According to Sports Chosun, YouTuber and former entertainment reporter Lee Jin Ho recently posted a video titled: "Lend Me Money: Shocking News from Han So Hee's Mother."
In the video, Lee Jin Ho said he was the first person to investigate Han So Hee's mother 's debt problem . When talking to and Shin (the actress's mother), this woman said that she did not want to burden her daughter, and also told the story of Han So Hee cutting off contact because she kept borrowing money.
Lee Jin Ho said: "Although Han So Hee has cut off ties with her mother, it is not easy for her to completely end the relationship. After Han So Hee's announcement, there was a period of time when she and her mother did not talk, but Mrs. Shin continued to contact and maintain communication with her daughter."
However, in reality, Ms. Shin tried to contact Han So Hee only to ask her daughter for financial support. She even went to Han So Hee's management company, causing the company's employees a huge headache.
Han So Hee's parents divorced when she was 5 years old. Han So Hee was raised by her grandmother. When she entered a high school in Ulsan - where her mother lived, she and her grandmother tried to live with her mother, but Mrs. Shin refused, leading to them living separately.
Before entering college, Han So Hee struggled with severe financial difficulties and eventually dropped out of college, moving to Seoul to start modeling.
Then, when her mother heard that her daughter was making money, she started asking for financial support.
When the "Nevertheless" beauty became a famous face in the entertainment industry, Ms. Shin used a bank account in her daughter's name to defraud 85 million won, forcing Han So Hee to pay the debt on her mother's behalf.
On September 2, Korean media reported that Han So Hee's mother was arrested for operating 12 illegal gambling websites in Ulsan, Wonju and many other places from 2021 until now.
In response to public controversy, Han So Hee's management company stated: "Han So Hee herself learned about this through the news and has no words to express her feelings of pain."
“We would like to reiterate that this incident has absolutely nothing to do with the actress and was her mother's independent action,” the company stressed.
