K-pop star to be prosecuted for pimping – leaving the industry

”it feels like It is best for me is to completely leave the entertainment industry,” wrote the 28-year-old Seungri to its nine million Instagramföljare on Monday after the news that he is being prosecuted for pimping got spread on social media.

called for k-life's pressures and technology ”Gatsby” and is actually called Lee Seung-hyun, the decision was taken, inter alia, in order to save the group of Big Bangs reputation. The Big Bang, which was founded in 2006 by the company YG Entertainment, one of Korea's largest musikakter and has, with over 140 million sold albums, sold more records than the Backstreet boys, One Direction and Westlife. The prosecution follows a police raid of a nightclub in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Sunday, and means a maximum sentence of three years in prison.

Police began according to the Variety originally investigating the club already in January after allegations of open drogförsäljning and neddrogade women who in practice should have been served to the vip guests. Later, it was revealed that Seungri, who was the club's public relations manager, in instant messages, shall be discussed to provide potential investors with prostitutes, already in 2015, according to Asiaone.

fell, YG Entertainment's share, with almost 16 per cent, and even other Korean managment suffered in the case. On the social media are now debating fans to the group, whether Seungri is guilty or not guilty.

”I have met intense criticism from the public over the last month and examined by all the authorities throughout the country. I have been stamped as a ”traitor,” wrote Seungri on in Monday's Instagraminlägg which ended with a thank you to the Big Bangs fans.

Seungri is not the first member of Big Bang who have been investigated for crimes. Member G-dragon was caught smoking cannabis in 2011 and 2017 were the member TOP a ten-month suspended sentence, also as a result of cannabis use.