Korea Football Association Makes Official Statement Regarding Their Stance On Controversial Player Who Was Involved In A Sex Scandal | KWriter

Nationwide participant Hwang Ui Jo was embroiled in controversy earlier in 2023. In Might 2023, a web-based supply that named themselves as his ex-girlfriend posted intercourse tapes of Hwang and one other ex-girlfriend, claiming that Hwang cheated on them. In a while, Hwang sued the supply for blackmail, claiming that they weren’t associated to him romantically. He alleged that that they had hacked his misplaced cellphone and blackmailed him for cash utilizing the movies.

The case was revised in November 2023, when the police investigated Hwang for potential unlawful filming. They questioned if the movies had been filmed illegally or with consent. On November 20, Hwang acknowledged by his authorized consultant that the movies had been filmed with consent.

What we’re certain of is that the movies had been agreed on by his ex-girlfriend at the moment, and Hwang Ui Jo doesn’t have the movies at present. He didn’t leak them both. The movies had been completely saved personal by him in his private handphone, which was misplaced in Greece, November 2022. We suspect theft of the cellphone. Not solely had been the movies used to threaten him, but in addition his personal conversations together with his acquaintances.

— Hwang’s authorized consultant

On November 21, 2023, simply forward of the nationwide group’s match with China for the World Cup, the Korea Soccer Affiliation gave an announcement concerning Hwang.

We’re being attentive to the matter, and we plan on responding to it after fastidiously wanting over the outcomes of the police investigation.

— Korea Soccer Affiliation

A clause within the guidelines for nationwide gamers states that “as every participant is a consultant of their nation, they have to not partake in any motion that causes shame, they usually should preserve accountability and morality to the society.” Hwang could be at risk of violating this clause if the movies had been filmed illegally. There would then be adequate grounds to rescind his place on the nationwide group.

Hwang not too long ago scored a objective within the preliminaries with Singapore on November 16, 2023. He’s a key participant to the nationwide group.