'Illegal Filming and Distribution of Female Body' Rapper Baetsagong Sentenced to 1 Year in First Trial... Legally Detained

Rapper Baetsagong (real name Kim Jin-woo) was sentenced to prison in the first trial for allegedly illegally filming and distributing images of a woman’s body.

Rapper Baetsagong Accused of Illegal Filming Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison and Taken into Custody [Image Source=Yonhap News]

Judge Kim Yumi of the Criminal Division 6 at the Seoul Western District Court sentenced Kim to one year in prison on the morning of the 12th at around 10 a.m. on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes (filming using a camera, etc.). Kim was also ordered to complete 40 hours of sexual violence treatment programs and was banned from employment at institutions related to children, adolescents, and persons with disabilities for three years. The court explained the sentencing rationale, stating, “Even considering that (Kim) has no prior criminal record except for two fines for drunk driving, given the seriousness of the crime and the victim’s suffering, a prison sentence is inevitable.”

The court continued, “(Kim) is deemed to pose a flight risk, so we intend to detain him in court,” and Kim was detained in the courtroom.

Kim is accused of filming the body parts of the victim, A, whom he was dating, in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, in July 2018, and sharing the photos in a group chat with 10 men.

After A’s revelation of the case in May last year, Baetsagong admitted to the charges and voluntarily surrendered to the police, and was prosecuted without detention. At the last sentencing hearing, the prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of one year and six months.

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