'Yoon Chang-ho Law No. 1 Actor' Son Seung-won Faces 5th Drunk Driving, Reverses on the Road…Prosecutors Seek 4 Years in Prison

A joyride that mocked the court: 'Fifth time driving drunk by reversing'

The person behind the shame of being the first in the entertainment industry to face application of the 'Yoon Chang-ho Law', actor 'Son Seung-won', has fallen into a pit with no hope of reform. It is, in fact, his 'fifth drunk-driving offense'. In a state of extreme intoxication with a blood alcohol level of 0.165%, his reversal driving on Gangbyeonbuk-ro was nothing short of a weapon on the road. After being caught, he allegedly shifted the blame to a hired driver and ordered his partner to try to conceal the dashcam footage—an account that has sent the public into shock. Even right before the trial's sentencing commitment hearing, where he had been pleading for leniency, he again carried out 'driving without a license'. In response to what prosecutors described as a shameless pattern that appeared to mock the law, they handed down a request for a 4-year prison sentence.

The spotlight that helped seal his fate: the final period in 'permanent expulsion from the entertainment industry'

'Son Seung-won', who burst onto the musical scene in 2009 and even captured audiences through TV screens, has had his real face laid bare since 'repeated lawbreaking' began in 2015. Not only did he crash into a taxi while drunk and then flee the scene, he also allegedly tried to push the steering wheel onto a junior colleague who was riding with him, leaving behind a grim record: a 1 year and 6 months prison sentence with no suspension and exemption from military service. The relay of 'drunk hit-and-run driving'—for which even a hint of remorse could not be found—eventually pushed him out of the industry completely. What his rampage left behind in the entertainment world was nothing but icy anger.