BTS Jungkook’s stalker who rang his doorbell 133 times faces deportation from South Korea after suspended jail sentence

SEOUL, June 23 — A woman accused of relentlessly stalking BTS superstar Jungkook has been handed a suspended prison sentence after ringing his doorbell 133 times in a single day and repeatedly returning to his home despite police warnings and a court order to stay away.

According to The Chosun Daily, the Seoul Western District Court sentenced the Brazilian national to one year in prison, suspended for two years, after finding her guilty of violating South Korea’s anti-stalking law and trespassing.

Judge Park Jiwon of the court’s Criminal Division 1 delivered the ruling on May 8, details of which were reported yesterday.

Prosecutors said the woman visited Jungkook’s home in Seoul’s Yongsan district 22 times over the course of about a month, beginning on December 7 last year.

She waited outside the property and repeatedly rang the 28-year-old singer’s doorbell.

On December 12 alone, she was accused of pressing the doorbell 133 times.

The following day, prosecutors said she slipped into the property through a side entrance as a delivery rider was leaving. She was arrested at the scene on December 13.

But the arrest did not end the harassment.

The Chosun Daily reported that the woman continued approaching Jungkook’s home even after police warned her to stay away.

On December 28, authorities imposed an emergency protective measure banning her from coming within 100m of the property.

Despite that restriction, she returned to the area again in January, leading to additional offences.

In explaining the sentence, the court said the defendant continued stalking the victim despite being warned not to approach his residence after her release.

The judge also noted that Jungkook had requested severe punishment.

However, the court opted to suspend the prison sentence after concluding the woman did not intend to physically harm Jungkook. 

According to The Chosun Daily, judges also took into account that she had already spent around three months behind bars and is expected to be deported from South Korea once the verdict becomes final — a move they said would make it unlikely she could reoffend.