Ki Sung-Yong “It has nothing to do with me. I will take legal action”
Hankyung DB
Regarding the suspicion of sexual assault during elementary school days of Ki Sung-yong (32, FC Seoul), a former national football team, lawyer Park Ji-hoon, the victim’s legal representative, said, “Ki Sung-yong’s crime of sexual violence cannot be moved.”
In an official press release on the 26th, Ji-Hoon Park of the Law Firm said, “From January 2000 to June 2000, A, a star player from the national team, and B, currently a member of the denomination as an outpatient professor at a Gwangju University “The professor raped the victims C and D several times,” he said.
It took a second position to refute Ki Sung-yong’s rebuttal, who said that “there is no fact of sexual assault” and that the legal response would be immortal.
Attorney Park Ji-hoon said, “We have enough and clear evidence,” he said. “In order to protect the minimum personality of Ki Sung-yong, we will not submit it to Ki Sung-yong or his club in principle.”
He emphasized that “If Ki Sung-yong’s immoral behavior continues, it will inevitably be revealed.”
Attorney Park Ji-hoon said in a press release on the 24th, when stars were exposed to abusive violence, that former soccer players C and D were the perpetrators of sexual assaults in elementary school.
According to the press release, the perpetrator A is a star player from the national team who recently joined a prestigious club in the metropolitan area, and Mr. B, who played for a short time as a professional player, is currently working as an outpatient professor at a university in Gwangju.
When the report came out, the perpetrator A was immediately designated as Ki Sung-yong. On the controversy, Ki Sung-yong’s management company immediately denied the facts.
Ki Sung-yong also said through his social media (SNS) on the 25th, “I don’t need a long word. The content of the reported article has nothing to do with me. It never happened. I risk my football life,” he denied.
Ki Sung-yong said, “I ran to this with my passion for soccer. It wasn’t true, so I thought there was no problem, but I realized that it was a serious issue that threatened the life of soccer and even the lives of my family.” I will also take legal action,” he said.
According to attorney Park Ji-hoon, it is said that C and D remember in great detail even matters that could not be known if they had not been experienced.
Attorney Park Ji-hoon also heard specific examples. He added, “For example, there was a day when Ki Sung-yong exempted C from oral sex, and C remembers what Ki Sung-yong said and gave money to C under what circumstances.”
After the revelation, the fact that C and D were the perpetrators of other sexual violence cases was controversial.
Attorney Park Ji-hoon drew a line in this regard, saying, “It is true even if C and D committed sexual assaults in 2004, but it is separate from the Ki Sung-yong case.”
On the other hand, if the suspicion related to Ki Sung-yong is revealed to be true, is it possible to punish him? Experts predict that even if the abuse was true, because the case was 21 years ago, he was a criminal minor at the time, and the statute of limitations has passed for a long time, and it is difficult to find evidence.
Since the content that has already been revealed is a big blow to the image of the player, Ki Sung-yong may rather demand compensation for damages.
However, depending on the level of evidence to be released in the future, it is likely that the image may be fatally damaged to the extent that it is impossible to live as a player, as in the case of Lee Jae-young and Da-young Da-young of Heungkuk Life Insurance.
It seems clear that the recent series of events will raise awareness of the light of abuse or sexual crime.
Reporter Lee Mi-na, Hankyung.com [email protected]