On November 8, Choi Jong-hoon, a former South Korean FTLSLAND member, was released from prison after completing his sentence.
In 2020, Cui Zhongxun was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for participating in collective sexual assault, secret filming and other illegal acts, and now after his release from prison, he will receive 80 hours of sexual violence treatment programs and will not be employed in enterprises related to welfare facilities for adolescents, children and the disabled for three years.
It is reported that Choi Jong-hyun's behavior was exposed by the involvement of Lee Sheng-sheng's case, and after the improper chat records of Choi Jong-hyun, Lee Sheng-sheng and Jeong Joon-young were exposed, it caused an uproar in South Korea, and netizens said that this would be the biggest sexual assault scandal in Korean entertainment.
Most of the chat history is about the experience of these big stars showing off to each other and playing with women, and they frequently discuss women's bodies and sexual hospitality. The words are very explicit, and it doesn't look like a personable idol in front of the screen at all. Many fans are very disappointed in them, and originally thought that they were the embodiment of kindness, but they were unexpectedly disguised as demons.
Earlier, Choi Jong-hoon was also suspected of bribing the police after being investigated for drunk driving, trying to give the police at the scene 2 million won, hoping that the other party would let him go. But the police department rejected Choi Jong-hoon's unreasonable request, and in the end, Choi was sentenced to a 2.5 million fine and had his driver's license revoked for 100 days. Choi also showed off in the chat room that his drunk driving incident was suppressed, thanks to his predecessors to be saved.
The punishment of Cui Zhongxun is relatively lighter than that of Zheng Junying, who is an accomplice, after all, the main culprit of secretly filming and dissemination is Zheng Junying. He didn't just shoot the woman without any defenses, he even posted it directly into a chat room to discuss with others, with as many as ten victims.
Zheng Junying's bad incident exposed the ugly appearance of many entertainment industry artists, and he was sentenced to five years in prison for this, and is expected to be released from prison in October 2025.
As an accomplice in The Jung Joon-young case, Choi Jong-hoon was the lightest-sentenced member. I hope that after experiencing all this, he can learn a lesson and be able to be a good person and reform himself after he is released from prison. At the same time, I also hope that other love beans can take this as a warning and be an artist with both virtue and art.