Nam Hyun-hee was also deceived as the third generation of chaebol, the former Cheongjo...an accomplice is cleared
Sep 14, 2025
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Nam Hyun-hee's legal representative, lawyer So Soo-ho (Jihyuk, a law firm) said on SNS on the 13th that "Nam Hyun-hee won the 1.1 billion won damages lawsuit filed against director Nam Hyun-hee by the plaintiff who received a large amount of fraud from Jeon Cheong-jo.""Nam Hyun-hee has done her best to reveal her unfairness for the past year and 10 months" he said.
Earlier, plaintiff A, who was a parent of Nam Hyun-hee's fencing academy, filed a lawsuit for damages, claiming that Nam Hyun-hee participated in the crime after being deceived by Jeon Cheong-jo to invest about 1.1 billion won. The plaintiff claimed that Nam Hyun-hee was an accomplice of Jeon Cheong-jo, but the court did not admit it.
The third civil affairs department of Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court ruled on the 12th that "Nam Hyun-hee was also deceived by Jeon's lies and thought that Jeon was the real third generation of chaebol." The Defendant, like the Plaintiff, did not know the substance of the previous request", dismissing the plaintiff's claim. The court said there is no evidence that the defendant intentionally aided and abetted fraud"It was also judged.
Lawyer Sohn stressed that "Nam Hyun-hee was also confirmed by the court that she was a victim of being deceived by Jeon Cheong-jo. We hope there will be no further speculation and misunderstanding."
Jeon was indicted on charges of deceiving him as an out-of-wedlock conglomerate and stealing a total of 3.078 billion won from 27 people from March to October 2023 by baiting unlisted stock investments. In November last year, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud under the Specific Economic Crimes Weighted Punishment Act.
Nam Hyun-hee, who was a former Cheongjo lover at the time, was suspected of being an accomplice or aiding during the investigation, but was not sent as 'no charge', and it was legally confirmed that it was irrelevant in this civil lawsuit.
However, Nam Hyun-hee was expelled from the Seoul Fencing Association in June last year, and in August of the same year, he was suspended for seven years by the Sports Fair Committee of the Seoul Sports Council and cannot serve as a leader until August 2031.
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