Update (28/08/2021): All information reported in this video aligns with what has been reported on all mainstream media outlets (SBS, KBS, MBC, CNN, ABC, BBC, Korean Herald, Korean Times etc.), and you can see the sources I obtained this info from at the top right hand corner of the screen. However, I have also received several comments from Seungri's fans believing that the trial against him had been unfair, as alleged transcripts of the trials show that all 32 witnesses actually denied Seungri's involvement in all of his crimes. At the time of filming, I was debating whether or not to include this info, but ended up not doing so, because these transcripts had not been officially verified/ published by the Korean court system (most were obtained from Naver News), and this piece of information also hadn't been reported on by most major news stations (I only saw this reported on 3 news websites in total), so I was quite skeptical. However, looking back, I think I should have still at least mentioned these transcripts in order to provide a more nuanced view of the situation. I am unfortunately unable to re-film this video due to contractual obligations, but here are some sources that support Seungri's innocence (these are the ones most commonly sent to me by viewers). Feel free to look through them and come to your own conclusions: - Transcripts from Seungri's court hearings (Source: Naver): - twitter.com/poutyvip5lines/status/1307290920354820103 - twitter.com/poutyvip5lines/status/1245267139956748289?s=19, - Article pointing out the fact that witness testimonies support Seungri (Source: Business Mirror): businessmirror.com.ph/2020/12/15/prosecution-witnesses-testimonies-favor-seungri/ - Summary of witness testimonies (Source: Allkpop): www.allkpop.com/article/2021/01/all-witnesses-denied-seungri-involvement-saying-police-tried-to-force-them-against-seungri-1610850051 Seungri's appeal is currently underway, so if the court proceedings were indeed unfair, then I definitely look forward to seeing him get acquitted so that he may clear his name once and for all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are your thoughts on each person's sentence? Oh also, the graphics took me ages to make, but I hope they worked out well!!
Only 3 years for 9 charges makes no sense to me. He deserved a much longer sentence, a fine is not going to make him reform. All of their sentence were too less imo, it just seems weird.
Thank god you finally made a video on this topic, I couldn't understand what just happened and since you're so sweet and whatever you say is understandable for me, I finally understood what happened. Unnieee sharengayeo
So you are telling me they were involved in gambling, drug scandal, prostitution, bribery, and ruining a person's whole life by raping, traumatizing and making sex videos of them. And at the end these scumbags were sentenced in prison for 2.5 to 5 years. Ok.
This man just wanted to have fun in a club but ended up being hurt and beaten by the club staff and arrested by the police just because he wanted to help a woman BUT thanks to him the biggest controversy came to the surface . He`s a hero :)
He's a remarkable man. He got beaten once by club staff, then *again* when trying to alert police to save that poor woman... and even after that he still managed to tell the story and get this all put to an end. Hero indeed.
There's never enough evidence. It feels so bad to know that police can do anything they want and get away with it... And this happens not only in South Korea but in other countries too
also so many celebritys were involevd just bc they went to club thank god the ones that are not involved were proven innocent like ji chang wook he could losee everything if people bealived it just bc he was in a club doesnt mean he is criminal so many celebritys went to that bar and not all of them are criminals
exactly. if the guy admitted to bribing the police officer, how is that not enough evidence? does a confession not counted? if they can trail the gambling money to YG's credit card, why not find where the bribe money allegedly went to? it's the police's job to find out. but i guess they're covering for their own.
Because the scandal was so big, it was so hard to keep up with it - especially with the fake articles and people spreading false info - so this was really good!!
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research. Thank you !
@@mridusmitadas7793 just so you know, we can see you responding to every positive comment about this video with this prepackaged deflection for people who are responsible. I've reported you for spam like five times.
@@Diana-mu7pc th-cam.com/video/uGQgA0vlZzg/w-d-xo.html The video started with stating a lie as fact. You reported me for stating the truth and for correcting the misinformation ? commendable. Go and see your oppar KIM SANGKYO going around touching and following women. 🤗💛 I never attacked anyone , I didn't say anything negative. All I did was correct you people. Seems like that's a bad thing Kim Sangkyo is responsible too he lied about the club and abused many women but he is a hero according to most people. he has 4 VICTIMs but you don't care cos KIM SANGKYO is not a big name in the industry. Hypocrisy at its finest. I am glad I ain't a hypocrite misinformed moron like you.
@@4ssh4t 25 court trials and none of them involved cam footage or an actual prostitution ring and no woman came forward or even mentioned him! Find me a legal source where he's accused of anything you mentioned!
But technically their sentencing was too generous. I hate the fact that their crimes were minimised and weirdly sugarcoated . Like what they did was horrible and their sentencing was so small. Their status as celebrities let them evade a much bigger consequence that's would've been faced by a normal person who is NOT a celebrity. It's so frustrating like pay some money and take a few yrs. It doesn't compensate for the victims. This is definitely not justice.
Sadly this is how it is for the super rich. They can pay off people to keep them out of jail. The only way Korea would respond accordingly is to have been embarrassed on an international scale
@@jacquelinelugo5518 S*x criminals in general get barely any time in Korea. A man was released after serving 12 years for SA'ing a little girl so bad she'll be permanently disabled. His defense was that "he was drunk", and 12 years was the maximum sentence for SA at that time.
I feel like public pressure might have something to do w it. Even if you look at his fans now, they still bully anyone who cover this issue and say he is guilty. I won't be surprised if the courts also succumbed to this pressure
@@goldyd144 some new about that bastard that should have receive a death sentence. After discharge from prison that guys also buy a house in the same town that the SA girl lived and her family have to move to another place because of that. His wife still say he is innocent and that the people of that town are disdaining him.
He is just a victim of that burning scandal he didn't even own that club.media is just creating fake news to get views just don't blame a person without knowing anything
@@skylar2820 Another delusional fan! You act like you know him personally. It’s not a k drama, he wouldn’t get charged if he wasn’t involved or linked to so many things. Do you see other members get accused? You gonna tell me he knew nothing what happened with his business. Let say he didn’t but he’s the owner so he has to take responsibility.
Very hard to make anything stick with so much corruption. Most of what we do know was brought out by journalists and the media...the police are absolutely in YG's pocket.
Ma boy Kim (the one who defended the drugged girl) is a fucking hero. Most people would have ignored that if they saw it but he stood for what was right!
Eww! The girl was not drugged she was drunk foreign Asian girl ,she wa drag outside because she was so drunk and started making Rokus . their was cctv fulll video she was fine outside .
And Kim Sankyo is not a hero He assaulted multiple women Don’t you read naver ??? His victims talked about how he assaulted some of them ,it’s disgusting!
@@yuuiharui1478evidence surfaced and actually,the so called “victims” were employees of burning sun,which does seem pretty suspicious as they worked for a sex trafficking ring.lmao
they also say seungri announce leaving entertainment industry to faster the investigation, and ft island guy say what he say his statement is speculation and he sorry to seungri so the fan believe he innocent. I try to make them realize by asking them some question but they seem to believe something else.🤷
@@leilegion that is call hiatus, I know. Maybe not happen in western countries, Asian countries some singer or actor sometime they will announce they retire. E.g Japanese singer Namie Amuro she also announced retire (leaving entertainment industry) 😭.
Even if he wasn’t actively involved in those actions, he definitely knew what was going on. No one should support a person profiting off of known exploitation.
@@bichen-up-ur how would he know if he wasn’t even part of Molka? He was in the business chat The mister lee on molka was lee from cnblue K-POP group guy which people even hardly talked about.
I hate how there are so many famous people out there who are corrupted. If they have the power to be evil they have the power to do good and amazing things in this world.
The sentences were too light for all the crimes especially rape. The cops are corrupt. Disgusting. Thank you for summarizing the issues and donating proceeds to worthy causes.
I still remember that for me these days were really crazy when the news came out. Everyday there were new evidences and my head was literally spinning between all these things but I was more shocked that fans still believed they were innocent and everything was a lie until the end.
I'm an og vip but as soon as I heard the allegations I understood that there was truth to them. I didn't have all the facts and whatever but you can still understand that shit ain't right. I got attacked in a comment section not long ago for questioning that they had put clips of Seungri in a random compilation video (not even bigbang related). Jeeeesh they really came for me! Kinda scary to see them defend him like that and being hella disrespectful to the victims while insulting me and calling me a fake fan. Honestly made me feel upset ngl..
@@Samson16436 An OG VIP, yet you happily ignore the fact Seungri was never even accused, that he has no victims to begin with. Not only are you lying your face off, you're also not a very good person. Tsk, how pitiful...
@Rose_X You can't let something happen without knowing about it to begin with. The witnesses, victims, and even one of the criminals *already* said he didn't have anything to do with it nor did he know. Also, "You didn't do anything but you're still a horrible person"? No.
@Rose_X You haters all claim to care or act like you care about victims, then turn around and call them liars because they stated he's innocent and didn't know? Sounds like you don't actually care if it's not what you wanna hear.
