'Group Sexual Assault' Jung Joon-young Sentenced to 5 Years Finalized... Choi Jong-hoon 2 Years 6 Months (Update)
[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Singer Jung Joon-young, who was accused of gang raping intoxicated women and distributing illegally filmed sexual videos, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. Choi Jong-hoon, formerly of the group FT Island, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.
On the 24th, the Supreme Court's 2nd Division (Presiding Justice Park Sang-ok) upheld the original court rulings in the final appeal hearing of Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, who were charged with violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (special rape) and other charges.
Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon were indicted on charges of gang raping women who were intoxicated in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province in January 2016 and in Daegu in March of the same year, along with members of the so-called 'Jung Joon-young group chat' including Heo, Kwon, and Kim. In particular, Jung Joon-young is also accused of distributing illegally filmed videos 11 times, including sending videos showing sexual acts with women in a KakaoTalk chatroom involving celebrities at the end of 2015.
The first trial recognized the credibility of the victims' testimonies, acknowledged their charges, and sentenced Jung Joon-young to 6 years in prison and Choi Jong-hoon to 5 years. Jung Joon-young's claim that the KakaoTalk group chat conversations supporting their charges were illegally obtained was not accepted.
The second trial also recognized all their charges, similar to the first trial. However, considering that Choi Jong-hoon reached a settlement with the victims, his sentence was reduced to 2 years and 6 months in prison. Jung Joon-young was sentenced to 5 years in prison. The second trial court also did not accept the claim that the KakaoTalk conversations were illegally obtained.
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They denied the charges, claiming that some of the alleged acts were consensual sexual encounters, but the Supreme Court did not accept this.
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