SBS has shared a conversation between Seungri and fellow members of a group chatroom.

On March 28, SBS’s “8 O’Clock News” reported on Seungri recently being booked for spreading an illegally taken photo. According to police, while Seungri admitted to sharing illicit footage, he has denied taking it and said it was a photo from an acquaintance.

SBS reports that on June 12, 2016, Seungri shared a photo of naked women in a group chatroom.

Mr. Kim replied, “Now?” and Choi Jong Hoon asked, “Seungri, what is it?” In reply, Seungri sent several symbols for laughter.

Police are conducting an investigation into who took the photo.

Earlier that day, MBC reported that there are eight singers in the controversial group chatrooms, with 14 people in all. The police also stated that they have confirmed the existence of 23 chatrooms so far, including group chatrooms and one-on-one conversations, where illegally filmed videos and photos were shared by Jung Joon Young, Seungri, Choi Jong Hoon, and more.

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On March 28, MBC’s “Newsdesk” reported on discussions of destroying evidence that took place in the group chatrooms where illegally filmed videos were shared.

MBC received investigation reports from the police that state that Seungri, Jung Joon Young, Choi Jong Hoon, and other members of the controversial group chatrooms had all changed their phones.

It was revealed that when it was first reported on March 11 that there had been illegally filmed videos shared in their group chatrooms, they discussed switching their phones.

The police found that Seungri said to Choi Jong Hoon, “Change your phone.”

Jung Joon Young also testified to police that he had gotten rid of his phone at his show’s filming location in Los Angeles and bought a new one, as instructed to by Mr. Park, a member of the chatroom.

When he returned to Korea from the United States, he claimed that he submitted all of his phones with videos to the police, even though he’d gotten rid of his phone that is suspected of containing more recent illegally filmed videos.

Six other members of the chatrooms including Seungri and others submitted new phones to the police after changing their phones.

Because of this organized destruction of evidence, the police have not been able to check their recent phones. This is why the investigation has mostly been focused on illegal activities that took place in 2015 and 2016.

Seungri, Jung Joon Young, and Choi Jong Hoon were all booked earlier today for additional charges of sharing illegally filmed videos and photos.

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On March 28, MBC’s “Newsdesk” reported that Jung Joon Young’s group chatrooms included 14 people, eight of whom are singers.

“Newsdesk” reports that the chatroom conversations were full of messages that disparaged women, and even included discussion of the possibility of using illegally filmed video as blackmail.

The chatrooms reportedly included Jung Joon Young, Seungri, Choi Jong Hoon, and Yong Junhyung, with eight singers in total. This includes newly identified singers referred to by MBC as “singer K” and “singer J.”

There was also model L, businessmen such as former Yuri Holdings CEO Yoo In Suk, two Burning Sun MDs (merchandisers or promoters), and a friend of Jung Joon Young.

When reached out to for a comment, a representative of singer K said that they do remember being in a chatroom with Jung Joon Young, but not the sharing of illegal photos.

There are said to be seven chatrooms where hidden camera videos were shared. The participants shared videos in the chatrooms, which had as few as three to four people or as many as six to seven people.

The police have found in their investigation that after videos were shared in the chatrooms, the participants would talk about them as though bragging. In addition, Seungri’s acquaintance Mr. Kim filmed a sexual video of a victim who owned him a debt. He said, “Should I release this video if she doesn’t pay up?” and shared the video in a chatroom.

MBC also reports some of what the police have found while investigating Jung Joon Young. In 2016, he shared a photo of a woman’s body in a chatroom with male celebrity friends. The photo was of a woman who was sitting ahead of him on an airplane. 30 seconds later, he sent the photo in another chatroom with celebrity friends.

Police have found that he filmed women in locations including a hotel in Taiwan, his apartment, a restaurant in Gangnam, an adult entertainment establishment, and in an airplane. The videos were also shared at various times of the day, including the middle of the night and the afternoon.

Most of the videos are less than 10 seconds long, and were taken without the woman’s awareness. It’s reported that he was caught by a woman he’d filmed in his home in 2015 and he deleted the footage.

Jung Joon Young was arrested on March 21 and is currently being held at a detention center. He has been charged with 11 instances of sharing illegally taken footage.

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The police provided more details on allegations of Seungri engaging in the sharing of illegally taken footage.

On March 28, the police announced that they booked Seungri for charges of sharing illegally taken footage. At the time, the police specified that he spread illegally taken photos in a group chatroom with friends.

Regarding the reports, a source from the police further revealed, “Seungri admitted that he spread illegally taken footage. However, he is arguing that he did not film the footage himself, but spread it after receiving it [from someone else].”

The source continued, “[The footage that Seungri spread] was sent to the [controversial] chatroom of Seungri and another group chatroom. We are currently checking to see who filmed the footage.”

Aside from the allegations of spreading hidden camera footage, Seungri is also currently under investigation for suspicions of prostitution mediation and related actions surrounding the club Burning Sun.

