Moon Taeil (real name Moon Taeil), the 31-year-old former lead vocalist of popular Korean boy group “NCT 127,” was accused of sexually assaulting a Chinese tourist while intoxicated, violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes for quasi-rape. He was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison and, together with two accomplices, was taken into custody on the spot. The three appealed the verdict, but the Supreme Court of Korea upheld the original sentence, finalizing the 3-years-and-6-months imprisonment upon the third and final trial.
According to Korean legal circles today, the Supreme Court rejected the appeals of Taeil and his accomplices surnamed Lee and Hong yesterday, upholding the sentence of 3 years and 6 months in prison as final. The court also required the three to complete 40 hours of sexual crime treatment programs and banned them from working in institutions related to children, adolescents, or persons with disabilities for five years.
Last June 13 at around 2:33 am, Taeil and his co-defendants surnamed Lee and Hong randomly met Chinese tourist