As the 'abuse of power controversy' surrounding broadcaster Park Na-rae continues to escalate, the YouTube channel 'Entertainment President Lee Jin-ho' has highlighted the hidden context that the 5.5 billion won Itaewon home burglary incident was a decisive trigger for the revelations from former managers. Analysts suggest that the core issue goes beyond a simple lack of enrollment in the four major social insurances, pointing to the 'sense of betrayal' that arose during the handling of the incident.
On the 15th, Lee Jin-ho released a video titled 'Shocking Exclusive! 'Claimed to be a Family-like Manager'.. The Truth Behind Park Na-rae's 5.5 Billion Won House Burglary Incident', where he reconstructed the flow of events by compiling the positions of Park Na-rae's side and former and current managers.
Lee Jin-ho first addressed the issue of 'managers not being enrolled in the four major social insurances', which was identified as the starting point of the controversy. After the contract with JDB Entertainment ended, Park Na-rae transferred to a one-person planning company, M Park, represented by her mother. During this process, the two managers hired were reportedly paid as freelancers (3.3% withholding tax) without a labor contract until September of this year, according to the managers' side. In contrast, Park Na-rae's mother and her then-boyfriend (now ex-boyfriend) were enrolled as company employees in the four major social insurances, raising questions of fairness.
The turning point of this situation was the burglary incident at her Itaewon home that occurred last April. High-value items, including jewelry worth tens of millions of won, were stolen, leading to Park Na-rae's absence from a live radio broadcast, and reports of 'suspected insider involvement' emerged, escalating the situation.
According to Lee Jin-ho, the internal personnel who had access to the house at that time included two managers without labor contracts or four major social insurances and one stylist, totaling three people. "If one of them were identified as the perpetrator, the fact that 'an employee without a labor contract had access to the house' would inevitably be a fatal blow to Park Na-rae," Lee Jin-ho explained.
The problem arose when Park Na-rae's then-boyfriend, Mr. A, collected personal information (name, resident registration number, address, etc.) from the two managers and the stylist, claiming it was needed for the preparation of a labor contract, and then submitted it to the police as suspect reference material, according to manager Mr. S's side.
Mr. S contacted the investigating officer and was informed that "you are also on the suspect list, so changing the submitter is difficult," realizing that their personal information had been used as material to suspect them. Lee Jin-ho conveyed that the parties felt a significant sense of betrayal, as the personal information they thought was for a labor contract was used against them.
In fact, the investigation revealed that the perpetrator apprehended was a third-party outsider with no relation to Park Na-rae. However, despite the issues of labor contracts and four major social insurances already having escalated internally due to the burglary incident, it was only in September that a late resolution was made, which, according to Lee Jin-ho, made it impossible to win back the managers' hearts.
