The world can be a pretty cruel place sometimes. There are wars and atrocities, nasty people being mean to each other, pain and suffering. And then sometimes people try to blackmail Tottenham Hotspur’s Korean superstar Son Heung-Min.
That’s according to a short piece in Reuters, who report that Spurs’ club captain has filed a complaint to South Korean authorities about being blackmailed over a claim that he has gotten someone pregnant. The Korean media reported that an unnamed woman had threatened Son that she was pregnant with his child, and demanded payment to keep a potentially damaging report out of the media.
Son, naturally, has called the allegations completely false and has made a complaint to South Korean police. Reuters says that police have arrested a 20-year old woman and 40-year old man in connection to the blackmail attempt.
Son’s agents released the following statement:
“The police are currently investigating, so we will let you know the results as soon as they are available. We’d like to tell you that Son Heung-Min is clearly the victim of this incident.”
Well, duh. Of course he is. I mean, I suppose it’s within the realm of possibility that Sonny could’ve gotten someone pregnant in South Korea. But remember, this is a guy who has famously said he’s not going to get married or even have a serious relationship while he’s still playing professional football because he doesn’t want to distract from his career. If you told me Son lived a life of absolute monk-like celibacy, I’d 100% believe you.
Also, Sonny is one of, if not the, most famous and influential sports and media personality in his home country. He’s incredibly, mind-blowingly famous, like K-Pop superstar level popular. Naturally that’s going to attract some bad actors.
I don’t think we really need to pay much attention to this story. Sonny is mega-wealthy, people suck, it happens. I also seriously doubt this is weighing on him at all here at the tail end of the season; he has people to deal with this kind of crap for him, and they will.
But man, who would do this to one of the nicest guys in football? That’s just mean and awful.