BIGBANG’s Seungri arranged prostitutes for some men, Seoul police claim
- Police are stepping up their probe into former K-pop boy band member
Police claimed on Monday that former K-pop boy band BIGBANG member Seungri had arranged prostitution services for some men, as they obtained statements from people involved, verifying some of the allegations, including those of women hired to perform sexual favours.
“We have verified part of the allegations [Seungri faces],” an official from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency probing the case told a press briefing.
Asked if this meant that people who were invited had engaged in sexual intercourse, the official said, “Yes”, but did not elaborate.
Police said they had questioned a few women as persons of interest, and obtained statements admitting such acts had been committed.
The official refused to give details about whom the escort services were allegedly arranged for, and whether the women allegedly hired for the jobs were paid. “We’re trying to verify them,” the official said.
Police are stepping up their probe into the allegations based on the 29-year-old, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun.
Seungri is accused of offering sexual services to prospective investors from abroad at a nightclub in Gangnam in 2015 and arranged a similar event for his own birthday he hosted in the Philippines in December 2017.