S*ungri gets 3-year prison term in sex, gambling scandal

[yejun.livejournal.com]

Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, was sentenced to a three-year prison term by a military court on Thursday on multiple charges, including prostitution mediation and overseas gambling.

The Army's general military court in Yongin, south of Seoul, also ordered the immediate detention of the scandal-ridden celebrity, a 31-year-old whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun.

Seungri has been on trial at the military court because he enlisted in the Army in March last year following his indictment in January that year on numerous charges, which also include operation of an unlicensed adult entertainment establishment and embezzlement.

Seungri came to the center of the probe in a far-reaching sex and drug scandal surrounding Burning Sun, a Seoul nightclub affiliated with him, which roiled the K-pop industry in 2019.

He was indicted for procuring prostitutes for investors from Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and other countries from December 2015 to January 2016 to get investment for his nightclub and other businesses.

He was also charged with misappropriating about 528 million won from his club funds and habitually gambling in Las Vegas from December 2013 to August 2017, with combined gambling money of about 2.2 billion won at stake. He allegedly breached the foreign exchange transaction act in the process.

During hearings, Seungri denied most of the charges, claiming that his business partner was responsible for the prostitution and he did not visit the United States for gambling.

But military prosecutors demanded a five-year prison term and a fine of 20 million won for Seungri in the previous hearing on July 2, saying that he has "shown no remorse and shifted blame to other people despite enjoying large benefits from his crimes."

Source: Yonhap News, image from Naver

Comments

[frequency.livejournal.com]

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[shittysoup.livejournal.com]

Yeah this is pretty much how I feel. Such an insanely short sentence...

Sorry mods!

[yejun.livejournal.com]

You probably got two posts, LJ gave me an error after submitting, twice, instead of the in moderation queue notice...

RE: Sorry mods!

[juhli.livejournal.com]

All good! I rejected the other post :)

[unnursvana.livejournal.com]

It's not much, but at least it's something.

Meanwhile I am just going to spend my day blocking all the little stans of his that somehow still exist. Idk why you would value being a fangirl more than being a fellow woman.

[imahurricane.livejournal.com]

i question these ppl’s decision so much. do you not feel sorry for the victims? why defending so hard for a male celebrity that doesn’t even know you personally? sadly i have an acquaintance who’s still a pro OT5, who still believes he’s not guilty (he’s only being used as a scapegoat etc etc) sigh.

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Fuck it that's way too short for everything he's done.
BUT! at least it's a prison sentence? so yay?

[krissasaur]

Basically how I feel. At least it is something. At least his stans no longer have the excuse of "if he was guilty he would have been punished" like, they will still blindly defend him, but at least their is physical LEGAL ramifications for what he did.

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

Not enough but still more than expected. Rot you asshole

[premonitioner.livejournal.com]

uggghhh

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

wish he would've gotten more though

it's also bizarre that his stans are saying there's no evidence against him??

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

His stans are in complete denial. 3 years is honestly too good of an outcome for him but they’re convinced that he’s innocent and that it’s the big bad media and corrupt judge that’s at fault.

[aures.livejournal.com]

the court, basically:

[yankies.livejournal.com]

hope he rots in there. it shouldn't at this point in my k-pop stan career, but it still surprises me that he still has THIS MANY people defending him and whitewashing his horrible crimes.

[sglitzys.livejournal.com]

I hope he never recover from this.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

Your lips universes ears.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

This is the ridiculous thing i have ever seen.
How the fuck did a civilian criminal case get a change a venue and jurisdiction to a military court- rhetorical.
But but THE track record he could have been doing comm service 🙄 in civilian court. 3 years, so that's for gambling. Same shit different court.

[otraera.livejournal.com]

I expected nothing I’m surprised he got jail time.

[ostsiberia.livejournal.com]

MTE. I expected nothing and while I think 3 years isn't enough, it's more than I expected he'd get.

[juhli.livejournal.com]

Only 3 years for molka, gambling, prostitution, embezzlement and paying the police?!!!

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

I expected nothing, so I'm kinda glad he got something. But 3 years? I hope it's the worst 3 years of his life and that he suffers a lot... Like... A lot and that he never recovers from this.

I still can't believe he has stans. Are you serious? God... What an excuse of a human

[chiives.livejournal.com]

i've seen a bunch of twt stans condemn kr*s w* while defending s**ngr*, it was the oddest thing. s**ngr* should honestly get the same sentence as kr*s is going to get, but alas.

[sinnamon roll (from livejournal.com)]

Their rationale is that Kris raped those women but Seungri never raped anyone and that’s all they’re holding on to. As if that absolves him from the rest of his crimes 🙄

[nudrive.livejournal.com]

Eurgh he better at least serve the full sentence, pos

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Hopefully he won't be released early for "good behaviour"

[juhli.livejournal.com]

Seeing a lawyer still simping for him on twitter makes me question everything.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

These people got brainwaished by the toxic fandoms they're in. It's like a cult. They need professional help imo.

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

Sadly I was happy with the news that he actually was sentenced for prison time. I’m so used to these men facing no consequences so seeing him actually going to prison I’ll take it, even though it’s not enough. The bar is that fucking low.

[sinnamon roll (from livejournal.com)]

A short sentence but I expected no jail time so this is a surprise. I pray his career never recovers from this

[fritterish.livejournal.com]

i don’t understand how he still has fans after this.. i truly question these people

[dantethetaco.livejournal.com]

3 years more than I expected he's get, but much less than he deserves. So I lost this case a bit, this is just one of the trials he has right? And for legal!omona if he won 2.2 billion won illegally is that money taken away?

[ohmylol.livejournal.com]

To think that Ilhoon got 2 years for marijuana possession ( and I do get those are SKs laws but it's still a fucked up system, that a rapist gets just one more year) it's infuriating, it is more than I expected but still not enough

And how his stans cling to him being innocent and act as if everything was a smear campaign, they can fuck off

[juhli.livejournal.com]

And remember how Choi Jong Hoon only got 2.6 years for gangrape and molka? It's messed up.

[myungung.livejournal.com]

It’s not enough but I was not expecting jail term though. Rot and never come back

[kcaomei.livejournal.com]

it's sad that i'm relieved he was actually found guilty and getting jail time, when it's the barest of bare minimum. he deserves the absolute worst so i'm counting on you, universe, to deal that in a different way :)

echoing others saying i hope he never recovers from this