Footballer handed suspended jail term for filming sexual encounter with woman
South Korean footballer Hwang Ui-jo received a suspended one-year jail sentence on Friday for illegally filming sexual encounters with a woman without her consent.
The 32-year-old, who plays for Turkish club Alanyaspor, was suspended from the national team in 2023 amid the allegations. The striker was indicted for secretly filming two women without their consent on four occasions between June and September 2022.
The Seoul Central District Court convicted him in one case but acquitted him in the other, suspending his sentence for two years.
'Considering that he filmed them with a cellphone during sexual intercourse against their will, the number of times the crime was committed and the specific details of the filmed material, the nature of the crime is not good,' the court said, according to Yonhap news agency.
'Given the seriousness of the socially harmful effects of illegal filming, it is necessary to punish strictly,' it said.
However, the court noted that Hwang admitted to the crime, expressed remorse and that the video was shared on social media by a third party.
Hwang Ui-jo's sister-in-law, who was not named, shared the videos despite 'knowing it would be disseminated indiscriminately', the Seoul Central District Court said in a verdict last year in March.
'The content has been widely distributed in and out of South Korea … the nature of her crime is very serious,' the court said.
The footballer's sister-in-law was sentenced to three years in jail for sharing private videos of him to blackmail him.
Hwang initially denied wrongdoing but later pleaded guilty. 'I send out a sincere apology to all those hurt by my wrongful actions,' Hwang said during his final testimony.
'I am also sorry for disappointing the people who have adored and cheered for me with my improper behaviour.'
On Friday, when asked by reporters if he had anything to say to the victim after the case, Hwang responded that he was 'sorry'.
'I personally apologise to football fans and genuinely feel very sorry,' he added.
Hwang played as a striker for clubs including Seongnam FC, Gamba Osaka, Bordeaux, and was an unused reserve for Nottingham Forest, and had been a key player for the South Korea national team before his suspension.
In a statement to the judge last year in October, he said: 'I offer my sincerest apologies to the victims who have suffered because of my wrongdoings. I sincerely plead for the utmost leniency.'
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