The South Korean football player Hwang Ui-Jo received a one-year suspended prison time for illegally filmed his sexual meetings with a woman, reported the Yonhap news agency.
The 32 -year -old man, a former Nottingham Forest striker, is now playing for the Turkish club Alanyaspor. He also plays for the South Korea national team, but was suspended in 2023 in the midst of allegations.
The Seoul court said that “given the severity of the socially harmful effects of illegal filming, it is necessary to punish (hwang) strictly”.
However, he noted that Hwang had shown remorse and that the videos were published on social networks by a third party.
Hwang said he was “deeply sorry” for provoking a “disappointment” during his first appearance last December.
The videos were revealed after Hwang’s sister-in-law shared them on social networks last June, to try to make him sing.
She was sentenced to three years in prison in September for blackmail after Hwang continued her.
However, the accusations against him proceeded while the prosecutors said he had filmed sexual meetings with two women without their consent four times in 2022.
He initially demanded innocence, but pleaded guilty to charges of illegal filming last October.
He was found guilty of the charges related to a woman but acquitted from those linked to the other.
Hidden cameras designed to secretly film women and their sexual encounters are a national problem in South Korea.
Over the past decade, thousands of people have been arrested for filming voyeuristic images and videos, arousing the fear and anger of women across the country.
