Seungri Proceeds To Reject Association In Prostitution, Illegally Hidden Camera Footage, And More.
On the morning of June 30, Seungri attended the final trial of the “Burning Sun” trial at the Yonging Military Court. In September 2020, Seungri was indicted on eight counts: purchasing prostitution services, prostitution, embezzlement, violating the Severe Punishment Act, and others.
Certain white-collar crimes, Food Rehabilitation Act Violations, Regular Gambling, Foreign Exchange Transactions Act Violations and Special Case Violations of the Punishment Act, etc. From Sexual Offenses. In January 2021, military prosecutors also indicted Seungri and Yoo In Suk on charges of inciting violence.
During the June 30 session, Seungri firmly denied several charges, including prostitution services, prostitution brokering, illegal camera footage, embezzlement, and routine gambling.
Regarding the claim that he led Yuri Holdings with Yoo In Suk, Seungri said, “I didn’t prepare Yuri Holdings with Yoo In Suk in the first place. I was preparing Mildang Pocha with my friends to cut living expenses, but I didn’t know much about finance, accounting, and paperwork, so I consulted Yoo In Suk and became part of Yuri Holdings. Yuri Holdings is already a company that Yoo In Suk and other executives are working on, and I agree with him. “
Regarding the prostitution allegations, he said: “I didn’t know or understand anything during the investigation.” Commenting on the fact that she wrote “[Take] a woman who gives kindness” in a group chat when a Taiwanese businesswoman visited Korea, she said: “I remember saying, ‘People who know how to have fun.’ I think it was a typo. Because of my iPhone autocorrect. I’m sorry, but I guess so.”
Seungri confirmed that he was not involved in the process of summoning prostitutes. He points out that investigations have shown that the woman present at the crime scene was not a prostitute or acquaintance but someone from the chatroom.
Regarding the 2015 party where he was suspected of providing prostitutes to Japanese businessmen, he said, “To thank people around the world for celebrating my birthday at the end of the year, I have Koji Aoyama, his wife, and other friends, to big Christmas party. Unfortunately, I only took care of my acquaintances and only found out about women during the investigation.”