US EditionWoman jailed for blackmailing ex-Tottenham Hotspur footballer Son Heung-min with pregnancy claim
Yang and accomplice Yong extorted about 300 million won from Son Heung-min using false pregnancy claims; Yang sentenced to 4 years and Yong to 2 years in prison.
- On Dec. 8, Yonhap reported that Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yang, a woman in her 20s, to four years and Yong, her 40s ex-boyfriend, to two years for blackmailing Son Heung-min.
- The scheme began in June last year when Yang extorted 300 million won from Son Heung-min and between March and May this year Yang and Yong tried to extort 70 million won more, prompting Son to report them.
- Media noted that Yang spent extorted funds on luxury goods after another unnamed man first targeted by Yang failed to respond, and Son Heung-min testified at a closed trial session in November.
- In sentencing remarks the bench stated Yang never confirmed whose child she was pregnant with and called the crime an egregious use of Son Heung-min's celebrity, causing considerable psychological pain.
- The pair have been in custody since May following their arrest and indictment after Son reported the extortion attempts, with a May 17 image showing Yang and Yong at Seoul Central District Court and Yong charged with attempted blackmail.
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Woman who blackmailed Premier League legend with pregnancy claim for £165k jailed after 'extreme measures'
A South Korean woman has been handed a four-year prison sentence after demanding money from the country's national football captain, Son Heung-min, through fabricated pregnancy claims
The defendant extorted money from South Korea's top celebrity by sending him an ultrasound image of a fetus.
A 20-year-old woman was sentenced on Monday 8 December to four years in prison for blackmailing South Korean football superstar Son Heung-min for her pregnancy...
Son Heung-min blackmailing case: Woman jailed for extorting money with fake pregnancy claim
A South Korean court has jailed a woman for four years for blackmailing football star Son Heung-min with a fake pregnancy claim. A man in his 40s has been given a two-year sentence for conspiring in the case.
A year and a half after the facts, a Korean woman in her 20s was sentenced to four years in prison for blackmailing the local superstar Heung-min Son at the time of Tottenham's play.
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Woman jailed for blackmailing ex-Tottenham Hotspur footballer Son Heung-min with pregnancy claim
She was charged with extorting 300m won (£152,000) from Son in 2024 after sending him an ultrasound of a baby she claimed was his and demanding money to stay silent.
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