and was at a loss for words to describe her devastated feelings," the agency explained.
The agency also emphasized that Mrs. Shin's crime was completely unrelated to So Hee. "We would like to reiterate that this incident is completely unrelated to the actress and was an independent act by her mother," they continued. A day before the verdict, So Hee shared her latest upload on Instagram. The actress shared a message to welcome Christmas and the coming year 2025.
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