Former South Korea worldwide Hwang Ui-jo was handed a one-year suspended jail sentence on Friday for filming sexual encounters with a girl with out her consent.
Hwang, 32, was dropped from the nationwide soccer group in September 2023 after being charged with secretly filming two girls on 4 events in 2022.
Hwang, who performed for South Korea on the 2022 World Cup and scored 19 objectives in 62 worldwide appearances, was acquitted within the case of 1 girl and located responsible within the different.
Seoul Central District Court docket accepted Hwang’s regret for his actions however mentioned a strict punishment was referred to as for.
“Contemplating that he filmed them with a cellphone throughout sexual activity in opposition to their will, the variety of instances the crime was dedicated, and the particular particulars of the filmed materials, the character of the crime shouldn’t be good,” the court docket mentioned, in keeping with Yonhap Information Company.
Hwang starred within the leagues of South Korea and Japan earlier than becoming a member of Bordeaux in 2019. After three seasons in France, the ahead was signed by Nottingham Forest in England, although he didn’t play for the Premier League membership.
After a collection of loans, Hwang signed a one-year cope with Turkish membership Alanyaspor in September.
