Third K-pop star embroiled in sex video scandal


Under scrutiny: Yong previously denied that he was involved in the scandal.

SEOUL: A K-pop star has quit after admitting that he watched illicit sex videos received from another artiste, his agency said, the third singer to be engulfed in a scandal sweeping South Korea’s music industry.

Yong Jun-hyung, 29, who is a member of boy band Highlight – formerly known as Beast – said he watched a video of singer Jung Joon-young having sex with women taken without their consent.

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