Appeal rejected: Disgraced ex-Kpop star Seungri to serve 18-month jail sentence in full - The Independent Singapore News

The South Korean Supreme Court upheld the jail sentence given to singer Seungri, a former K-pop singer who had been with the boyband BIGBANG. The entertainer, 32, must serve the entirety of his 18-month term after his appeal for a lighter sentence was rejected.convicted in August of last year of arranging prostitution and other charges stemming from a sex and drugs scandalThe singer, who retired from show business as the Burning Sun scandal mounted, later enlisted in the military.

Seungri’s sentence was reduced after he allegedly entered a guilty plea to all the charges against him. He also submitted a document of formal intention to reflect on his actions and charges.Yonhap News AgencyHe will be moved to a correctional facility for the remainder of his sentence, as he is now at a Military Correctional Institution.In 2019, allegations emerged of the former K-Pop star’s involvement in prostitution.

The following month, another controversy broke out, showing incriminating text messages that involved Seungri in pimping women.

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