The former member of popular boy band Big Bang denied all nine charges, but a court found his testimony lacked credibility and his offending was serious.
Disgraced former K-pop star Seungri has been jailed for three years after being convicted of arranging prostitution and other charges stemming from a sex and drugs scandal.The court found Seungri's offending was serious given its duration and his celebrity status
The 30-year-old singer from popular boy band Big Bang, who retired from show business as the scandal mounted and later enlisted in the military, was found guilty on all nine counts against him. His illegal gambling was "serious" given his status as a celebrity and it went on over a long period.Sentence comes a month before military discharge
Seungri was a member of a mobile chat room where K-pop singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young, who is now serving a five-year sentence for gang rape and other offences, distributed videos of sexual assaults and other encounters.
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