@Rose_X Witnesses saying he wasn't involved is one of the biggest amount of proof there is and yes, _very important._ Who're you, that judge? Tsk. He was never in the Molka chats because that was clarified a *long time ago,* he was never involved in the prostituion as they *never found proof of that either,* and the literal only thing he was _actually_ guilty of was gambling. Maybe go spend time looking at the trials and _not_ TH-cam, and you'll see that.
can someone explain to me why all of these criminals’ sentences are so low? i don’t understand how you can commit such an outrageous crime yet only serve 3 years, let alone 1 😐
@@ScarrRose15 lols lacking of evidence = he is a criminals or paying himself to jail? he was not even in molka group chat . when idiots are talking abt seungri having money and connection. i wondered if idiots believes seungri pay himself with lack of evidence yet he still need to get himself sentence to jail. this is one of the biggest joke ever in korean law when some IDIOTS speaks 3years is to light for seungri.
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research.
@@mridusmitadas7793 so. They didn’t drug women and s assault them in the burning sun at all? There was drug found and there are explicit text and video to show that these people are shady af. Should we ignore that?
@@acordilia Burning Sun was cleared in 2019 itself. GO and check the POLICE CHIEFS statement on the BURNING SUN. There were individual crimes that took place in the club but THE CLUB as a whole was not involved in any such thing. Around 40+ were arrested for taking pictures of girls and stuff but those were individual crimes. Even girls generation's member used to visit the club and was accused of taking drugs but found nothing. 🥲
@@acordilia th-cam.com/video/uGQgA0vlZzg/w-d-xo.html This is your hero KIM SANGKYO ? BYE ! seems like you'all are the ones defending and supporting the wrong man. 🤣
i feel so traumatized and disgusted after i learned that JJY was the perpetrator. we shaked hands and even watched his Manila fanmeet on September 2018. i feel so traumatized.
its not that confusing? i mean he committed assault and that's final so why would it be confusing? i don't think the exo members were involved because he left (like right before their international tour) a long time ago and the victims concerned are Chinese and live in mainland China and exo doesn't
@@idc8756 what a mean was everything that happened and still happening with his case, because there is not much information about it from english media since everything is happening in china. so, all the news coverage is in chinese and much international people don't even know about it, so I just say if she can coverage it. Wth are you acting so aggresive with your comment, not I once mentioned EXO, they have nothing to do with him and I know that.
@@iloveyoufreddiemercury96 Yeah I'm also confused about the progress of his case. I saw some people here saying he's getting the death penalty but I'm not sure about that.
I still get teary whenever I think of this. Can’t watch the video because it’s so upsetting. But back then this was just a huge wake up call that you don’t ever know what kind of people your fave idols actually are. So many people whose songs and shows I removed and I can’t listen or see a thumbnail of a single one without remembering. Even today I wish all the women affected healing.
It’s wild. I went to the Monkey Museum with some friends in 2018. Had no idea that it was like that but we all knew it was owned by Suengri. Even almost went to the Burning Sun by myself one time cause my friend ditched me. It’s really scary to think about what may have happened to me had I decided to do that.
He co own monkey museum with mister yoo the ceo of yuri holdings and it didn’t have illegal activity . Burning sun has other ceo it’s leemoonho and lee from le medirein Seoul hotel they are the ones running the club. Le medirein Seoul owns burning sun because they’ve got the highest shares in that company.
@@yuuiharui1478 Ma'am, embezzlement of funds is clearly an illegal activity and so is violation of food safety laws. Both which were done by Monkey museum as per the evidences put forth. So you cannot say that there was no illegal activity.
@@antarabhide7916 Accusation of embezzlement: Witness A, monkey museum CEO, testified that Seungri had no involvement in MM operation and revealed about Monkey Entertainment that was a financially independent entity. there were two different embezzlement charges in ri's case. one involved embezzlement from burning sun (from what i read it sounded like they felt he used his influence to overcharge bs for his branding fee). the other was embezzlement with monkey museum which was that he used yuri holdings company funds for monkey museum ,outside of what was supposed to be used for it. this trial was basically the witness saying it was ri's personal money so it's not a case of embezzling from the company. And the food sanitation SR did violate Food Sanitation Act for registering Monkey Museum club as restaurant for lower tax but MM already received criminal punishment (paid fine) back in 2016 and made changes accordingly.(it’s was clearly a violation which he admitted in 2016 and paid the fine) What I mean about theirs no illlegal activity,, It was confirmed that there were no reports of sex crimes at the Monkey Museum. Seungri’s appealed to the Military High Court and is waiting for the approval of re-trial . The prosecutors also appealed
You know how people say that Seungri is not involved he is just the club owner? I find it funny, imagine an owner who doesnt know anything that is going on in his own club, at the same time feigning ignorance is much worse, if that is his excuse.
He's actually a stakeholder which means he invested in the club financially but doesn't have any say about the operations. Same with buying stock from a company, you become a stakeholder (speaking as a stakeholder myself). In other words, he was the 'face' of the club and helped promote it - that's it.
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research.
@@mridusmitadas7793 even if what youre saying is true, that doesnt mean those who were found guilty and given sentences are innocent... there's so much evidence against them as well?
@@shannoncleodaniels Firstly my only motive here was pointing out how unreliable such yt video is. She made a whole video on Burning Sun but ain't even clear with the incident that started the Scandal. And yes, there are very clear evidence against JJY and CJH there are victims, rape videos , chats and they pleaded guilty. Yoo in seok is in probation for 3 years for prostitute mediation. And Seungri you really gotta see the kind of evidence court has against SEUNGRI. It's funny tbh. Most are assumptions. They even took a media article as an EVIDENCE and denied all 30+ legal testimonies by saying they are unreliable which were in favour of Seungri. Yoo in seok commited the crime and judge said there is no way Seungri didn't know. Yes, this is one of the cited reason for the Verdict too🥲 And spending 30 million won for his birthday is like admitting to prostitutionaccording to the judge where family was present too. My point is yes no one is completely innocent but in this case one person is made more guilty than he really is because you know what majority believes becomes the truth meanwhile Sex abuser like Kim Sangkyo who has VICTIMs and lied is free. Jonghyun is free who saw rape videos and passed vulgar comments. Reason : people don't care about them because their names are not big enough. Also it would have been better if the youtuber mentioned how 30+ witnesses denied his involvement. How come she skipped such important part ?!🥲
Getting gaslit by Seungri's non-korean fans is probably the worst k-pop related mess I have ever experienced. Meanwhile in Korea people are appalled he got his sentence lowered. Either way his career is over, YG and Bigbang aren't dumb enough to welcome him back when the domestic market doesn't want him.
I personally feel the prison sentencing for these men is too low. Imagine the physical and mental trauma this women have to endure for a long time, possibly their entire life and all he gets is 5 years in prison (paired with the fact that it is potentially lowered because of his status)
@@NewLifenpc I fucking hate the fact that he'll be released and some fans of him for sure will try to protect him and saying that he's innocent. He raped people and do bad shits and he didn't even get 10+ years of jail , actually I think he should've get 90 years in jail that man can't even be apart of the society no more what he did is unacceptable and disgusting.
Burning Sun, the loss of Goo Hara, and Mina vs Jimin were the final strikes to me having to take a huge break from being active with Kpop. It felt like everyday was dark and I couldnt trust or put my heart into any member I liked. Everything revolving Burning Sun was so confusing and the horrible fans who would parade how “innocent” Seungri was didnt make being active on Kpop stan twit any better. I am a Hara and Jimin bias (Hara being my ult) and I really liked BigBang. Overall just me having bad luck. Seeing your videos on Burning Sun and Jimin have made it so much easier to finally collect my thoughts.. so thank you so much for these! 😭 I hope you’re doing ok as these topics are quite dark! 😭💝
Let me ask a question to those people who are defending seungri. If seungri is absolutely innocent guy, what was he doing on the chatroom where JJY sent videos of him raping women? Please enlighten me how he was innocent. Because it is also hard for me to believe he would do something like this
I read somewhere they said that he was in a business chat group and not in the other one(sex chat)...and one of them sended a clip of few sec or one min I forgot....and he responded saying don't send these kind of things here. Can't say what's true what's not.
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research.
@@mridusmitadas7793 Apparently taking the time to correct your grammar and punctuation is annoying. If your gonna be an idiot at least be a grammatically correct one.
At this point, only foolish people would still believe in him. The case is as clear as it can get. Though it is true that his backlash was harsher than other but that doesn't mean he wasn't guilty. I can see this court case running for more years to come. And I personally wouldn't be surprised if he got out of this as well unless the court decides to stick with it.
erm, the case are pretty weird actually cause there are many allegation that the prosecution change the statement of the victims and more. Thats why many "foolish people" stays beside him. Like how is it a coincidence that many kpop star made a controversy after the korean government also made a controversy for example the sopa incident. Not trying to biased towards Seungri either but it feel like something missing. If anything happens to the korean government then we can expect kpop star scandal to emerge. Its like throw a chicken to save a rabbit. I hope u can see my point and thinks in different perspective and again in law . We only acknowledge the fact and numbers only. When a team full of investigators, police, prosecution can delay the case by 2 years it is something wrong. And further information Seungri already scheduled to enlist in 2019/2020 when one of the members already coming out from the military. Just saying. Therefore, I hope read all of this and may u have a great day. Stay healthy, Stay save. Pardon for my terrible writings.
