Don Spike admits to purchasing, using methamphetamine multiple times

Composer and producer Don Spike, whose real name is Kim Min-soo, enters the Seoul North District Court in northern Seoul on Wednesday for a warrant review requested by the police. [NEWS1]

Composer and producer Don Spike admitted to charges of purchasing and using methamphetamine on multiple occasions this year, during his trial on Tuesday.

The prosecution said that it found Don Spike guilty of purchasing 20 grams of methamphetamine after transferring 6.8 million won ($5,149) to an account then subsequently buying more than 5-million-won worth of the drug again through a messenger app called Telegram, and using the drug himself.

"We have proof that he injected himself with methamphetamine at a hotel in July, then again in August at a different hotel," said the prosecution.

The lawyer representing Don Spike said that his client "agrees with all the claims made by the prosecution."

He did however correct allegations online that Don Spike was convicted for the same crime three times in the past, saying that "marijuana and methamphetamine are different drugs."

The 45-year-old, whose real name is Kim Min-su, was apprehended at a hotel in southern Seoul in October on charges that he had purchased methamphetamine with an accomplice on a total of eight occasions since December 2021 and used it at hotels in Seoul with two women on three occasions since April.

Police confiscated 30 grams of methamphetamine, an amount equal to about 1,000 doses, at the time of his apprehension and he subsequently tested positive for meth, according to police officials.

Don Spike debuted as a keyboard player for the group Position in 1996 and is famous for participating in the production of EXO's "Miracles in December" (2013) and Super Junior's "Islands" (2014).

BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]