Suspicion was raised that Ki Sung-yong, a former national football player, committed sexual violence to his juniors when he was in elementary school. Ki Sung-yong’s side strongly refuted that it was not true at all and that the legal response would be immortal.
Reporter Lee Jeong-chan on the report.
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A and B, former soccer players, published a press release through a law firm, claiming that’in 2000, when they were in the fifth grade of elementary school, they were continuously sexually assaulted and assaulted by two seniors for a year in a camp.’
He specifically stated the damage situation, and asked for “A sincere apology from the perpetrators,” saying, “I have never escaped a terrible nightmare for a single day since the incident.”
[박지훈/법무법인 현 변호사 : (피해 상황을) 아주 구체적으로 기억을 하고 있어요. 몇 월 며칠 몇 시. 평생 트라우마로 남아 있는 피해자들의 심정은 참담하죠.]
As a star player from the national team, who recently joined a prestigious club in the metropolitan area, was mentioned in a press release as one of the perpetrators, suspicion was drawn to FC Seoul’s Ki Sung-yong.
Ki Sung-Yong’s agent completely denied relevance to the incident in a press release under his real name and announced a legal response.
Another player, who was also accused of being a perpetrator, refuted in an interview with one media that it was “cannot happen.”
Ki Sung-Yong’s team FC Seoul started to confirm the facts.
[성민/FC서울 홍보 담당자 : 전혀 관련이 없다는 게 선수 측 의견입니다. 사실관계 확인이 최우선이라고 생각하고 있고요, 자체적으로 면밀하게 파악 중에 있습니다.]
Amid the suspicion of sexual violence by a star player who represented Korean football, the arguments of the two sides are sharply mixed, leading to the truth game.