Seoul Bangbae Police Station announced on the 13th that on the 12th, former NCT member Taeil has been indicted without detention on charges of a sexual crime. It was confirmed that the police had filed a case against him after receiving a report from the victim on June 13th.
On the 29th of last month, his agency SM Entertainment stated, “We and Taeil first learned of the lawsuit in the middle of this month,” and “Taeil was questioned by the police on the 28th.” However, SM did not disclose what the “sexual crime charge” Taeil is facing is. The victim is reportedly an adult female.
Responding to this, a police official recently said, “We cannot reveal the specific charges and number of victims because the case has not been filed yet,” but added, “It is true that he was sent to the case on the 12th without detention.”
The wording of the police suggested the possibility of there being multiple victims, causing netizens to get enraged. Below are some comments from netizens:
- If there’s only one victim, who would they bother mentioning the number of victims… If that’s the case, they’d just say that they cannot reveal the specific charges
- Number of victims? So it’s not just one person that suffers from his crimes?
- Number… of victims??? This is seriously scary
- This is shocking… So it wasn’t one person
- Ah, that’s why SM rushed to kick him out. His crimes are at the level of multiple victims
- It is seriously scaring me just thinking about what exactly did he do
Source: Instiz, Daum
