A few days after the South Korean Military Court was sentenced to the demand for K-Pop Seungri to three years in prison, he reportedly planned to appeal.
Former Bibbang member was also fined 1.15 billion won ($ 989,000) was found guilty of nine allegations of regulating sex services for potential investors in their business, as well as gambling abroad at luxury casinos in Las Vego involving foreign exchange transactions involving.
On August 18, today’s star news reported that Seungri’s legal representatives had stated the singer’s plan to appeal to punishment.
According to reports, the K-Pop star is expected to appeal against punishment because he denied the allegations during the 10-month trial.
However, according to a report, he has not submitted his appeal.
Under the current military law, the defendant can appeal within seven days from the date of receipt of the verdict.
The report states that Seungri will be transferred from active military tasks to the work of the war.
However, if he appealed, it was very possible he would serve the full mandatory military service rather than removed from his assignment.
Seungri left the group in 2019 after the media reported prostitution accusations.
The case is one of several scandals that have losure the South Korean entertainment industry in recent years.
In 2019, Jung Joon-Young’s singer received a six-year position and former Band Choi Jong-Hoon band member Five years after they were found guilty of sexual relations that were unable to fight a woman who could not fight.
Seungri to appeal a 3-year prison sentence
