A recent report has uncovered testimony regarding recent charges of peddling prostitution which could put South Korean singer and songwriter Lee Seung-hyun behind bars.
The artist, who is better known by his stage name, Seungri, purportedly contracted eight female entertainer prostitutes for his birthday bash in December 2017 and brought them to an island in Palawan, Philippines. The 28-year-old had previously denied this charge when the issue first broke out.
However, the policy is said to have collected testimony from one of the so-called female guests in the course of their investigation. The resulting testimony has been said to reveal that Seungri paid for all the expenses incurred in Palawan in light of transporting the women for the entertainment of his guests.
Moreover, the women were supposedly contracted and introduced to the singer's guests, who were investors in the controversial Burning Sun company, which has been implicated in the recent reports.
For his part, Seungri has tightly denied the allegations, saying that he paid for the travel costs of all his guests, both the male as well as female company.
This recent update has overwhelmed news agencies in the light of the several criminal charges slapped against the former Big Bang artist, regarding his role in the Burning Sun, the popular Gangnam club, as well as his role as a pander for prostitutes.
Moreover, Seungri had allegedly been lying when he claimed he had no financial role in the Burning Sun, as was reported recently by the Yonhap News. The South Korean news outlet had brought out in the open the fact that the songwriter's company, Yuri Holdings, which the latter co-owned with the former CEO, Yoo In-Suk, holds 40% ownership of Burning Sun.
The young star had initially claimed to be merely a face of the said club which was center to the recently shocking sex scandal news which had rocked the South Korean entertainment industry. The scandal is the biggest to have hit the face of the K-Pop world which has implicated many celebrities, including K-pop idols and police officers.
The industry became tainted with charges of "molka," a Korean term used to refer to the distribution of sex videos online which are mainly of women who had not given their consent to be on the said videos.
The issue has mollified the public which had become aghast at the involvement of thought to be innocent celebrities.
With the recent evidence uncovered by the police, lawyer Kim Kwang-sang has shared his view on KBS' Entertainment Relay that the charges leveled against Seungri could earn the latter some two to three years behind bars. The attorney also pointed out it was possible that the young musician could get off with mere probation, depending on the latest findings of the investigation.
