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Former K-pop idol Seungri has been indicted for prostitution and habitual gambling.<\/p>\n
This comes a year after the allegations first came to light in a sexual abuse scandal that rocked South Korea’s entertainment industry. Seungri has denied all allegations.<\/p>\n
The indictment is the most recent event in the Burning Sun scandal, which revealed the scale of a sexual abuse scandal in the Gangnam district. More than 350 people were arrested in the operation.<\/p>\n
Several other K-pop stars have been embroiled in the scandal, with singer-songwriter Jung Joon Young admitting to filming himself having sex and sharing the footage without his partners’ consent. He was sentenced to six years in prison.<\/p>\n
Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, avoided spending time on remand at a hearing at Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office on January 30, after being charged with organising prostitution, habitual gambling, and violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, reports aceshowbiz.com.<\/p>\n
Seungri’s involvement in the case was as a part-owner and public relations liaison of a nightclub in Seoul’s exclusive Gangnam district.<\/p>\n
The charges come a year after a string of women reported that they were “drugged and served to men” at clubs in South Korea. Soon Seungri exited from the entertainment business.<\/p>\n
“It would be better for me to retire from the entertainment business at this poin. As for the ongoing probe, I will take the investigation seriously to clear all allegations,” he said in a statement on Instagram in March 2019.<\/p>\n
He added he was concerned he would cause “further damage to people around me”, and he would be “criticised by the public” besides “being treated as a nation’s enemy during the investigation”. <\/p>\n
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