Two People Held on Charges of Blackmailing a Premier League Soccer Star

Two people were arrested on charges of blackmailing Son Heung-min, one of South Korea’s most famous sports figures, with paternity claims, the police said on Sunday.

A South Korean woman in her 20s was jailed on Saturday night after the Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant for her arrest on a blackmailing charge. She was accused of sending Mr. Son an ultrasound image in June last year and telling him that she was pregnant with his child. She was also accused of receiving $214,000 for her silence.

Mr. Son, 32, is captain of the British soccer team Tottenham Hotspur and is widely considered one of the greatest Asian soccer players of all time. He is hugely popular in his home country, where the news media and fans eagerly follow his performances in England’s Premier League.