Former NCT member Taeil is taking his sexual assault case to South Korea’s Supreme Court after a lower court upheld his prison sentence. According to legal sources on October 27th, Taeil filed the final appeal on October 24th. His two accomplices have also appealed.
The move comes after the Seoul High Court on October 17th rejected their initial appeal and upheld the original verdict. All three men were sentenced to three years and six months in prison for aggravated quasi-rape under the Act on Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes.
Taeil submitted a letter expressing remorse during the appeal hearing. He and the other defendants argued for reduced sentences, claiming they deserved leniency because they turned themselves in after the crime. However, the High Court did not accept this argument.
Taeil was convicted of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman alongside two acquaintances in June 2024. The specific charge, aggravated quasi-rape, applies under Korean law when two or more individuals sexually assault a person who is unable to resist.
The initial trial concluded last July, where all three defendants were first sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
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