Actor Lee Jae-ryong handed over to prosecution on DUI charges
Published: 18 Mar. 2026, 12:16
![Actor Lee Jae-ryong leaves the Seoul Gangnam Police Station, in this file photo from March 10 after being questioned about his drunk driving case. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2026/03/18/79d364d7-c857-4a7a-960b-098132d340c9.jpg)
Actor Lee Jae-ryong leaves the Seoul Gangnam Police Station, in this file photo from March 10 after being questioned about his drunk driving case. [YONHAP]
Actor Lee Jae-ryong, who was booked for causing a drunk driving accident and fleeing the scene in southern Seoul about two weeks ago, was referred to the prosecution without detention on Wednesday.
The Seoul Gangnam Police Station said it sent Lee's case to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on charges of drunk driving, failure to take the necessary actions after an accident and obstruction of a breathalyzer test.
The actor is accused of crashing his car into the median barrier near Cheongdam Station in southern Seoul around 11 p.m. on March 6 and fleeing the scene. Immediately after the accident, he attended another social gathering, during which alcohol was present, and was apprehended by police at an acquaintance's house about three hours later.
He initially denied drunk driving but later admitted to drinking four glasses of soju before the accident.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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