A man who broke into the home of South Korean singer-actress Nana and was jailed on robbery charges has now filed a counter-complaint against her – and his handwritten prison letter, released through local TV, is stirring anger among social media users.
According to JTBC news programme Crime Chief, the intruder sent five letters from detention through an acquaintance, insisting that he did not attack Nana or her mother and that he was instead stabbed during the struggle.
He wrote that he had entered the home only to steal, saying he wore gloves and a headset but “did not prepare a weapon in advance”. He said he grabbed Nana’s mother tightly to stop her from moving rather than engaging in a violent fight.
The K-pop star attempted to stab him with a household object, he said. “I was cut about 7cm (three inches) between my ear and neck, but I never touched any part of Nana’s body – not even a single hair.”
He also alleged that he broke into the home because he needed money for his mother’s hospital bills, and that after being subdued he confessed and apologised. He went on to claim that Nana’s team proposed giving him 40 million won (US$27,700) if he told police he had entered with a weapon.
Police accounts sharply contradict his claims.
Investigators said the man entered Nana’s residence in Guri, Gyeonggi province, in November using a ladder to climb to the veranda while carrying a knife in a sheath.
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