K-pop stars jailed for gang-raping unconscious woman and posting sick footage of the attacks online - The Sun

TWO South Korean K-pop stars have been jailed for the savage gang rape of a drunk woman who had lost consciousness.

Jung Joon-young, 30, was sentenced to six years and was also charged with filming the sick assault and posting it on an online group chat.

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South Korean singer Jung Joon-young has been jailed for six years for gang-raping a woman, filming the attack and posting it onlineCredit: Reuters

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Choi Jong-Hoon was jailed for five years for taking part in the brutal gang rapeCredit: Getty - Contributor

Fellow singing superstar Choi Jong-hoon, 30, a former member of band FT Island, was also sentenced to five years for attacking the same woman.

Both were members of online chat groups that shared secret sex tapes and made jokes about drugging and raping women, the Seoul Central District Court said.

Jung’s conviction also includes the illegal distribution of other videos he took secretly while having sex with women.

He shot to fame after finishing third on reality show Superstar K4 in 2012 before becoming the lead singer of rock band Drug Restaurant.

K-POP MONSTERS

The identities of the victims were suppressed to protect their privacy.

Both of the singers were also sentenced to 80 hours in “sexual violence treatment” education.

Judge Kang Seong-soo said: “The defendants are well-known celebrities and friends, but the chat they’ve had showed that they simply considered women as objects of sexual pleasure and committed crimes that were extremely serious.

“Strict punishment is inevitable as the damage inflicted has not properly been recovered and the victims demand harsh penalties.”

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Jung filmed other encounters with women and posted them online - although he claims they were all consensual sex actsCredit: AFP or licensors

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Choi claims he cannot remember taking part in the gang rapeCredit: Getty - Contributor

Jung admitted distributing the video and others he took, though he argued the sex was in all cases consensual.

Choi denied raping the woman and had argued that he did not remember having sex with her and that if he had, it was likely consensual.

In the final testimony, Jung, who was arrested in March, said: "I deeply regret my foolishness and I feel great remorse.

"From now on, I shall only... live in remorse."

The court's damning verdict on Choi was that he "did not feel remorse after mass-raping drunken victims".

JAILED FOR GANG RAPE

Lawyers for Jung and Choi could not be reached for comment.

Their case was one of several scandals involving sex crimes and other illegal activity that revealed a dark side of an industry at the centre of the global K-pop craze.

Lee Seung-hyun, an ex-member of K-pop group Big Bang better known by the stage name Seungri, is also on trial over accusations he paid for prostitutes for foreign businessmen to drum up investment in his business.

The investigation into Lee, who was also a member of the same group chat, uncovered the crimes of Jung and Choi.

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