Actress Nana (After School) and her mother were acquitted of all charges after injuring a man who broke into their home in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, while brandishing a knife. The authorities officially recognized their actions as self-defense.
On November 22, Guri police confirmed that they would forward the suspect, a man in his 30s, to the prosecutor’s office on November 24 on charges of aggravated robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
The incident sparked public attention as to whether the injuries suffered by the suspect during the altercation would be considered excessive or justified. According to the police, the man broke into Nana’s house around 6 am on November 15, armed with a knife, and attempted to rob and harm the actress and her mother.
A struggle ensued in which the suspect suffered a laceration to his jaw, reportedly caused by his own weapon during the struggle. Nana and her mother managed to stop him and called the police. Despite the injury they suffered, investigators concluded that Nana and her mother’s response fell under Article 21(1) of the Korean Criminal Law, which defines justifiable self-defense in response to an ongoing, illegal violation.
A police representative said: “There was a real threat against the victims and the injuries caused to the attacker were not serious or unjustified. After a thorough examination, their actions qualify as self-defense and, therefore, no charges have been filed against them.”
The suspect, identified as unemployed and not connected to Nana personally or as a fan of the stalkers, attempted to appeal his detention on November 18, arguing that police had not given him his Miranda rights. The court rejected the appeal.
He later confessed to police that he believed the house would be empty and claimed he did not know a celebrity was living there, saying he was acting out of financial desperation. He had used a ladder to scale the building and entered through an open porch door.
It was revealed that after meeting Nana’s mother inside the house, the man assaulted her by choking her. Her scream woke Nana, who rushed to her mother’s aid. The mother-daughter duo knocked the intruder to the ground, holding his arms until the police arrived.
Previously, Nana’s agency, Sublime, confirmed that her mother lost consciousness during the altercation due to serious injuries, but regained consciousness along with Nana after receiving medical treatment.
Sublime also urged the public to refrain from spreading unfounded rumors or invading the family’s privacy, warning that doing so could cause serious secondary harm.
Nana debuted in 2009 with After schoolit’s a hit single Thank youlater became famous as part of subunits Orange caramel AND After school red. She moved into acting, starring in projects like Netflix’s Masked girl and the movie Omniscient Reader: the prophecy. He recently released his first solo album Seventh Heaven 16.
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