South Korean police arrested two for extortion from Son Heung-Min

South Korean police arrested two for extortion from Son Heung-Min

The South Korean police arrested two people because of the alleged extent attempt to blackmail the captain of Tottenham Hotspur, Son Heung-Min. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap, after it became known that a woman threatened him with a pregnancy claim.

extortion attempt and legal steps

The 32-year-old Son had submitted an advertisement from the police against a woman and a man for extortion and threats with the spread of false information, shared his agency, Son & Football Limited, on Thursday.

"We will take energetic legal steps against those who have threatened with obviously wrong information," said the agency in an explanation on its website.

Investigations by the police

The police in the Gangnam station in South Korea examined a 20-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man for attempted extortion after receiving a complaint last week. According to Yonhap, the woman Son is said to have addressed and claimed that he was pregnant from him in June last year; She demanded money in exchange for her silence. Accordingly, she sent Son an ultrasound picture and received 300 million South Korean Won (approx. 215,180 US dollars).

suspicious accomplice

The man who is considered a friend of the woman is also said to have tried to blackmail Son in March by demanding 70 million South Korean Won (approx. $ 50,200). According to Yonhap, however, he received no money.

The police arrested the woman on Wednesday evening in a local time for extortion, while the man was arrested for attempted extortion. The authorities searched the apartments of the two and secured their cell phones for further investigations.

Son Heung-Min as a victim

"Son Heung-Min is the obvious victim of this incident," said the football star's agency. "We apologize again that we worried all Son Heung-Min supporters with such a scandalous topic," added the agency.

Son Heung-Mins Career and popularity

Son is extremely popular in his homeland in South Korea and is considered one of the greatest Asian football players ever. He began his career as a child in Chuncheon, about 74 kilometers northeast of Seoul, under the supervision of his father and was admitted to a respected youth academy in Germany in 2009, where he finally celebrated his professional debut at the age of 18.

transfers and records

In August 2015 he changed from Bayer Leverkusen to Tottenham and since then broke numerous records that were previously set up by his role models Park Ji-Sung, the first Korean in the Premier League, and Cha Bum-Kun, who played over 300 games in the Bundesliga.

Son set records for most of a Korean player in a European league in a season and was also the first Asian footballer to win the Golden Shoe of the Premier League with 23 goals in the 2022 season - on par with Mohamed Salah from Liverpool.

return to the field

on Sunday Son returned after a one -month injury break due to a foot injury and played against Crystal Palace. The fans of Tottenham hope that he also in Europa-League-Finale Later this month is used, while Tottenham is hoping for the first title since 2008.