Discredited K-pop Musician Seungri Heading to Prison for Gambling, Other Charges

Former K-pop principal Seungri was sentenced this week to three years’ incarceration after he was found guilty Thursday on gambling, prostitution, and other counts.

Formally known as Rose Louise Hovick Seung-hyun, a South Korean military machine adjudicate found that the 30-year-old stole money from his nightclub to gamble.

Most of his gaming fling took put inward Las Vegas between 2013 and 2017, word reports said. It was alleged Seungri and a stage business associate, Yang Hyun-suk, spent millions on trips to Las Vegas gaming properties.

For instance, during ace see to the MGM Grand, the duo played high-stakes baccarat for around $3,300 per hand, finally wagering o'er $3 1000000 during the session. Seungri and Yang allegedly gambled separately I or II times a year starting inwards 2014.

South Korea’s government outlaws its citizens gambling in strange nations and inwards to the highest degree all house servant gaming properties.

In total, Seungri was convicted inwards South Dae-Han-Min-Gook on ix counts, the New York Post reported. One of the charges related to play with stolen funds.

Some other counts relate to organizing whoredom for potential investors inward the at present defunct nightclub inwards which he was a head shareholder, CNN said. The gild was called the Burning Sun. It was situated inward Seoul’s Gangnam District.

The wealthy investors were from such nations as Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong.

Alleged Wrongdoing at Seoul Nightclub

Based on their investigation, capital of South Korea law claimed the nightclub was mature with bribery, drug trafficking, organizing of prostitution, sexual urge assaults, and violence, CNN reported. In recent years, women reported they were drugged and assaulted at the nightclub, the write up adds.

It is strong to ensure the suspect was not aware of financial payments paid to the women for sex,” Judge Hwang Min-je said inwards statements quoted by Asian media during the sentencing. “It appears that he carried out systematic sexual prostitution.”

In add-on to the prison time, Seungri must make up 1.15 one thousand million won. That is equate to roughly US $989,000 million.

He denied most of the allegations made against him during the trial, the BBC said. But the judge reportedly questioned his credibility.

The showcase was heard past a military machine court, because Seungri enlisted inwards the South Korean regular army inward 2020, the BBC adds. South Han-Gook has mandatory military serving for male citizens.

Kings of K-Pop

Earlier, Seungri performed inwards a ring called Big Bang. The mathematical group was wildly popular and sold more than 150 zillion records.

They were credited as being the “Kings of K-pop.” He was a soloist with the band, performing with them between 2006 and 2019.

In 2019, he left wing the stria as allegations surfaced of wrongdoing.

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