Seungri has been officially released from prison.
On February 9 KST, an official from the Ministry of Justice confirmed reports the former Big Bang member was released from prison 2 days earlier than scheduled. The official stated, "Seungri, former member of Big Bang, was released from Yeoju Prison this morning."
After 2 separate appeals, Seungri was eventually sentenced to a year and half in prison and a fine of 1.1 billion Won ($874,571.17 USD). In May of last year, he pled guilty to 9 charges, including solicitation of prostitution, embezzlement, violation of sexual violence laws (illegal filming of sexual content), habitual gambling, and more, which centered around him as a key figure in the 2018 Burning Sun club scandal.
Seungri was originally scheduled to be released on February 11 KST.
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It’ll be interesting to see if he can have any type of career after this, his reputation is in tatters. Mud really sticks regardless of him being guilty or not, I really can’t see him being able to shake this off very easily.
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