SEOUL: Seungri, the youngest member of popular K-pop group BIGBANG, has cancelled the remaining shows of hisamid a police investigation into allegations of drug use and engagement of sex services, Korean state media reported on Thursday .
The probe followed a report on a local news site, SBS Fun-E, which disclosed messages he allegedly exchanged with the head of Yuri Holdings and one of its employees on the KakaoTalk mobile phone messaging service in 2015. The messages showed Seungri directing the employee to prepare seats and"loose women" for the potential investors at a nightclub in Seoul's posh Gangnam area, Yonhap reported.Seungri denied all allegations, saying he never sent the messages and that he had no recollection of what had happened more than three years ago, the report stated.
Seungri had been in Singapore just before news of the allegations broke, and performed a sold-out show at The Star Theatre as part of the tour promoting his latest album, The Great Seungri.
Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)
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