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Park Yoo-chun has not committed fraud, solicitation of prostitution: C-Jes

  • Published : Jul 15, 2016 - 18:03
  • Updated : Jul 15, 2016 - 18:03

While the Prosecutors’ Office is likely to indict singer-actor Park Yoo-chun for solicitation of prostitution and fraud, based on a report from police investigations, his agency, C-Jes Entertainment, said on Friday that the police findings are false.

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(C-Jes Entertainment)
“The findings from the police are far from the truth,” the statement read. “C-Jes Entertainment would like to make it clear that Park has never been involved in prostitution. We will fully cooperate with the prosecutors to prove that Park is free from any charges.”

The statement added that the string of news articles covering Park‘s story are ”groundless“ and that the news organizations responsible for the articles might face defamation charges.

The statement came after the Gangnam-gu district Police Office said in a press briefing Friday morning that Park was found to have promised one of his accusers money in return for sex. Even though no money changed hands, the promise of financial compensation for sex constitutes prostitution. Failure to give the promised payment constitutes fraud.

Park denies the charges.

The Police did not reveal further details concerning the evidence, citing the need to protect the accuser’s identity. The case involving Park was forwarded to the Prosecutor‘s Office Friday morning.

By Son Ji-hyoung (json@heraldcorp.com)