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The South Korean Supreme Court docket upheld the jail sentence given to singer Seungri, a former Okay-pop singer who had been with the boyband BIGBANG. The entertainer, 32, should serve the whole lot of his 18-month time period after his attraction for a lighter sentence was rejected.
Seungri, born Lee Seung-hyun, was convicted in August of final yr of arranging prostitution and different costs stemming from a intercourse and medicines scandal. The singer, who retired from present enterprise because the Burning Solar scandal mounted, later enlisted within the navy.
He was discovered responsible on all 9 counts towards him, in keeping with a number of media stories. The costs ranged from misappropriating funds to procuring the companies of prostitutes for buyers. He was given a three-year jail sentence in addition to ordered to pay 1.15 billion received ($1 million) in restitution.
Okay-pop star Seungri’s intercourse commerce scandal rocks showbiz trade
However in January of this yr, the singer’s sentence was reduce in half when the ultimate attraction trial was held by the Excessive Navy Court docket of the Ministry Of Protection in Seoul, reported leisure web site nme.com on Thursday (Might 26).
Seungri’s sentence was diminished after he allegedly entered a responsible plea to all the fees towards him. He additionally submitted a doc of formal intention to mirror on his actions and costs.
The order to pay 1.15 billion received in restitution was additionally overturned by the upper court docket, Yonhap Information Company reported.
Seungri is slated to be launched from jail in February of subsequent yr.
He might be moved to a correctional facility for the rest of his sentence, as he’s now at a Navy Correctional Establishment.
Burning Solar scandal
In 2019, allegations emerged of the previous Okay-Pop star’s involvement in prostitution.
In January of that yr, a well-liked Korean broadcaster confirmed footage of a male buyer on the upmarket Seoul nightclub Burning Solar being led out by safety officers. Stories claimed a lady working on the membership had been sexually assaulted.
Seungri is the membership’s government director.
Former Okay-pop idol Seungri indicted on prostitution and playing costs
The next month, one other controversy broke out, exhibiting incriminating textual content messages that concerned Seungri in pimping ladies.
There have been additionally allegations that the Burning Solar’s workers had been drugging feminine intercourse employees in order that their clients might make the most of them.
The singer was later indicted on prostitution, abroad playing, and different monetary prison costs. He was convicted of arranging intercourse companies for potential buyers in his enterprise, in addition to abroad playing at luxurious casinos in Las Vegas involving illicit overseas trade transactions. /TISG
Ex Okay-pop star Seungri jailed for 3 years for arranging prostitution: stories Seoul
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