KUALA LUMPUR: K-pop group NCT's ex-member Moon Tae-Il has allegedly been charged with sexually assaulting a drunk woman with two other men.
AsiaOne reported yesterday that the 30-year-old was investigated by police on charges of special quasi-rape.
This term describes the use of a weapon in or multiple perpetrators sexually assaulting a person who is incapable of resistance.
If convicted, the crime is punishable by at least seven years in prison or life imprisonment.
It is said that none of the two acquaintances involved are celebrities.
His former agency SM Entertainment released a brief statement which read: "It is difficult to comment as the matter is currently under investigation."
Tae-Il was investigated in June, with the news breaking only in August and SM Entertainment announcing that Taeil had been removed from the K-pop group.
His case was sent to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office on Sept 12.
He made his debut in 2016 in the sub-unit NCT U and was also in another sub-unit NCT 127.