Former Premier League player and South Korean football player Hwang Ui-jo has been handed a suspended one-year jail term for illegally filming his sexual encounters with a woman. It was reported that the 32-year-old, who is former Nottingham Forest striker will be out for at least one year.
Hwang Ui-oj who now plays for the Turkish club Alanyaspor was suspended from his national team South Korea, in 2023 because of this same allegations. The Seoul court said that “given the seriousness of the socially harmful effects of illegal filming, it is necessary to punish [Hwang] strictly”.
However, it noted Hwang had shown remorse and the videos were posted on social media by a third party. Hwang had said he was “deeply sorry” for causing “disappointment” during his first court appearance last December.
The videos were posted by his sister-in-law last June, in an attempt to blackmail him. She was sentenced to three years in prison in September for the blackmail after Hwang sued her. However, the charges against him proceeded as prosecutors said he filmed sexual encounters with two women without their consent on four occasions in 2022.
He had initially claimed innocence, but pleaded guilty to illegal filming charges last October. The player was convicted of the charges related to one woman but acquitted of those related to the other. Hidden cameras designed to secretly film women and their sexual encounters are a nationwide problem in South Korea.
