"Tragedy" Park Soo-hong's brother was sentenced to prison for 5 years, and the lawsuit for 19.8 billion won has been in progress for 5 years [Star Issue]

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The criminal case has just ended, but the civil case has not even been completed in the first trial.

In July 2021, Park Soo-hong filed a 11.6 billion won claim for damages against Park Soo-hong's brother, Park, and his brother-in-law, Lee. In a subsequent pleading, Park Soo-hong submitted an application to change the purpose of the claim and the cause of the claim to increase the amount of damage to KRW 19.8 billion by combining the amount of settlement damage over the past 20 years.

Since then, Park Soo-hong has had to continue his 10th argument held at the 12th Civil Affairs Department (B) hearing of the Seoul Western District Court on February 27. After that, the 11th and 12th arguments in March will also be held.

Park Soo-hong's brother managed the property within Park Soo-hong's corporation, and there was an implicit agreement that legal relations were entrusted to special asset management, not entertainment contracts, said Park Soo-hong. "It is a request to reflect the settlement results of 20 years after the end of asset management at the time of asset management settlement."

"In the case of a damage claim lawsuit, the extinctive prescription is 10 years, but if it is found that the partnership has not been settled in case law, the results of 20 years of asset management can be settled if the claims are made within 5 years from the end of the partnership or collaboration relationship, and the extinctive prescription of 10 years does not apply," he said. "The period of more than 10 years has been included in the scope of the settlement lawsuit, and the amount of compensation for the amount that has not been settled has been expanded accordingly."

The lawsuit began its first hearing in January, about four years after it was filed in 2021, and is set to be heard for the eighth time in January next year. In this regard, attention is being paid to how the results of the second trial of the two men's embezzlement charges, which were recently sentenced, will affect the lawsuit.

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.

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.

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)."

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