K-pop singer and former member of the South Korean band NCT Taeil has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for the rape of a Chinese tourist. Moon Tae-il, known mononymously as Taeil, and his two accomplices, named only by the surnames as Lee and Hong in South Korean media, in June pleaded guilty.

The singer, who was removed from the group in August 2024 after their label confirmed that he had been connected to the criminal case, will serve three-and-a-half years in prison

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.