Trigger warning: mentions of sexual assault, rape
The reason for Taeil’s departure from NCT has been made certain: aggravated quasi-rape.
On October 7, 2024, the Chosun Ilbo reported that Taeil was being investigated without detention on the charges of aggravated quasi-rape that he had allegedly committed with two of his acquaintances against a drunk woman. The news report stated that he was first investigated by Bangbae Police Station in Seoul, then transferred to the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office on September 12th.
Taeil was first accused of sexual assault against an intoxicated woman in June, along with his two acquaintances who were confirmed to not be famous personalities. In mid-August, SM Entertainment and Taeil learned about the indictment, and on the 28th Taeil was first investigated.
On the 29th, news of Taeil’s leaving of NCT was first reported.
South Korean media used the term “aggravated quasi-rape” in reporting about Taeil’s crimes, which under South Korean law means that “a person possesses a weapon or two or more people act together to commit sexual intercourse with a person who is in a state of unconsciousness or incapable of resisting.”
Under Article 4, Paragraph 1 of the Special Act on Punishments in South Korean law, it is stated that if the charge was confirmed, Taeil and his acquaintances can be charged with at least 7 years in prison or life imprisonment.
NCTzens and K-pop fans were once again angered by the revelation of these details.
taeil GANG-RAPED a woman and is roaming free.
he is still employed by SM entertainment.
this is disgusting. anyone with an ounce of self-respect ought to boycott that company. https://t.co/60zMq5xhhK pic.twitter.com/iSL71eKNCN
— van 🪼 (blooming artist yunjin day ♡) (@purinzfem) October 7, 2024
please lock him up forever
— Naevis -77.82X-78.29 (@naevisualizer) October 7, 2024
LOCK THAT CRIMINAL UP NOWWW
— role 🌟 (@taydva) October 7, 2024
i hope he gets that life imprisonment sentence he deserves to rot there forever pic.twitter.com/lRYYkfYViL
— ☁️ (@yongshuji) October 7, 2024
this. pic.twitter.com/3leFJrCKjs
— ash ! (@excusemeilu) October 6, 2024
i hope taeil and those other peiols who assaulted that poor woman all rot in prison for the rest of their lives. i hope they never see the light of day again
— syd 🪽🍂 (@frosthrj) October 7, 2024
so taeil gang raped a drunk woman and he still gets to roam the streets freely… we need to put him in a rigged saw trap where he will feel every ounce of pain and suffering just like how his victim felt. this makes me sick to my stomach. https://t.co/ESViQ8fRG4
— graciela 🎀 DEPTH OUT NOW (@parfaitluvs) October 7, 2024
to gang rape a girl and then go along and promote with your group for a new comeback not long after… taeil is a psychopath
— sielicious 🩷💗💓 (@beomkyutie) October 7, 2024
Taeil is a rotten disgusting man who deserves to be in hell, but until then that life imprisonment has to be handed to him.
How do you gangr*pe a drunken woman and then go back to fanmeets & idol activities? How do you live with yourself at night?
— ͏͏ً (@CAMOFORMULA) October 7, 2024
The audacity for Taeil to join the group's schedule after doing a crime is so fuckin ridiculous thing, I feel like I need a g*n now like what an actual fuck??!!! and now I've been wondering he had been doing this shit for a long time too, I need him to be punished in a cruel way.
— mimi 🌼 (@jaehyunneo) October 7, 2024
SM sounds like a loser… What do you mean you discussed with Taeil and then he decided he should leave the group? You should've kicked him out regardless https://t.co/ygEnr34Cp3
— Kun (@cherryblackout) October 7, 2024
no one in their right mind would rape an intoxicated girl. you cannot say excuses like it's the heat of the moment or whatever. so much mental gymnastics and in the end you decide to fucking rape someone. YOU ARE AN EVIL DISGUSTING PIECE OF SHIT THROUGH AND THROUGH MOON TAEIL.
— mimi (@blessmimiachoo) October 7, 2024
So this happened in June this year? Means that when he was supposedly "resting" after the accident, instead he….did this HORRENDOUS act instead??? Burn in hell Moon Taeil. Burn. In. Hell. https://t.co/WhXEJ0B64z
— grace🍼 (@hyukimycutie) October 7, 2024
i hope taeil dies a very painful death
— rj (@dejunthezerose) October 7, 2024
TW // Taeil SA
Beyond sick, holy shit…I hope he gets the maximum sentence of life imprisonment, or just taken out to a field and shot then buried UNDER the jail. The fact his ass is still roaming free right now is wild…someone jump him and take him out like Iron!! https://t.co/0ZJE1YQ8rB
— ¹²⁷₂₉ℕ𝕖𝕠 ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕤 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕟𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪₈₈¹⁷ (@catboijohnny) October 7, 2024
AND THEN WENT BACK TO PROMOTING WHILE APPARENTLY FUCKING LIMPING LIKE A SAD WOUNDED ANIMAL FUCK ASS BITCH UR A FUCKING COWARD STUPID CUNT TAEIL GO FUCK URSELF https://t.co/9wUQhLN2YY
— hamie ⁷ ☾ (@isthisthelove) October 7, 2024
According to Chosun Ilbo, #Taeil was sent to prosecution without detention on charges of quasi-rape.
He was indicted in June on charges of sexual assault against a drunken woman, along with 2 of his acquaintances.https://t.co/kVHRhY17AE#KoreanUpdates VF pic.twitter.com/35HXIS8xfm
— KoreanUpdates! (@KoreanUpdates) October 7, 2024
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FUCK MOON TAEIL ROT IN HELL
— shay (@stillwithanbin) October 7, 2024
Gang-raping an intoxicated woman with two of his friends is downright disgusting. Meanwhile, he manipulated his fans and members into thinking he was the most harmless person on the planet and had us waiting for his arrival. Sick work, Moon Taeil. You can rot in hell. https://t.co/8uAl2P3TDo
— 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 haechan ೀ⋆｡🌸 (@goodeve__ing) October 7, 2024
127zens, most especially, denounced how Taeil had been on hiatus after his car accident and used that time to commit such a crime.
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