Singers Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, who were handed over to trial for sexual assault of drunk women in groups, were sentenced to five years in prison and two years and six months in prison, respectively.
The second part of the Supreme Court (Presiding Judge Park Sang-ok) announced today (24th) that it has confirmed the court case convicted in the appeal of Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, who were charged with violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes (special level rape).
They were convicted of sexual assaults in groups of drunk women in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do in January 2016 and Daegu in March.
In late 2015, Jung Jun-young was also charged with distributing illegal filmings on 11 occasions, including sending secretly filmed videos while revealing that he had sex with women in a Kakao Talk chat room where celebrities participated.
In the course of the trial, they claimed that some sexual assault charges were'consensual sex.
The first trial admitted that the victims' statements were credible and sentenced Jung Joon-young to six years in prison and Choi Jong-hoon to five years in prison.
Like the first trial, the second trial admitted all of their charges.
However, considering the agreement with the victim, Choi Jong-hoon's sentence was reduced to two years and six months in prison.
Jung Joon-young was sentenced to five years in prison.