SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A lady has been sentenced to 4 years in jail for blackmailing soccer star Son Heung-min, a South Korean courtroom stated Monday.
The girl, recognized solely as Yang, was charged with extorting 300 million received ($204,000) from Son in 2024 after sending him an ultrasound picture of a child that she claimed was his and demanding cash to remain silent.
She later conspired with a person, recognized as Yong, to attempt to extort more cash from Son.
The Seoul Central District Court docket on Monday stated Yang “lied” to Son, though she hadn’t confirmed whose little one she was carrying.
The courtroom stated Yang denied the costs of extortion and tried extortion. Yong, who confessed, was sentenced to 2 years in jail, in keeping with the courtroom.
The 33-year-old Son is amongst Asia’s biggest gamers. After a decade at Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League, the South Korean star joined LAFC in August.
South Korean information company, Yonhap, reported in Could {that a} girls in her 20s and a person in his 40s had been detained on suspicion of attempting to blackmail Son in June of final yr whereas he was nonetheless at Tottenham.
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
