The singer pleaded guilty to a special quasi-rape charge, which applies when two or more people jointly engage in sexual acts with a victim who is unconscious.

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

Moon Tae-il, also known as Taeil and a former member of NCT, was sentenced on Thursday, July 10, to three years and six months in prison for raping an intoxicated woman, in a case that involved two accomplices.