A South
Korean court has fined a man for circulating a rumor online that rapper and
businessman Dr. Dre was to marry the widow of a former South Korean President,
Lee
Hee-ho.
According to
the Korea Times, Seoul Western District Court fined the man 5 million won
($4,400) on Friday following convictions for "cyber defamation" and
"defamation against the deceased".
In January,
the unidentified man had written on his blog that Lee Hee-ho, widow of late
former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, was to wed Dr. Dre in order to
launder the late Kim's slush funds.
Dr. Dre,
also known as Andre Romelle Young, is a founding member of the gangster rap
group NWA, is one of the world's richest music stars after the sale of Beats
Electronics, makers of high specification headphones, to Apple in 2015 for $3
billion.
Lee Hee-ho
who's 95-years-old has remained a prominent figure in Korean politics since her
husband's death in 2009.
It is
unreported whether the former first lady is a fan of the rapper, but the pair
never addressed the controversy.
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