What kills me is the obvious corruption going on. You know those rich men are paying off judges and government officials. So that they can stay out of jail. Like damn, they don't even try to hide it
Dude what are you talking about the case is confusing as heck, especially with all the random clickbait articles that kept popping up and then the accusations of journalists inventing certain things and with different information popping up here and there. There is zero concrete evidence that is available to the public (alongside accurate translations) that would make this case clear. Plus the fact that it is taking over two years it is most definitely dodgy as heck. Ever heard of confirmation bias? To me it feels like this is a huge case of confirmation bias and also an attempt to cover up the actual issue by throwing in a celebrity under the bus. All I know is that I trust absolutely no one, I'm neither with or against Seungri all I'm seeing and feeling is that something really odd is up not only because of the scandal itself but also because of the way people reacted.
And now the suspects of burning sun are free, roaming around like nothing ever happened when they have ruined the lives of so many women. We truly live in a sick world
So crazy how somebody's innocence can be so smack in the face obvious, yet people love to see famous people suffer so much they'll ignore it to the moon and back...
@@sangisailo2514 babe... after everything that came out? Being even involved into this its wrong on many different levels. Even if he didn't actually do anything, just the fact that he knew and kept silent when hundreds of woman were being abus3d makes him a shitty person.
@@MIRAI-dt8rs He wasn't just a DJ there. He doesn't even a victim. Plus The Burning sun is a sum up of 3 different cases.. There are so many misinfo regarding this case and many utubers used this case for views
@@sangisailo2514 "Seungri solicited pr0st!tut!0n for his investors up to 29 times within two months, spending 43 million won in the process" which is called arranging pr0st!tut!0n, don't forget the g@mbl!ng! Not to mention Seungri saw the chat room that Jung Joon Young had and was an active member in it. That alone makes him a horrible person. He saw what was happening and said NOTHING. Stop defending someone who A. doesn't know you exist and B. is a terrible person. Let's not look over these charges!
No it wouldn’t have 99% of rapist don’t go to jail and if they do it’s probably for a couple of months idk why ur lying stop trying to make America look better
To me it's so unbelievable how short their prison sentences are, honestly. Especially the people involved in r*pe and pr*stitution mediation, I feel like that's too little time to really inhibit other predators to behave like that.
@@hannah4107 Cause of a "lack of evidence" seriously how disappointing is the law these days. You sometimes don't need so much evidence. If someone did something bad then they should pay the price!
Well in Korea if a man r*pes a woman but tells the police “I was drunk” they let that man go Bc he “wasn’t in his right state of mind” Their fucked up,kpop and kdramas make Korea look so beautiful.
This was such a clear, concise, and organised video on the scandal! I kept up with the news when the scandal was breaking but all the different people, crimes, various stories, trials, and charges got so confusing. This is the first time I've been able to understand completely. Thank you! Such an important case to cover for so many reasons.
Oof, the whole thing took 4 years and it's still going... And Ploopy is the first person who actually presented it in a digestible way xD But seriously, it would be easier for everyone if the guilty people just stopped their defence and did their time. Aren't they tired of it by now? Like, if Seungri did his 3 years back then, he'd be out already and the police could pay attention to other things. His reputation is already gone, so what is he trying to do?
this video made the whole burning scandal easier to understand… thanks for making it! it’s awful what these men did to those women… edit: watching this video again, seeing the awful charges and the little years sentenced… that’s insane.
wow what a shock that the police didn't find enough evidence to convict two of their own... the corruption runs so deep and thoroughly through all of this its incredible
That male clubgoer who tried to protect the female clubgoer is a hero. We need more men who are allies. Stay safe and keep an eye on your friends everyone!
rich guys sentenced to 1-3 years in cases of rape, drug trafic, gang related, etc. Poor guy smokes a join and has three plants at home, 20-Life in prison. Law is the same for everyone, justice isnt.
Just a side note: Yang Hyun Suk wasn't the CEO of YG. He also wasn't a major shareholder. It means in paper he wasn't in power but the reality is the opposite. He was the founder and face of YG and still have unofficial hold on almost all of YG. Edit: The official CEO was Yang Min Suk at that time. He is Yang Hyun Suk's brother. If I recall, Yang Min Suk got the position around 2010's when his brother stepped down as a CEO. He also stepped down from his CEO position after the Burning Sun scandal. P.S. Yang Hyun Suk was the Chief Executive Producer of YG during that time.
Literally astonishing that they only got up to five years in prison for their crimes🤦🤢 Those people are disgusting for their actions and they're actions tell a lot about there disgusting views of women and how they think women should be treated. Wish they got more time.
And there as still some VIPs, yg stans and his fans who believe he is innocent..like support your favs, but criticize them too when they are wrong...do not be a hypocrite and too naive
Agreed! people need to realize that they do not know these idols like they think they do, as kpop stans we don’t know anything except for what they show us
Koreans seriously need to do something with their sentencing/law system. All of their prison sentences and police investigations are completely ridiculous in every single scandal.
JunHyung (former member of Beast/Highlight) was also involved in this scandal since other chats with JJY have been published where he received those videos in 2019 and earlier as well and he didn't do anything... He had nothing to do with the Burning Sun scandal directly but shows that those group chats are a disgusting, serious thing in Korea...
It's frustrating to see the defending still happening. Good luck in these comments I'm sure they will be here soon!! I understand wanting to defend your idol, anyone can make allegations online but there is so so much evidence. I believe S. Korea has a long way to go with crimes against women. The sentences here were absolutely pathetic.
Honestly this might be the one of the biggest scandals ever in the kpop industry maybe even the biggest 2019 was a hard and stressful year for yg entertainment
@@RustyWells2 no but he deserves more.. i don’t care if 3 years is like 30 years in prison. he caused damage to those innocent women, he deserves karma
I vaguely kept up with the scandal unfolding at the time so I think you did a great summarising the connections and what happened without really dwelling on the horrid details like some crime coverage can be. You know like "and this is a scrap of hair, this is the alleyway etc" I suppose that's what it's like when the whole picture hasn't been uncovered so they focus on every minute detail. It was kinda grotesque and traumatic how much detail can be in the articles so yeah good video Evangeline!
Why don't kpop stans talk about this ? This is a good reminder that these Idols are just putting on a facade, we don't really know what's happening behind the scenes
@@myouniverse0613 i'm talking about kpop idols in my comment. Everyone already knows that celebrities are fake, but kpop stans still think that their idols are angels
I hate when people say " Yg Is ThE bEsT CoMpAnY" like if the ceo of the company was involved in a scandal like this they really are not the best company...
And they still have fans supporting them and fighting for them.. some of them are returning to the entertainment industry with no shame! Did they even get the right punishment? just OH MY GOSH..
What the hell, rape but only sentenced 5 years. Embezzlement, drug related crime and human trafficking only sentenced for a year, the longest is 3 years. So I see the rich person in S.Korea only had light punishment.
And about Seungri Human trafficking wasn’t one of the charges It’s prostitution meditation and prostitution-about him knowing his business partners were hiring prostitution. The judge assumed he knows about his business patners doing .they got no evidence actually that they hired them. The prostitutes all denied them being hired by him. The prostitutes testified in court that mister yoo was one The Who brought them and hired them. Mister yoo actually bring those prostitutes in parties,there like escorts. It’s actually funny Seungri gotten more sentence than the ones hiring the prostitutes His business partner only received one year and 3years probation .
Dear Ploopy, I'll just say it like it is: your coverage on this issue has been the best I have seen on youtube so far. I really love that you put screenshots of your sources in the moment you talk about them, and you wrap it all up in a cohesive manner. Thank you very much for all your effort! I'm such a proud patron 💖
Him being "guilty" of the prostitution charge is ridiculous even the judge said he's going to ignore the 32 witnesses statements because he believes seungri knew and did all the crimes and conspired with Yoo even though Yoo the one who did the crime said Seungri didn't do it aswell as 32 other witnesses coming out and saying that it was Yoo who did it/ gave them their orders and not Seungri. A couple of witnesses even said that the police practice coercion to get them to speak against Seungri and even twisted their words which the told the judge when they went on the stand under Oath. The judge is implying 32 witnesses lied under Oath which is perjery which is a criminal offense so I would love to know when the judge is going to tri those 32 witnesses for perjury.
@@gracem901 HAHAHA you guys cant even get your own facts straight and youre criticising the video. I thought u guys know everything?? I thought u have all the facts? i thought you read through all the court documents and you are SOOOOOOOOOO familiar with the whole case?
@@kpopluver0494 but the point is he had a large amount of witnesses and testimonies in his fair saying he is innocent. The judge ignored that and based his judgment on an assumption without accepting proofs. Now THAT is stupid. Your energy is unfortunately aimed at the wrong people, dude.
Finally i could understand what was going on in the burning sun scandal. Thank you ploopy for this video. I hope those victims can heal and have a good life ahead 😭💜.
