A former K-Pop star will be imprisoned with the charge of minors and defamation. The 31 -year -old Lee areum She became famous as a member of the T-ARA women’s band, which conquered the tops of the charts in 2012, but left the band after just one year due to a series of mental health problems.

He married businessman Kim Young-Gul in 2019 and the couple had two children before applying for divorce in 2023. Last year, Areum used social media to publicly accuse her husband of abuse of children and domestic violence and complained to him.

However, after a police investigation, no evidence of abuse was found and Young-Gul was acquitted by each category. According to Dispatch, police concluded that one of the children had been “forced” to testify against his father. Shortly after the complaint of abuse, Areum attempted to commit suicide and was taken to the hospital. After being acquitted by the investigation, Young-Gul filed a new complaint against Areum and her mother about abuse of children because of an incident in which areum “verbally abused” in front of their children.

According to Star News Korea, Areum was found guilty and sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended two years, for child abuse and defamation. She was also forced to attend 40 hours of training to prevent children abuse. “The accused admitted all the charges. Her actions caused significant psychological damage to the legal guardian of children »the court said.

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Her mother was sentenced to four months in prison “accused of neglecting her grandchildren, allowing them to live in the same area where areum verbally abused her ex -husband from 2021 to 2022,” according to the Hindustan Times. Areum appealed against the sentence last month, but its appeal was rejected by the Suwon Regional Court.

This is not the only legal problem facing areum. Last time, the creator of Hit, “Sexy Love”, was convicted of fraud because he borrowed money from friends and fans and did not return them. She was sentenced to four months in prison, suspended one year after a reduction in the sentence, admitting her guilt and repaid part of her debts to the victims. Her boyfriend, Seo Dong Hoon, for whom she left her ex -husband, was also sentenced to the case and was sentenced to 14 months in prison.