Seungri's Investigation Highlights Other Wrongdoings

Now that Seungri's Kakao Talk messages are out, singer Jung Joon-young is being investigated for circulation of illegal videos.

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Previously, SBS funE revealed a chat group consisting of Seungri, two fellow singers, the director of Yuri Holdings and a man named Kim. The group chat involved sexual videos.

The issue maximized and netizens decided to discover who the fellow singers were, and Jung Joon-young's name surfaced.

SBS "News 8" reported that Jung Joon-young posted several sexual videos he took in the group chat with his celebrity friends.

Apparently, Jung Joon-young told Kim that he had sex with a woman and Kim asked if he had a video. Jung Joon-young sent him a video he took without the woman's knowledge.

It turns out the video was sent to fellow celebrities and at the same time. He also spread videos he secretly took of waitresses at bars. The group chat is 10 months long and there's about 10 victims mentioned in the process.

The report mentioned singers 'Yong XX', 'Lee XX', and Kim. Since the name 'Yong' is quite rare, netizens think it's Yong Joon-young from Highlight.

Around Earth Entertainment was quick to explain, "Yong Joon-young doesn't have anything to do with the circulation of illegal videos. He also has nothing to do with any group chat regarding such illegal matters".

They added, "He's friends with Jung Joon-young, but Yong Joon-young can't be put into this situation just because he's friends with him. Continuation to spread false information or malicious postings and comments that have not been verified, thus discrediting the artist's reputation and causing damage will be legally dealt with".