Former T-ara member Ah-reum (Lee Ah-reum) received a guilty verdict in the first trial for fraud following her prior child abuse conviction.

According to the legal community on the 15th, In Woo-ri, a judge at the Suwon District Court Ansan Branch, sentenced Ah-reum, who was indicted without detention on fraud charges, to six months in prison with a two-year probation.

Ah-reum was indicted without detention at the end of last year on charges of deceiving a sum of money. He is accused of borrowing about 37 million won from three acquaintances, including his boyfriend, Mr. A, and failing to repay them. The victims claimed that "he borrowed the money citing personal circumstances and has not repaid it to this day," and filed complaints with the police from March to May last year.

Consequently, the prosecution judged that Mr. A led the crime, and indicted him under detainment. Ah-reum, who was indicted without detention alongside him, has reportedly admitted to the charges as "a solo act" during the police investigation after initially denying them.

In particular, Ah-reum had previously received a guilty verdict in the first trial for child abuse. He was indicted without detention for swearing in front of his children and defaming Ms. B, who disclosed court documents regarding his boyfriend Mr. A, on an internet broadcast, on charges of illegal confinement of minors and violations of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (defamation).

Subsequently, Director General Yoon Sang-do of the Suwon District Court Ansan Branch sentenced Ah-reum to eight months in prison with a two-year probation at the sentencing hearing held on the 1st. He also ordered 40 hours of child abuse prevention lectures. However, Ah-reum is appealing the first trial's verdict through legal representatives. Amidst this, having received a guilty verdict for fraud has put him in a difficult situation.

Meanwhile, Ah-reum joined the girl group T-ara in 2012 but left in July the following year. He later married a businessman two years his senior in 2019 and had two sons, but revealed in December 2023 that he is in the midst of divorce proceedings. After that, he announced a remarriage and pregnancy with his boyfriend Mr. A and accused his ex-husband of abusing the children, but the ex-husband was cleared of charges due to insufficient evidence.

[Photo] Ah-reum's social media

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