There were no casualties in the BS scandal. The victims were in videos shared by JJY and Kim in chat rooms. JJY's ex-girlfriend was collecting signatures for a petition to the Blue House - she wanted the police to investigate her case again. In 2016, she accused JJY of secretly filming. But she withdrew the allegations: “I want to take this opportunity to clarify what happened due to the misunderstandings that exist even 5 years after the incident. The biggest reason why I dropped the charges was because, after consulting my lawyer, we came to the conclusion that due to the lack of evidence, I could very well find myself charged for false accusations.” “I was also about to graduate from college. I thought it was dangerous to put myself at risk of a record with a famous celebrity before entering society.” Of course, she did not collect the required 200,000. signatures because few people care about the victims. It's funnier to accuse the famous idol of things he didn't do.
@@UnixquelolShe was in 4minute but pretty sure she left and then she started dating Dawn who is from Pentagon. Dawn left his company+group for Hyuna. They would post MVs together and they have broken up months ago. Now it’s confirmed that she’s dating a guy who was involved in the Burning Sun scandal.
Chats were scary. I can't even imagine that girls from bar gone through. Thinking if that guy didn't notice the assault and drugs what will happened? Can they ever discovered the whole scandal. That yyj guy his chats were the most horrible.
Thanks for all the research and putting this together!! You’re a queen. I was wondering what was happening since the initial news came out but got lost in all the updates and fake rumors.. I think they should’ve been sentenced way more harshly but at least they’re getting some type of justice
Seungri wasn't in the Molka chat he was in a business chatroom with JJY where JJY shared one molka video that was of consensual sex. Don't believe me cheak out JJYs court documents. We don't even know if Seungri seen it and the police don't even think Seungri knew of JJYs crimes because he wasn't in molka chat or a witness in JJYs case
I do feel like he was used as the scapegoat. As disappointing as it sounds he probably got it worse because his crimes were more around making a fool of business if that makes sense like the tax short cut by registering the club as a restaurant. Basically I feel he got it worse because he was the most famous and most of his crimes vasically made the government look stupid while the others were sexual crimes against people so they didn't care as much.
woa I've been hearing about this issue for a long time but it's the first time that I actually get to understand what it really is and i'm telling you, it's so messed up. Prxstitution, rxpe, hidden cameras, gxmbling, embexzlement, drxgs, and many other cases. I'm so surprised that some fans still have the guts to defend him. Edit: i also think they definitely deserve longer jailtime.
Update (28/08/2021): All information reported in this video aligns with what has been reported on all mainstream media outlets (SBS, KBS, MBC, CNN, ABC, BBC, Korean Herald, Korean Times etc.), and you can see the sources I obtained this info from at the top right hand corner of the screen. However, I have also received several comments from Seungri's fans believing that the trial against him had been unfair, as alleged transcripts of the trials show that all 32 witnesses actually denied Seungri's involvement in all of his crimes. At the time of filming, I was debating whether or not to include this info, but ended up not doing so, because these transcripts had not been officially verified/ published by the Korean court system (most were obtained from Naver News), and this piece of information also hadn't been reported on by most major news stations (I only saw this reported on 3 news websites in total), so I was quite skeptical.
However, looking back, I think I should have still at least mentioned these transcripts in order to provide a more nuanced view of the situation. I am unfortunately unable to re-film this video due to contractual obligations, but here are some sources that support Seungri's innocence (these are the ones most commonly sent to me by viewers). Feel free to look through them and come to your own conclusions:
- Transcripts from Seungri's court hearings (Source: Naver):
- twitter.com/poutyvip5lines/status/1307290920354820103
- twitter.com/poutyvip5lines/status/1245267139956748289?s=19,
- Article pointing out the fact that witness testimonies support Seungri (Source: Business Mirror): businessmirror.com.ph/2020/12/15/prosecution-witnesses-testimonies-favor-seungri/
- Summary of witness testimonies (Source: Allkpop): www.allkpop.com/article/2021/01/all-witnesses-denied-seungri-involvement-saying-police-tried-to-force-them-against-seungri-1610850051
Seungri's appeal is currently underway, so if the court proceedings were indeed unfair, then I definitely look forward to seeing him get acquitted so that he may clear his name once and for all.
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What are your thoughts on each person's sentence?
Oh also, the graphics took me ages to make, but I hope they worked out well!!
they all need longer sentences . i still cannot understand how dr//g$ get you a longer time in jail than everything that happened in this scandal
Only 3 years for 9 charges makes no sense to me. He deserved a much longer sentence, a fine is not going to make him reform. All of their sentence were too less imo, it just seems weird.
Thank god you finally made a video on this topic, I couldn't understand what just happened and since you're so sweet and whatever you say is understandable for me, I finally understood what happened.
Unnieee sharengayeo
I enjoyed this video. Damn honestly I never understood the Burning Sun scandal since so much was going on, but your video was entertaining. Thank you
I love your videos a lot:)
I feel appalled by those defending him and trying to gas light us into believing that he's innocent. Y'all are scary. Stop threatening Ploopy.
Me too, it's absolutely disgraceful. If he wasn't famous, these people wouldn't give two s****!
They've been convicted as criminals and some people still defend them, but God forbid if they start dating someone 🙄
So evidence and court trials are gaslighting?
@@MJ-sj5dv thank you
@@MJ-sj5dv jailed for 3 years
So you are telling me they were involved in gambling, drug scandal, prostitution, bribery, and ruining a person's whole life by raping, traumatizing and making sex videos of them. And at the end these scumbags were sentenced in prison for 2.5 to 5 years. Ok.
Welcome to the real world!
and for 9 charges😃 I would’ve given those garbage bins 90 years. no one needs people like that walking around earth..
Prison isn’t for rich people
fr ppl get longer prison sentences for a single drug charge this is bs
@@ScarrRose15 no way...really?
This man just wanted to have fun in a club but ended up being hurt and beaten by the club staff and arrested by the police just because he wanted to help a woman BUT thanks to him the biggest controversy came to the surface . He`s a hero :)
Ikr-
He's a remarkable man. He got beaten once by club staff, then *again* when trying to alert police to save that poor woman... and even after that he still managed to tell the story and get this all put to an end. Hero indeed.
@@angelicastrauss440 who is that Man
@@strawberryruiyang1792 did you watch the video?
@@strawberryruiyang1792 Kim Sang Kyo was the poor guy who got beaten up
For a culture that won’t let an artist show tattoos on TV, these sentences seem hypocritical
In case you haven't noticed, their culture is kind of hypocritical though.. hmm
For a culture who’s so big on manners and such, very disgusting and hypocritical🤦♀️…
idol: dates
Koreans: unforgivable crime! blacklist
idol: literal criminal
Koreans: but he's so cute 😢
you are so right@@sarah_12725
For real 💀
Notice how there "wasn't enough evidence" to properly punish any of the corrupt police officers 🤔
There's never enough evidence. It feels so bad to know that police can do anything they want and get away with it... And this happens not only in South Korea but in other countries too
It's almost as if the police control the evidence.
also so many celebritys were involevd just bc they went to club thank god the ones that are not involved were proven innocent like ji chang wook he could losee everything if people bealived it just bc he was in a club doesnt mean he is criminal so many celebritys went to that bar and not all of them are criminals
exactly. if the guy admitted to bribing the police officer, how is that not enough evidence? does a confession not counted? if they can trail the gambling money to YG's credit card, why not find where the bribe money allegedly went to? it's the police's job to find out. but i guess they're covering for their own.
Because the scandal was so big, it was so hard to keep up with it - especially with the fake articles and people spreading false info - so this was really good!!
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research. Thank you !
@@mridusmitadas7793 just so you know, we can see you responding to every positive comment about this video with this prepackaged deflection for people who are responsible. I've reported you for spam like five times.
@@Diana-mu7pc th-cam.com/video/uGQgA0vlZzg/w-d-xo.html
The video started with stating a lie as fact. You reported me for stating the truth and for correcting the misinformation ? commendable. Go and see your oppar KIM SANGKYO going around touching and following women. 🤗💛
I never attacked anyone , I didn't say anything negative. All I did was correct you people. Seems like that's a bad thing
Kim Sangkyo is responsible too he lied about the club and abused many women but he is a hero according to most people. he has 4 VICTIMs but you don't care cos KIM SANGKYO is not a big name in the industry.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
I am glad I ain't a hypocrite misinformed moron like you.
@@mridusmitadas7793 yasss preach!!!
@@mridusmitadas7793 stfu we were never defending him, so stop being childish.
The fact that there are still fans out there for people like Seungri and Kris Wu make me question how were those people raised and their moral compass
Ikr
It should be JJY and Kris wu because they literally have the same charges rape and drugged women
What women did Seungry assaulted? Please let me know
@@MJ-sj5dv is exchanging illegal cam footage of women and allegedly instigating a prostitution ring not enough for you??
@@4ssh4t 25 court trials and none of them involved cam footage or an actual prostitution ring and no woman came forward or even mentioned him! Find me a legal source where he's accused of anything you mentioned!
