Okay-pop star Taeil, who got here to fame within the band NCT, has been jailed for 3 and a half years after gang raping a vacationer in Seoul.

Taeil, 31, admitted in June that he and two different accomplices, named in South Korean reviews as Lee and Hong, took turns raping a Chinese language vacationer after she grew to become ‘closely intoxicated’ after consuming with them.

The three males met the sufferer final yr within the Itaewon district in Seoul, and after consuming collectively, they then received her right into a taxi to Lee’s home, the place the assault came about.

A district decide handed the three males three and a half-year sentences every, asking them additionally to finish 40 hours of a remedy programme for perpetrators of sexual violence.

The boys have additionally been banned from little one and youth-related establishments for 5 years and will likely be registered as sexual offenders of their neighbourhoods of residence.

The decision is simply half of the seven-year sentence that was requested by the prosecutors, with the decide noting that they have been first-time offenders.

The legislation in South Korea described the assault as ‘aggravated’ as a result of it the vacationer was raped by a bunch.

It was additionally described as a ‘quasi rape’ because the sufferer was unconscious.

The Korea Herald reported the feedback made in courtroom by the decide.

‘The defendants took turns committing sexual acts in opposition to the sufferer, who was severely intoxicated and unable to withstand. The character of the crime is especially grave,” the decide commented.

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‘As a international vacationer assaulted in an unfamiliar surroundings, the sufferer probably skilled vital psychological misery.’

Taeil was a member of the South Korean boy band NCT from 2016 till 2024, when he was initially tied to the sexual offence.

SM Leisure, the singer’s former company, introduced his departure from the band in 2024, stating on the time: ‘Given the gravity of the matter, we decided that he might now not proceed group actions.’

The company additionally stated that it might absolutely cooperate with the investigation. ‘We are going to present additional statements because the investigation progresses,’ learn a press release on the time.

The singer and his two accomplices pleaded responsible to aggravated rape into June 2025 and acquired the sentence on July 10.

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