It’s like bad news around Big Bang member Seungri comes in twos. First he was embroiled in a scandal involving a night club The Burning Sun where he was an investor accused of fostering an environment of sexual assault and later closed down. Not the bigger scandal and perhaps criminal investigation comes with a media investigation unearthing reportedly text messages between him, an employee, and Park Han Byul‘s non-celebrity husband about procuring call girls/prostitutes to treat potential investors in Seungri’s business venture. Both Seungri’s agency YG Entertainment and Park Han Byul’s husband have denied the news story claiming the texts are not real and fake news. We’ll see how this unfolds in the coming days but if true it’s not only not surprisingly but a sad reminder of how dirty the industry back rooms are. Continue reading →