But technically their sentencing was too generous. I hate the fact that their crimes were minimised and weirdly sugarcoated . Like what they did was horrible and their sentencing was so small. Their status as celebrities let them evade a much bigger consequence that's would've been faced by a normal person who is NOT a celebrity. It's so frustrating like pay some money and take a few yrs. It doesn't compensate for the victims. This is definitely not justice.
Sadly this is how it is for the super rich. They can pay off people to keep them out of jail. The only way Korea would respond accordingly is to have been embarrassed on an international scale
@@jacquelinelugo5518 S*x criminals in general get barely any time in Korea. A man was released after serving 12 years for SA'ing a little girl so bad she'll be permanently disabled. His defense was that "he was drunk", and 12 years was the maximum sentence for SA at that time.
I feel like public pressure might have something to do w it.
Even if you look at his fans now, they still bully anyone who cover this issue and say he is guilty.
I won't be surprised if the courts also succumbed to this pressure
@@goldyd144 WHATTTTTTT WHATTTTTTTT WHATTTTTTT
@@goldyd144 some new about that bastard that should have receive a death sentence. After discharge from prison that guys also buy a house in the same town that the SA girl lived and her family have to move to another place because of that. His wife still say he is innocent and that the people of that town are disdaining him.
Korea's justice system irks me soo much! 3 years for 9 charges is just insane. he should be serving at least 50 years
exactly + the corruption with police doesn’t make it any better😪
He is just a victim of that burning scandal he didn't even own that club.media is just creating fake news to get views just don't blame a person without knowing anything
@@skylar2820 Another delusional fan! You act like you know him personally. It’s not a k drama, he wouldn’t get charged if he wasn’t involved or linked to so many things. Do you see other members get accused? You gonna tell me he knew nothing what happened with his business. Let say he didn’t but he’s the owner so he has to take responsibility.
Very hard to make anything stick with so much corruption. Most of what we do know was brought out by journalists and the media...the police are absolutely in YG's pocket.
Maby not 50, but a lot more
Ma boy Kim (the one who defended the drugged girl) is a fucking hero. Most people would have ignored that if they saw it but he stood for what was right!
Eww! The girl was not drugged she was drunk foreign Asian girl ,she wa drag outside because she was so drunk and started making Rokus .
their was cctv fulll video she was fine outside .
And Kim Sankyo is not a hero
He assaulted multiple women
Don’t you read naver ???
His victims talked about how he assaulted some of them ,it’s disgusting!
Eww u so disguting. Defending the guy who assault girls
@@yuuiharui1478evidence surfaced and actually,the so called “victims” were employees of burning sun,which does seem pretty suspicious as they worked for a sex trafficking ring.lmao
we need more ppl like him
I can’t believe people still support them like the facts are there
they also say seungri announce leaving entertainment industry to faster the investigation, and ft island guy say what he say his statement is speculation and he sorry to seungri so the fan believe he innocent. I try to make them realize by asking them some question but they seem to believe something else.🤷
@@leilegion that is call hiatus, I know. Maybe not happen in western countries, Asian countries some singer or actor sometime they will announce they retire. E.g Japanese singer Namie Amuro she also announced retire (leaving entertainment industry) 😭.
Even if he wasn’t actively involved in those actions, he definitely knew what was going on. No one should support a person profiting off of known exploitation.
I’m not supporting JJY convicted of gang rape and spreading camera footage of women
@@bichen-up-ur how would he know if he wasn’t even part of Molka?
He was in the business chat
The mister lee on molka was lee from cnblue K-POP group guy which people even hardly talked about.
I hate how there are so many famous people out there who are corrupted. If they have the power to be evil they have the power to do good and amazing things in this world.
Well came can get u paranoid and depressed and make u get in ur head
@@trin873 that’s not an excuse
@@beomchoo if u think that then just read An Absolutely Remarkable Thing then
Yeh but doing good is hard while evil comes easily and is enjoyable.
@@MA_KA_PA_TIE enjoyable???
the saddest part is we call innocent drugged girls "prostituees"
Right
Yah cus those fuckers turned them into “prostitues” 😡
even if they were prostitutes, nobody deserves to be taken advantage of or have anything happen to them without consent :(
The sentences were too light for all the crimes especially rape. The cops are corrupt. Disgusting. Thank you for summarizing the issues and donating proceeds to worthy causes.
I still remember that for me these days were really crazy when the news came out. Everyday there were new evidences and my head was literally spinning between all these things but I was more shocked that fans still believed they were innocent and everything was a lie until the end.
I'm an og vip but as soon as I heard the allegations I understood that there was truth to them. I didn't have all the facts and whatever but you can still understand that shit ain't right. I got attacked in a comment section not long ago for questioning that they had put clips of Seungri in a random compilation video (not even bigbang related). Jeeeesh they really came for me! Kinda scary to see them defend him like that and being hella disrespectful to the victims while insulting me and calling me a fake fan. Honestly made me feel upset ngl..
@@Samson16436 An OG VIP, yet you happily ignore the fact Seungri was never even accused, that he has no victims to begin with. Not only are you lying your face off, you're also not a very good person. Tsk, how pitiful...
@Rose_X You can't let something happen without knowing about it to begin with. The witnesses, victims, and even one of the criminals *already* said he didn't have anything to do with it nor did he know.
Also, "You didn't do anything but you're still a horrible person"? No.
@Rose_X You haters all claim to care or act like you care about victims, then turn around and call them liars because they stated he's innocent and didn't know? Sounds like you don't actually care if it's not what you wanna hear.
@Rose_X Witnesses saying he wasn't involved is one of the biggest amount of proof there is and yes, _very important._ Who're you, that judge? Tsk.
He was never in the Molka chats because that was clarified a *long time ago,* he was never involved in the prostituion as they *never found proof of that either,* and the literal only thing he was _actually_ guilty of was gambling. Maybe go spend time looking at the trials and _not_ TH-cam, and you'll see that.
Me watching this in 2024 after finding out that Hyuna is probably dating this Yong Jun hyung guy
not probably, she confirmed she is !! :(
Gosh..... And Hyuna is dating a wrong person who thinks that r*pe isn't a big deal..... I'm so hurt right now. Why did Hyuna do this?😢💔
can someone explain to me why all of these criminals’ sentences are so low? i don’t understand how you can commit such an outrageous crime yet only serve 3 years, let alone 1 😐
corruption
Laws
Money and connection involved
That's why light was created.
@@ScarrRose15 lols lacking of evidence = he is a criminals or paying himself to jail? he was not even in molka group chat . when idiots are talking abt seungri having money and connection. i wondered if idiots believes seungri pay himself with lack of evidence yet he still need to get himself sentence to jail. this is one of the biggest joke ever in korean law when some IDIOTS speaks 3years is to light for seungri.
it makes me so sick that men can just use women like objects and punching bags 😕😕
Yep sometimes I'm disgusted by my own gender
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research.
@@mridusmitadas7793 so. They didn’t drug women and s assault them in the burning sun at all? There was drug found and there are explicit text and video to show that these people are shady af. Should we ignore that?
@@acordilia Burning Sun was cleared in 2019 itself. GO and check the POLICE CHIEFS statement on the BURNING SUN. There were individual crimes that took place in the club but THE CLUB as a whole was not involved in any such thing. Around 40+ were arrested for taking pictures of girls and stuff but those were individual crimes.
Even girls generation's member used to visit the club and was accused of taking drugs but found nothing. 🥲
@@acordilia th-cam.com/video/uGQgA0vlZzg/w-d-xo.html
This is your hero KIM SANGKYO ? BYE !
seems like you'all are the ones defending and supporting the wrong man. 🤣
i feel so traumatized and disgusted after i learned that JJY was the perpetrator. we shaked hands and even watched his Manila fanmeet on September 2018. i feel so traumatized.
Sad
At least your not those crazy fans that were defending em
I will also feel very disgusted
jesus christ
can't wait for you to make a video about the Kris Wu situation because it is also really confusing.
its not that confusing? i mean he committed assault and that's final so why would it be confusing? i don't think the exo members were involved because he left (like right before their international tour) a long time ago and the victims concerned are Chinese and live in mainland China and exo doesn't
@@idc8756 what a mean was everything that happened and still happening with his case, because there is not much information about it from english media since everything is happening in china. so, all the news coverage is in chinese and much international people don't even know about it, so I just say if she can coverage it.
Wth are you acting so aggresive with your comment, not I once mentioned EXO, they have nothing to do with him and I know that.
@@iloveyoufreddiemercury96 i didnt say i thought exo was part of it and i didnt think it was confusing but sure ok
@@iloveyoufreddiemercury96 Yeah I'm also confused about the progress of his case. I saw some people here saying he's getting the death penalty but I'm not sure about that.
@@idc8756 just cause it wasn’t confusing to *you* doesn’t mean it isn’t confusing to anyone else.
Thank you for explaining all this situation. Congratulations on the presentation, editing and accuracy of the info!
