South Korean prosecutors demanded four years in prison for the footballer this Wednesday Hwang Ui-jo for having done non-consensual recordings of sexual encounters with two women, to which he pleaded guilty in a Seoul court.
Hwang, 32-year-old striker of the Turkish league team Alanyasporwas accused of having secretly recorded up to four times, between June and September 2022, sexual relations that he had with two women, prosecutors said today. “I sincerely apologize to everyone affected by my bad actions,” the footballer, who left the club last month, said during his first appearance in a Seoul court. Nottingham Forest from England to enter the Turkish Süper Lig.
“I also regret having disappointed the people who supported and encouraged me with my inappropriate behavior,” added the player, who will be sentenced on December 18. The case of Hwang was released in June last yearwhen the attacker filed a complaint against his older brother’s wife for sharing intimate photos of him with other women on Instagram and blackmailing him into revealing information that could compromise him.
Hwang asks court to “show leniency”
The trial resulted in a three-year prison sentence for the footballer’s sister-in-law, but authorities investigating the case found evidence of the affair. illegal sex recordings of which the footballer is accused and they opened another investigation. This Tuesday, the player Alanyaspor He asked the court for “leniency” and called the incident a “lesson” that will allow him to “refrain from committing more crimes in the future and give his best as a footballer.” .
Hwang was suspended by the South Korean national team and has not played for his national team since he was accused of recording a sex video of his ex-girlfriend without her consent. The scandal came after Hwang Ui-jo’s highly publicized breakup with the actress and the singer Hyomin, of the famous KPop group T-ARA, last March. In South Korea, videos of the footballer having sex with an alleged ex-girlfriend were leaked online, followed by accusations of cheating and deception.
“The leaked videos were recorded after he reached an agreement with his ex-girlfriend. Hwang has been the subject of constant blackmail since May 7, 2023. The blackmailer illegally leaked videos of Hwang and his ex-girlfriend, and while we cannot be sure if they are the same person, there has been an indiscriminate dissemination of information and financial demands,” shared the Hwang Ui-jo legal team. The 31-year-old attacker denied the accusation and defended that he recorded the videos with the woman’s consent, which he eventually admitted was not the case, pleading guilty and asking for mercy. .
Throughout his career Hwang Ui-jowho scored 16 goals in his 60 caps for the South Korean national team, played for Seongnam, Gamba Osaka, Girondins, Nottingham Forest, Olympiacos, FC Seoul, Norwich City and Alanyaspor, his current team, which so far has not taken any disciplinary action unlike his team.