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Following reports of Seungri receiving full makeup at a salon prior to his questioning at the police station on March 14, the director of the salon spoke up to clarify the claims made in the reports.

On March 27, it was reported that “A” had witnessed Seungri getting his hair and makeup done on March 14 at a salon in Gangnam known for having famous celebrities as customers.

“A” stated, “I was surprised to see him in full makeup as if he were going on ‘Big Show’ when he is implicated in something that the entire country is enraged over. He appeared very different than other celebrities and chaebols that have gone to the police station. When Seungri was on his way out after getting his makeup done, he asked, ‘Please go a bit heavier on the eye makeup,’ and got it fixed further.”

The witness continued, “After Seungri left, the few people there started whispering. Though he is probably supposed to be avoiding places like this since there are many eyes, he appeared confidently. I felt that he was either confident in the investigation or thought, ‘The investigation isn’t that big of a deal.’ The makeup itself is not going to be a problem, but his attitude wasn’t that of someone who felt he had done something wrong.”

“B,” who has been doing makeup for broadcasting stations for over 20 years, stated, “There are a lot of times when stars feel burdened because there are a lot of reporters gathered at the police station, so they do their eye makeup very lightly. The fact that he got heavy eye makeup can be an expression of his confidence or a symbolic protest saying, ‘I haven’t done anything wrong.'”

Afterwards, the director of the hair salon spoke up to clarify the situation, sharing that he did go to the hair salon to get makeup done before attending questioning but did not get full makeup as claimed in the reports.

The director continued, “He appeared to be exhausted, and all we did was smooth out his hair and simple cover ups such as covering the bags under his eyes. He had a hard time and he didn’t speak much.”

Seungri is currently being investigated for suspicions of prostitution mediation as well as other crimes related to the club Burning Sun. He has also been booked for charges of spreading illegally taken photos.

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On March 28, the Seoul National Police Agency revealed that they additionally booked Seungri for charges of spreading illegally taken footage. The police specified that Seungri spread illegally taken photos.

Regarding the suspicions of Seungri’s prostitution mediation, the police said, “We are continuing to extensively check testimonies from some people in relation [to the allegations]. During a municipal meeting two weeks ago, the head of the criminal investigation department stated that ‘there is a credible testimony in relation to [Seungri’s] alleged prostitution mediations,’ but we have come further than that as of now.”

The police also revealed that they added more charges against Jung Joon Young regarding the allegations of sharing illegally taken footage, for which the singer was arrested on March 21 and is currently being held at a detention center at Jongno Police Station.

The police said, “Following the arrest of Jung Joon Young, we confirmed that there were three more instances of [him] spreading illegally taken footage. We plan to forward them to the prosecution on March 29. With three new instances added onto the original eight instances, [Jung Joon Young is charged with] 11 instances of sharing illegally taken footage.” The police also shared that Jung Joon Young tested negative for drug testing.

Regarding Choi Jong Hoon, the police stated that they found one additional instance of [him] sharing illegally taken videos and photos on top of the two original instances. They further explained, “We will have to continue with the investigation to figure out who filmed it, but the individual himself (Choi Jong Hoon) acknowledged the act. This is different from the videos Jung Joon Young shared.”

Seungri is currently under investigation for suspicions of prostitution mediation and related actions surrounding the club Burning Sun. Jung Joon Young was placed under arrest on March 21 for the filming and sharing of hidden camera videos. Choi Jong Hoon was booked on March 21 for bribing a police officer to cover up a drunk driving incident from 2016.

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Go Jun Hee has denied her ties to Seungri and his alleged act of mediating prostitution.

The March 23 broadcast of SBS’s “Unanswered Questions” (also known as “The Its Know”) reported on Seungri and a party from 2015, during which the former BIGBANG member reportedly entertained a foreign investor from Japan.

The show also revealed messages that Seungri allegedly exchanged in a group chatroom that includes former FTISLAND member Choi Jong Hoon, Jung Joon Young, and others. The messages showed Seungri mentioning a specific time for the party and ordering the participants to prepare, to which Jung Joon Young replies, “I can tell the girls to arrive by 8 o’clock, right?”

In response, Choi Jong Hoon says, “A (referring to an actress) is in New York.” Seungri responds, “She went to New York, again??” and Choi Jong Hoon says, “Of course, these actress b****** are always abroad when they are taking time off.”

Following the broadcast, speculations arose that the actress mentioned in the chatroom is Go Jun Hee, who happened to be abroad around the same time as the event mentioned in the chatroom.

On Go Jun Hee’s Instagram, netizens asked the actress if she is in anyway involved in the situation. One comment directly asked her if it’s true about her involvement with Seungri’s prostitution mediation allegations, and another comment asked if she is close with Choi Jong Hoon. There was also a comment that simply said, “Unanswered Questions.”

However, the actress denied her ties and replied to the comments the same way, “It’s not true ^^.”

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