[2] She is a daughter of Chung Yoon-hoi and his ex-wife Choi Soon-sil,[3][4] who has been arrested amid the 2016 South Korean political scandal for using her friendship with the president Park Geun-hye to illegally interfere in state affairs.

[5] Ahn Min-Seok is a member of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NAPD) and alleges that favors were exchanged to make sure that Chung Yoo-Ra would participate in the Incheon Asian Games.

Chungdam High School expelled her for excessive absenteeism, but Choi Soon-sil successfully appealed the expulsion by producing an official letter from the Korean Racing Association [ko].

[12] Chung Yoo-Ra allegedly embezzled funds from the K-Sports Foundation [ko], which was used by Choi Soon-Sil to solicit bribes from South Korean conglomerates.

[citation needed] On April 17, 2017, the Korean Racing Association [ko] permanently expelled and banned Chung Yoo-ra from both international and domestic competitions because of her admissions scandal.

[18] In December 2016, South Korea put out an arrest warrant for Chung Yoo-ra for charges including obstruction of justice after she refused to return from Germany to attend a parliamentary inquiry about her role in the scandal.