I still get teary whenever I think of this. Can’t watch the video because it’s so upsetting. But back then this was just a huge wake up call that you don’t ever know what kind of people your fave idols actually are. So many people whose songs and shows I removed and I can’t listen or see a thumbnail of a single one without remembering. Even today I wish all the women affected healing.
It’s wild. I went to the Monkey Museum with some friends in 2018. Had no idea that it was like that but we all knew it was owned by Suengri. Even almost went to the Burning Sun by myself one time cause my friend ditched me. It’s really scary to think about what may have happened to me had I decided to do that.
Dang that's wild
He co own monkey museum with mister yoo the ceo of yuri holdings and it didn’t have illegal activity .
Burning sun has other ceo it’s leemoonho and lee from le medirein Seoul hotel they are the ones running the club.
Le medirein Seoul owns burning sun because they’ve got the highest shares in that company.
@@yuuiharui1478 Ma'am, embezzlement of funds is clearly an illegal activity and so is violation of food safety laws. Both which were done by Monkey museum as per the evidences put forth. So you cannot say that there was no illegal activity.
@@antarabhide7916 Accusation of embezzlement:
Witness A, monkey museum CEO, testified that Seungri had no involvement in MM operation and revealed about Monkey Entertainment that was a financially independent entity.
there were two different embezzlement charges in ri's case. one involved embezzlement from burning sun (from what i read it sounded like they felt he used his influence to overcharge bs for his branding fee). the other was embezzlement with monkey museum which was that he used
yuri holdings company funds for monkey museum ,outside of what was supposed to be used for it. this trial was basically the witness saying it was ri's personal money so it's not a case of embezzling from the company.
And the food sanitation
SR did violate Food Sanitation Act for registering Monkey Museum club as restaurant for lower tax but MM already received criminal punishment (paid fine) back in 2016 and made changes accordingly.(it’s was clearly a violation which he admitted in 2016 and paid the fine)
What I mean about theirs no illlegal activity,, It was confirmed that there were no reports of sex crimes at the Monkey Museum.
Seungri’s appealed to the Military High Court and is waiting for the approval of re-trial .
The prosecutors also appealed
@@yuuiharui1478 Girl if u have any shame and even the smallest sympathy for thhe women then please do urself and all of us a favor and shut up.
Then their fandom would go and say "THEYRE INNOCENT JTS NOT THEIR FAULT" like biased people 💀
Ikr-
it makes me cringe that ppl say that to him 😟
There is so much evidence against seungri too! At this point these fans are not even being naive. They are just being plain ignorant to the facts.
ikr.. even when it was going on people were on his side.. a rich man, who can bribe people..they defend him as if they know him. 🤡
IKR UGH I still hate people who are obsessed with idols and say their idols are innocent when it's obvious they're wrong
You know how people say that Seungri is not involved he is just the club owner? I find it funny, imagine an owner who doesnt know anything that is going on in his own club, at the same time feigning ignorance is much worse, if that is his excuse.
i feel like he knew something was off and just ignored it. like we've seen how he handle business in some tv show, he's actually quite sharp.
He's actually a stakeholder which means he invested in the club financially but doesn't have any say about the operations. Same with buying stock from a company, you become a stakeholder (speaking as a stakeholder myself). In other words, he was the 'face' of the club and helped promote it - that's it.
@@carlithah2580 Doesn't change the fact that he was pimping out girls and hiring prostitutes for financial gains. He doesn't deserve his fans
@@carlithah2580 in the end it's his own consequences he could have chosen safer thing to make money out of
Because seungri baby face panda is innocent *cough* *cough* *fanshield*
Honestly after all the multiple women being affected and they just got 1to 5 years in prison is so low ..... not enough justice for all the rape
i guess south korea really doesn't value women at all (smh
Yah and the fact that it wasn’t just r*pe that they did in this case😭
wow, ive never understood what this scandal was really about until i watched this video. thank you for presenting it in a easy-to-understand way!
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research.
@@mridusmitadas7793 girl stfu
@@amylyparker6143 why ? I am stating facts. Here's your boy Sangkyo touching and following women. th-cam.com/video/uGQgA0vlZzg/w-d-xo.html
@@mridusmitadas7793 even if what youre saying is true, that doesnt mean those who were found guilty and given sentences are innocent... there's so much evidence against them as well?
@@shannoncleodaniels Firstly my only motive here was pointing out how unreliable such yt video is. She made a whole video on Burning Sun but ain't even clear with the incident that started the Scandal.
And yes, there are very clear evidence against JJY and CJH there are victims, rape videos , chats and they pleaded guilty.
Yoo in seok is in probation for 3 years for prostitute mediation.
And Seungri you really gotta see the kind of evidence court has against SEUNGRI. It's funny tbh. Most are assumptions. They even took a media article as an EVIDENCE and denied all 30+ legal testimonies by saying they are unreliable which were in favour of Seungri.
Yoo in seok commited the crime and judge said there is no way Seungri didn't know. Yes, this is one of the cited reason for the Verdict too🥲
And spending 30 million won for his birthday is like admitting to prostitutionaccording to the judge where family was present too.
My point is yes no one is completely innocent but in this case one person is made more guilty than he really is because you know what majority believes becomes the truth meanwhile Sex abuser like
Kim Sangkyo who has VICTIMs and lied is free. Jonghyun is free who saw rape videos and passed vulgar comments. Reason : people don't care about them because their names are not big enough.
Also it would have been better if the youtuber mentioned how 30+ witnesses denied his involvement. How come she skipped such important part ?!🥲
So Update of this Case
Seungri is gonna be released. We're doomed
i genuinely hope the public never have to see his face again , it’s disgusting
@@hyunjinsbratunfortunately he was just spotted in a club
Getting gaslit by Seungri's non-korean fans is probably the worst k-pop related mess I have ever experienced. Meanwhile in Korea people are appalled he got his sentence lowered. Either way his career is over, YG and Bigbang aren't dumb enough to welcome him back when the domestic market doesn't want him.
I personally feel the prison sentencing for these men is too low. Imagine the physical and mental trauma this women have to endure for a long time, possibly their entire life and all he gets is 5 years in prison (paired with the fact that it is potentially lowered because of his status)
I would like the idea that ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED famous or not, rich or poor should be on a "life sentence " for this.
I mean they’re all rich and all famous
One year later and Seungri got his sentece to decreased to 1 year and 1 month.
A single fucking year.
Fucking disgusting.
After this he won’t be making money in media anymore.
@@jessicadiaz8500 I think he have enough money for a few more live times.
@@NewLifenpc I fucking hate the fact that he'll be released and some fans of him for sure will try to protect him and saying that he's innocent. He raped people and do bad shits and he didn't even get 10+ years of jail , actually I think he should've get 90 years in jail that man can't even be apart of the society no more what he did is unacceptable and disgusting.
@@Moon_Sh0t_X1mind telling me what crime?
@@deedeeschway9566 go on google
Burning Sun, the loss of Goo Hara, and Mina vs Jimin were the final strikes to me having to take a huge break from being active with Kpop. It felt like everyday was dark and I couldnt trust or put my heart into any member I liked. Everything revolving Burning Sun was so confusing and the horrible fans who would parade how “innocent” Seungri was didnt make being active on Kpop stan twit any better.
I am a Hara and Jimin bias (Hara being my ult) and I really liked BigBang. Overall just me having bad luck. Seeing your videos on Burning Sun and Jimin have made it so much easier to finally collect my thoughts.. so thank you so much for these! 😭 I hope you’re doing ok as these topics are quite dark! 😭💝
2019 kpop is the most craziest year in kpop industry, to many happened and that year is also a rollercoaster to us
Kpop is getting worse these days it sucks. I like Kpop alot but what's happening behind the scenes is too much
@@user-nb5jo2xi1g Yeah I agree. :( Its best to just listen casually nowadays.
3 years is way too short. all of those people who were purposefully involved should be in jail for an excruciatingly long time
Seungri 3 years sentence was reduce to 1 and half year
@@sharifabdullah9869 that is absolutely disgusting. i can't believe he'll be walking free so soon
Let me ask a question to those people who are defending seungri. If seungri is absolutely innocent guy, what was he doing on the chatroom where JJY sent videos of him raping women? Please enlighten me how he was innocent. Because it is also hard for me to believe he would do something like this
I read somewhere they said that he was in a business chat group and not in the other one(sex chat)...and one of them sended a clip of few sec or one min I forgot....and he responded saying don't send these kind of things here.
Can't say what's true what's not.
@@lyna2128 regardless he didn't do anything about it 🤨
@@kellypleitez5380 🤐🤐🤐
@@lyna2128 mannn stop defending him 🤢
I’m so happy that guy still went through with that petition and brought light to what was going on in the club. He’s a true hero!
Sorry, but he is not hero, he is sexual predator. He should be in jail too
Bro he knew exactly what’s was going on
right. no way hes a director, investor, and so heavily involved and had NO IDEA that some shady shit was going on.
I’ve been wanting to find out more about this to be honest, so thank you for speaking out on it!!!!
