[Exclusive]My brother's case closed for five years..Park Soo-hong, "Thank you for your concern.."It's a disaster" [a direct interview]

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"Thank you for your concern."

Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, a voice that looked cautious and pitiful was delivered. Broadcaster Park Soo-hong had a brief feeling after completing a five-year-long lawsuit with his brother and wife.

In a phone call with Star News on the 26th, Park Soo-hong said, "Thank you for watching and telling me with interest over the years." "I'm not good enough, but it's terrible for me to say something," he said, adding, "I'm sorry I couldn't tell you for a long time (about my family)."

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court's First Division (F) said, "We reject the defendant's appeal" in an appeal against Park Soo-hong's brother, Park Soo-hong, and his brother-in-law, Lee, who were accused of violating the law on aggravated punishment for specific economic crimes.

As a result, the sentence of the second trial was maintained, and Park's three-and-a-half years in prison and Lee's guilty and suspended sentence were also confirmed.

The embezzlement lawsuit surrounding Park Soo-hong's brother and his wife began on March 29, 2021, in a revealing comment, and Park Soo-hong came to the surface by expressing his position himself. In addition to the shocking suspicion of embezzlement of 10 billion won in performance fees, the controversy over his father's verbal abuse, his brother-in-law Lee's Kakao Talk slander, and his brother's lawyer's "Press Play Flame" increased the repercussion.

Since then, Park has continued her legal battle against her family for about four years, from 2022 to the Supreme Court's judgment.

Park Soo-hong attended both the first trial and the appeal trial as a witness and complained of damage.

"I felt sorry to see them use my assets freely because it was a family company," he said. "Even if they calculated that they collected the salary and dividends they received over the past four years without spending a won in real estate worth 4.3 billion won acquired by their brother and wife between 2014 and 2017, they are 2 billion won short."

Park Soo-hong also said, "I was told by my brother and wife that 'financial technology for you'. There was no real estate in my name until the partnership was terminated. "Everyone only has real estate that they share 50% of," he said. "It is absolutely not possible for other people to (take care of) profits as collateral for one person's sacrifice, even if it is a family. This should not happen again, he stressed.

Prosecutors judged that Park and his wife arbitrarily spent a total of 6.17 billion won, including △ false accounting for labor costs 1.9 billion won △ 1.17 billion won for agencies for real estate purchases △ 90 million won for unauthorized use of funds from other agencies △ 90 million won for unauthorized use of credit cards from agencies △ 2.9 billion won for unauthorized withdrawal from Park Soo-hong's account.

The prosecution initially considered the amount of embezzlement to be about 2.1 billion won at the time of the request for an arrest warrant, but determined that it was worth 4.1 billion won more through additional investigation. However, in terms of life insurance, it is difficult to establish a crime because policyholders, veterinarians, and insurance payment subjects are the same for each insurance contract. In addition, Park's sole crime was concluded for Park's personal damage of 2.9 billion won, which was controversial for applying the kinship ritual.

In the first trial, the prosecution demanded seven years and three years in prison, respectively. Among them, the court found Park guilty of embezzlement of 2 billion won in company money and sentenced him to two years in prison. However, he was found not guilty of charges of stealing Park Soo-hong's money worth 1.6 billion won. Lee was acquitted, saying it was difficult to see him as an accomplice. Both the prosecution and the defendant appealed.

In the second trial, his brother-in-law Lee was also convicted as some additional charges were admitted.

The prosecution demanded seven years in prison for Park and three years for Lee, saying, "Park falsely claimed that he used a large amount of money for Park Soo-hong even though he repeatedly embezzled a large amount of money for a long time, and the damage was not recovered," adding, "Despite the fact that celebrity Park Soo-hong's image could be damaged, the defendant is avoiding responsibility." "We considered that it was a first-time offender, but considering the duration, amount, and attitude of the crime, severe punishment is inevitable," he said.

The second trial sentenced Park to three and a half years in prison and arrested him in court, saying, "There is a fear of running away," and ordered Lee to serve one year in prison, two years of probation, and 120 hours of community service.

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