Jung Joon-young

Jung Joon-young
Jung in 2016
Born (1989-02-21) February 21, 1989 (age 35)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
  • radio DJ
  • host
  • TV personality
Criminal information
Organizations
Criminal statusReleased on March 19, 2024 (8 months ago)
Conviction(s)
Criminal penalty5 years[1] (Served 4 years, 11 months and 27 days)
Date apprehended
March 21, 2019 (5 years ago)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • bass
Years active2008–2019[2]
Labels
Formerly ofDrug Restaurant
Korean name
Hangul
정준영
Hanja
鄭俊英
Revised RomanizationJeong Junyeong
McCune–ReischauerChŏng Chunyŏng

Jung Joon-young (Korean: 정준영; born February 21, 1989) is a South Korean former musician. He was convicted in 2019 for gang-raping two different victims on two occasions in 2016.[3][4]

Jung first gained recognition in the 2012 season of the musical reality competition television show Superstar K, where he finished in third place.[5] In October 2013 he released his debut mini album, 1st Mini Album, which won him the "New Male Solo Artist" award at the 3rd Gaon Chart Music Awards. On June 26, 2014, he released his self-produced 2nd mini album, Teenager. On February 7, 2017, he released his studio album The First Person. From 2015 to March 2019, Jung was the lead vocalist of the rock band JJY Band, which was renamed Drug Restaurant in 2016.[6][7]

In 2013, he joined the KBS2 variety show 2 Days & 1 Night as its youngest member and would be a cast member on the show until 2019. He hosted his own radio program titled Jung Joon-young's Simsimtapa on MBC FM from 2014 to 2015 and made his film debut in Love Forecast in 2015.

In March 2019, developments in the Burning Sun scandal led to the public reveal of Jung Joon-young KakaoTalk chatrooms. Subsequently, Jung retired from the entertainment industry, admitting that he had "filmed women without their consent and shared it".[8][7] On November 29, 2019, Jung was sentenced to six years in prison for the rape of multiple drunk unconscious women and for non-consensually filming and sharing sexual images of his victims. In May 2020, the sentence was reduced to five years by the Seoul High Court.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Court upholds prison terms for Jung Joon-young, Choi Jong-hoon for rape". Entertainment News. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Munzenrieder, Kyle (March 12, 2019). "Seungri and Jung Joon-Young Retire Amidst a K-pop Scandal That's Rocking Korea". W magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon sentenced for rape". BBC News. November 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "K-pop sex scandal: Jung Joon-young, Choi Jong-hoon get jail terms cut for gang rape, spycam crimes". South China Morning Post. May 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Kim Min-Kwan We are expecting Jung Joon-young's future Archived March 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Ohmynews,2012-11-22
  6. ^ OSEN (May 20, 2016). 정준영밴드, 드럭레스토랑으로 팀명 변경.."새 음반 준비중" (in Korean). Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Jung Joon-young: K-pop star quits over secret sex videos". BBC News. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  8. ^ McCurry, Justin (March 13, 2019). "K-pop scandal widens as singer admits sharing secretly filmed sex videos". The Guardian. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  9. ^ "K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon sentenced for rape". BBC. November 29, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon sentenced to prison for rape". ABC News. Retrieved November 29, 2019.