Firstly, KIM SANGKYO himself is an assaulter. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO abusing staff of the club. The one who was dragged out was a girl who was drunk and made a scene. She posted an apology letter online. There is a video of KIM SANGKYO attacking police official first and then he was beaten up. There are multiple complaints against KIM SANGKYO by multiple women for sexual harassment. He put false allegations to save his ass. This video is misleading. Do your own research.
@@mridusmitadas7793 please stop copy and pasting the same comment it’s really annoying
@@mridusmitadas7793 make your own fucking video on it then instead of sitting here acting like everyone is gonna read your copy and pasted comment.
@@multistan9650 apparently truth is annoying. 🌚
@@mridusmitadas7793 Apparently taking the time to correct your grammar and punctuation is annoying. If your gonna be an idiot at least be a grammatically correct one.
At this point, only foolish people would still believe in him. The case is as clear as it can get. Though it is true that his backlash was harsher than other but that doesn't mean he wasn't guilty. I can see this court case running for more years to come. And I personally wouldn't be surprised if he got out of this as well unless the court decides to stick with it.
Only his fans who didn’t want to admit they had bad judgement.
erm, the case are pretty weird actually cause there are many allegation that the prosecution change the statement of the victims and more. Thats why many "foolish people" stays beside him. Like how is it a coincidence that many kpop star made a controversy after the korean government also made a controversy for example the sopa incident. Not trying to biased towards Seungri either but it feel like something missing. If anything happens to the korean government then we can expect kpop star scandal to emerge. Its like throw a chicken to save a rabbit. I hope u can see my point and thinks in different perspective and again in law . We only acknowledge the fact and numbers only.
When a team full of investigators, police, prosecution can delay the case by 2 years it is something wrong. And further information Seungri already scheduled to enlist in 2019/2020 when one of the members already coming out from the military. Just saying. Therefore, I hope read all of this and may u have a great day. Stay healthy, Stay save. Pardon for my terrible writings.
What kills me is the obvious corruption going on. You know those rich men are paying off judges and government officials. So that they can stay out of jail. Like damn, they don't even try to hide it
If foolish means not hopping on bandwagons and looking at the court trials, then I'll happily be foolish.
Dude what are you talking about the case is confusing as heck, especially with all the random clickbait articles that kept popping up and then the accusations of journalists inventing certain things and with different information popping up here and there. There is zero concrete evidence that is available to the public (alongside accurate translations) that would make this case clear. Plus the fact that it is taking over two years it is most definitely dodgy as heck. Ever heard of confirmation bias? To me it feels like this is a huge case of confirmation bias and also an attempt to cover up the actual issue by throwing in a celebrity under the bus. All I know is that I trust absolutely no one, I'm neither with or against Seungri all I'm seeing and feeling is that something really odd is up not only because of the scandal itself but also because of the way people reacted.
Ploopy:......including fantastic baby
Subtitles: *fantastic gravy*
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And now the suspects of burning sun are free, roaming around like nothing ever happened when they have ruined the lives of so many women. We truly live in a sick world
It's so crazy how an idol can be a whole felon and their fans will still defend them 😩😩
fans are brainwshed
So crazy how somebody's innocence can be so smack in the face obvious, yet people love to see famous people suffer so much they'll ignore it to the moon and back...
@@tangerineYT Maybe if you stream his music enough the prosecutors will give him his career back🥺🤞🏽
@@weeabooper Maybe if I make comments on TH-cam, they'll give him more prison time and people will stop defending him 😢
the defenders literally cannot do anything
To whoever support Seungri. Pls, seek professioanl help.
To whoever didn't support Seungri. Pls seek professional help
@@sangisailo2514 babe... after everything that came out? Being even involved into this its wrong on many different levels. Even if he didn't actually do anything, just the fact that he knew and kept silent when hundreds of woman were being abus3d makes him a shitty person.
@@MIRAI-dt8rs He wasn't just a DJ there. He doesn't even a victim. Plus The Burning sun is a sum up of 3 different cases.. There are so many misinfo regarding this case and many utubers used this case for views
@@sangisailo2514 "Seungri solicited pr0st!tut!0n for his investors up to 29 times within two months, spending 43 million won in the process" which is called arranging pr0st!tut!0n, don't forget the g@mbl!ng! Not to mention Seungri saw the chat room that Jung Joon Young had and was an active member in it. That alone makes him a horrible person. He saw what was happening and said NOTHING. Stop defending someone who A. doesn't know you exist and B. is a terrible person. Let's not look over these charges!
in america their sentences would have been _way_ longer, people probably would have wished for them to be even longer
The sad thing is, we don't know that - remember that Brock Turner only served THREE MONTHS.
@@shatteredshards8549
oh your right i forgot 🖐😩 in conclusion i hate it here
No it wouldn’t have 99% of rapist don’t go to jail and if they do it’s probably for a couple of months idk why ur lying stop trying to make America look better
@@zendayam2676 bye what i wasn’t trying to make it look better i hate it here ✋
To me it's so unbelievable how short their prison sentences are, honestly. Especially the people involved in r*pe and pr*stitution mediation, I feel like that's too little time to really inhibit other predators to behave like that.
And the corrupt policemen didn’t get any sentence at all, this is so crazy to me!
That stuff is an everyday thing there. Asian countries seem to have a very low opinion of women!
@@beverlyledbetter4906 yeah and with the beauty standards in South Korea this days just makes it 10x worst
@@hannah4107 Cause of a "lack of evidence" seriously how disappointing is the law these days. You sometimes don't need so much evidence. If someone did something bad then they should pay the price!
Well in Korea if a man r*pes a woman but tells the police “I was drunk” they let that man go Bc he “wasn’t in his right state of mind”
Their fucked up,kpop and kdramas make Korea look so beautiful.
They ruined peoples life but they were sentenced for 1year?? south Korea need to step up their game.
This was such a clear, concise, and organised video on the scandal! I kept up with the news when the scandal was breaking but all the different people, crimes, various stories, trials, and charges got so confusing. This is the first time I've been able to understand completely. Thank you! Such an important case to cover for so many reasons.
Agree
Oof, the whole thing took 4 years and it's still going... And Ploopy is the first person who actually presented it in a digestible way xD
But seriously, it would be easier for everyone if the guilty people just stopped their defence and did their time. Aren't they tired of it by now? Like, if Seungri did his 3 years back then, he'd be out already and the police could pay attention to other things. His reputation is already gone, so what is he trying to do?
Oh it's going on for years to come!
He’s not guilty though so why would he accept this sham of a trial?
Doesnt want to go in jail for nth thats the point
@@sachdalal1440 he is so clearly guilty though, they all are
@@ethangrant8736 how is he guilty? There’s literally multiple witnesses in court that said he had nothing to do with any of this.
this video made the whole burning scandal easier to understand… thanks for making it! it’s awful what these men did to those women…
edit: watching this video again, seeing the awful charges and the little years sentenced… that’s insane.
It was not a "controversy", it was a crime! Or rather a long row of crimes.
wow what a shock that the police didn't find enough evidence to convict two of their own... the corruption runs so deep and thoroughly through all of this its incredible
MONEY DOESN'T CHANGE YOU. IT SHOWS WHO YOU ARE.
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That male clubgoer who tried to protect the female clubgoer is a hero. We need more men who are allies. Stay safe and keep an eye on your friends everyone!
rich guys sentenced to 1-3 years in cases of rape, drug trafic, gang related, etc. Poor guy smokes a join and has three plants at home, 20-Life in prison. Law is the same for everyone, justice isnt.
it’s scary how even the police are covering up for these evil people when they are supposed to be protecting people from people like that
When money talks louder then law 😭
Just a side note: Yang Hyun Suk wasn't the CEO of YG. He also wasn't a major shareholder. It means in paper he wasn't in power but the reality is the opposite. He was the founder and face of YG and still have unofficial hold on almost all of YG.
Edit: The official CEO was Yang Min Suk at that time. He is Yang Hyun Suk's brother. If I recall, Yang Min Suk got the position around 2010's when his brother stepped down as a CEO. He also stepped down from his CEO position after the Burning Sun scandal.
P.S. Yang Hyun Suk was the Chief Executive Producer of YG during that time.
Literally astonishing that they only got up to five years in prison for their crimes🤦🤢 Those people are disgusting for their actions and they're actions tell a lot about there disgusting views of women and how they think women should be treated. Wish they got more time.
And there as still some VIPs, yg stans and his fans who believe he is innocent..like support your favs, but criticize them too when they are wrong...do not be a hypocrite and too naive
Agreed! people need to realize that they do not know these idols like they think they do, as kpop stans we don’t know anything except for what they show us
@@secretangel5246 yea and they showed us no proof that he had smth to do with this
You have the most extensive research on all of these scandals. Great job
the fact that despite their R**** crimes they only get max 5 yrs in prison.....scary to think of them roaming free
Koreans seriously need to do something with their sentencing/law system. All of their prison sentences and police investigations are completely ridiculous in every single scandal.
