Today, SeungriŌĆÖs third hearing for his charges related to the Burning Sun scandal took place at the Ground Operations CommandŌĆÖs general military court in Yongin. Seungri showed up, but Jung Joon Young and Yoo In Seok, who were called in as witnesses, failed to attend the trial for reasons including mental and physical weakness. Seungri is currently accused on a total of 8 charges: habitual illegal gambling, solicitation of prostitution, assistance in the solicitation of prostitution, violation of sexual crime laws through the spread of illegal sexual content via SNS, breach of business finance regulations, violation of food sanitation laws, embezzlement, and illegal foreign monetary transactions. And like he did from the first hearing, he denied all charges except the violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act. It is said that Seungri stated that he doesnŌĆÖt remember about all 7 charges that he denied. But about the prostitution mediation charge, Seungri said, ŌĆ£I didnŌĆÖt take part in Yoo In SeokŌĆÖs prostitution business.ŌĆØ Kim, SeunriŌĆÖs old friend and former Burning Sun employee, backed SeugriŌĆÖs statement as he said, ŌĆ£I only did what was instructed by Yoo In Suk (not by Seungri).ŌĆØ Source (1)
