The singer pleaded guilty to a special quasi-rape charge, which applies when two or more people jointly engage in sexual acts with a victim who is unconscious.

Singer Taeil is facing the music — to the tune of more than three years in prison — for a sex crime that prompted his departure from the K-Pop group NCT.

Former NCT member Taeil has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison by a Seoul court for the rape of an intoxicated Chinese tourist in 2024.