But like seriously… those prison sentences were next to nothing for the crimes they committed and I’m talking about ALL the prison sentences
3 years?!?! That’s a slap on the wrist. I thought he would get 20 years
JunHyung (former member of Beast/Highlight) was also involved in this scandal since other chats with JJY have been published where he received those videos in 2019 and earlier as well and he didn't do anything... He had nothing to do with the Burning Sun scandal directly but shows that those group chats are a disgusting, serious thing in Korea...
It's frustrating to see the defending still happening. Good luck in these comments I'm sure they will be here soon!! I understand wanting to defend your idol, anyone can make allegations online but there is so so much evidence. I believe S. Korea has a long way to go with crimes against women. The sentences here were absolutely pathetic.
Aggravating to say the least. But people won't forget, these men will be judged for the rest of their lives (hopefully).
@@ScarrRose15 im not even a fan of him and im seeing that there is a lot of injustice towards seungri
@@rominarapce288 nah man, imagine being raped and the person who did that to you won't even get 10+ years behind bars.
Honestly this might be the one of the biggest scandals ever in the kpop industry maybe even the biggest 2019 was a hard and stressful year for yg entertainment
Wow, just 3 years? That's a slap on the wrist.
Have you done 3 years?
@@RustyWells2 no but he deserves more.. i don’t care if 3 years is like 30 years in prison. he caused damage to those innocent women, he deserves karma
Plus he only had to pay about a million dollars as a fine.
You want someone to get more than 3 years for gambling? Gee, you're gonna hate Vegas...
@@tangerineYT so he only did gambling according to you...
I vaguely kept up with the scandal unfolding at the time so I think you did a great summarising the connections and what happened without really dwelling on the horrid details like some crime coverage can be. You know like "and this is a scrap of hair, this is the alleyway etc" I suppose that's what it's like when the whole picture hasn't been uncovered so they focus on every minute detail. It was kinda grotesque and traumatic how much detail can be in the articles so yeah good video Evangeline!
There’s a difference between knowing someone and hearing about someone.
Just because you “heard”, doesn’t mean you “know”.
The slap on the wrist for these serious crimes is making question South Korea.
edit: grammar
Why don't kpop stans talk about this ? This is a good reminder that these Idols are just putting on a facade, we don't really know what's happening behind the scenes
Not just idols, all celebrities keep up a facade why are you isolating them as if idols are a different type of celebrities
@@myouniverse0613 i'm talking about kpop idols in my comment. Everyone already knows that celebrities are fake, but kpop stans still think that their idols are angels
@@moonlight-im8ik And you think western celebrity stans don't?? Um.
I hate when people say " Yg Is ThE bEsT CoMpAnY" like if the ceo of the company was involved in a scandal like this they really are not the best company...
so.. jjy is being released this year. absolutely crazy.
Hes out now 😮
@@SpinalZeroII yep i saw.. the fact that he not only got such a short sentence but it got shorter is just..
@@PurpleMoon799 i hope karma gets him good and he lives in misery
And they still have fans supporting them and fighting for them.. some of them are returning to the entertainment industry with no shame!
Did they even get the right punishment?
just OH MY GOSH..
A man helping a girl paid this much to justice big bow to that man
What the hell, rape but only sentenced 5 years. Embezzlement, drug related crime and human trafficking only sentenced for a year, the longest is 3 years. So I see the rich person in S.Korea only had light punishment.
And about Seungri Human trafficking wasn’t one of the charges
It’s prostitution meditation and prostitution-about him knowing his business partners were hiring prostitution.
The judge assumed he knows about his business patners doing .they got no evidence actually that they hired them.
The prostitutes all denied them being hired by him.
The prostitutes testified in court that mister yoo was one The Who brought them and hired them.
Mister yoo actually bring those prostitutes in parties,there like escorts.
It’s actually funny Seungri gotten more sentence than the ones hiring the prostitutes
His business partner only received one year and 3years probation .
I agree with Molka case JJY ,CJH,HEO,KIM,KWON should have gotten more,they are accused of gang rape,and filming and drugging women .
Dear Ploopy, I'll just say it like it is: your coverage on this issue has been the best I have seen on youtube so far. I really love that you put screenshots of your sources in the moment you talk about them, and you wrap it all up in a cohesive manner. Thank you very much for all your effort! I'm such a proud patron 💖
Him being "guilty" of the prostitution charge is ridiculous even the judge said he's going to ignore the 32 witnesses statements because he believes seungri knew and did all the crimes and conspired with Yoo even though Yoo the one who did the crime said Seungri didn't do it aswell as 32 other witnesses coming out and saying that it was Yoo who did it/ gave them their orders and not Seungri. A couple of witnesses even said that the police practice coercion to get them to speak against Seungri and even twisted their words which the told the judge when they went on the stand under Oath. The judge is implying 32 witnesses lied under Oath which is perjery which is a criminal offense so I would love to know when the judge is going to tri those 32 witnesses for perjury.
@Mischell I thought 20 was for the prosecution case?
@Mischell ok so 32 witnesses in total I'll edit my original replu
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@@gracem901 HAHAHA you guys cant even get your own facts straight and youre criticising the video. I thought u guys know everything?? I thought u have all the facts? i thought you read through all the court documents and you are SOOOOOOOOOO familiar with the whole case?
@@kpopluver0494 but the point is he had a large amount of witnesses and testimonies in his fair saying he is innocent. The judge ignored that and based his judgment on an assumption without accepting proofs. Now THAT is stupid. Your energy is unfortunately aimed at the wrong people, dude.
9 charges should have a lifetime prison sentence not A 3 YEARS PRISON SENTENCE??
Finally i could understand what was going on in the burning sun scandal. Thank you ploopy for this video. I hope those victims can heal and have a good life ahead 😭💜.
There were no casualties in the BS scandal. The victims were in videos shared by JJY and Kim in chat rooms. JJY's ex-girlfriend was collecting signatures for a petition to the Blue House - she wanted the police to investigate her case again. In 2016, she accused JJY of secretly filming. But she withdrew the allegations:
“I want to take this opportunity to clarify what happened due to the misunderstandings that exist even 5 years after the incident. The biggest reason why I dropped the charges was because, after consulting my lawyer, we came to the conclusion that due to the lack of evidence, I could very well find myself charged for false accusations.”
“I was also about to graduate from college. I thought it was dangerous to put myself at risk of a record with a famous celebrity before entering society.”
Of course, she did not collect the required 200,000. signatures because few people care about the victims. It's funnier to accuse the famous idol of things he didn't do.
20% of ownership and involvement by employes from yg.
Yeah, no way Seungri didn't know about any of this
The way I ran lmao I’m excited for this one
here so i know what to feel about hyuna
Who is hyuna, and what kpop group is she in?
@@UnixquelolShe was in 4minute but pretty sure she left and then she started dating Dawn who is from Pentagon. Dawn left his company+group for Hyuna. They would post MVs together and they have broken up months ago. Now it’s confirmed that she’s dating a guy who was involved in the Burning Sun scandal.
Props to the young man who tried to help that woman and exposed the whole thing he’s the real hero.
Chats were scary. I can't even imagine that girls from bar gone through. Thinking if that guy didn't notice the assault and drugs what will happened? Can they ever discovered the whole scandal. That yyj guy his chats were the most horrible.
i hate that they just received like 3 years in prison for everything they did -.- they should be forever in prison
Hate myself for defending him at first.
Same
“thank you goo hara” they all say in unison
bigbang stans are so ridiculous in these replies trynna defend that man with their whole lives
Thanks for all the research and putting this together!! You’re a queen. I was wondering what was happening since the initial news came out but got lost in all the updates and fake rumors.. I think they should’ve been sentenced way more harshly but at least they’re getting some type of justice
2.5 years?!?!? 3 years?!? What a joke!
My blood is boiling right now
thats korea for ya
some YG & Seungri stans scare me with how loyal they are 🤨
in the US you probably get like 20 years for all those charges
The sentences are ridiculous, it’s not even a punishment… So you’re telling me most of them are free now?
Seungri wasn't in the Molka chat he was in a business chatroom with JJY where JJY shared one molka video that was of consensual sex. Don't believe me cheak out JJYs court documents. We don't even know if Seungri seen it and the police don't even think Seungri knew of JJYs crimes because he wasn't in molka chat or a witness in JJYs case
CONTROVERSY? Let’s not minimize this by calling it that. This is NOT a “controversy”. (Just as normal dating of adult kpop idols is not a “scandal”).
I do feel like he was used as the scapegoat. As disappointing as it sounds he probably got it worse because his crimes were more around making a fool of business if that makes sense like the tax short cut by registering the club as a restaurant. Basically I feel he got it worse because he was the most famous and most of his crimes vasically made the government look stupid while the others were sexual crimes against people so they didn't care as much.
Another delusional fan!
You have a point with that last bit. Money and reputation/credibility is more cherished than the wellbeing of people.
woa I've been hearing about this issue for a long time but it's the first time that I actually get to understand what it really is and i'm telling you, it's so messed up. Prxstitution, rxpe, hidden cameras, gxmbling, embexzlement, drxgs, and many other cases. I'm so surprised that some fans still have the guts to defend him.
Edit: i also think they definitely deserve longer jailtime.