性行為を違法に撮影、サッカー元韓国代表黄義助に懲役４年求刑

【ソウルＡＦＰ＝時事】韓国検察が、性行為を違法に撮影した罪に問われているサッカー元同国代表ＦＷ黄義助（ファン・ウィジョ）被告（３２）に対し、懲役４年を求刑した。（写真はサッカー元韓国代表ＦＷ黄義助）
　今週この事件の最終弁論が行われる中、ＡＦＰが１７日に確認した裁判記録によると、女性との性行為を同意なく撮影した罪で起訴された黄被告は罪状を認め、裁判官に寛大な処置を求めた。
　現在トルコ１部アランヤスポルに所属する黄被告は、起訴前まで無実を主張していた。懲役４年の実刑を求めている検察側は「今や不正行為を認めているが、裁判に至るまで容疑を否認していた。被害者に与えた取り返しのつかない損害について、真摯（しんし）に反省しているかは疑問だ」と述べている。
　一方で黄被告は裁判官に対し、「私の不正行為で苦しんだ被害者の方に心からお詫び申し上げます。最大限の寛大な処置を心からお願いします」と語った。
　このスキャンダルは、昨年６月に義姉が黄被告を脅迫しようと同選手の露骨で個人的な動画をオンラインに投稿したことで明るみに出た。義姉は現在、脅迫罪で懲役３年の刑に服している。
　黄被告は韓国代表として通算６２試合に出場して１９得点を記録しているが、昨年１１月に告発されてからは出場停止処分を受けている。
　判決は１２月１８日に下される予定となっている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/10/17-16:55）

South Korean international footballer Hwang Ui-jo faces four years in jail after pleading guilty in court to illegally filming sexual encounters.
The former Nottingham Forest striker asked the judge to show leniency after being charged with recording himself having sex with women without their consent, a trial transcript seen by AFP said Thursday.
Prosecutors asked the Seoul Central District Court for a four-year jail term for the 32-year-old when they made their closing arguments in the case this week.
Hwang, who now plays for Turkish club Alanyaspor, had initially claimed he was innocent before admitting the offences in the court.
Though he now acknowledges the wrongdoing, he had denied the allegations leading up to the trial, prosecutors said.
We question whether Hwang is sincere in his reflections... for the irreparable damage inflicted upon the victims.
Hwang said in a prepared statement to the judge: I offer my sincerest apologies to the victims who have suffered because of my wrongdoings. I sincerely plead for the utmost leniency.
He said he would use the incident as a mirror of reflection to live diligently as an athlete.
Known as molka in Korean, spycam videos are typically made by men who secretly film women in toilets and elsewhere, although the term can also be applied to clandestine footage of consensual sex.
The scandal came to light when his sister-in-law posted private explicit videos of Hwang in an attempt to blackmail him in June 2023. She is now serving three years in prison for blackmail.
One of the victim's attorneys, Lee Eun-eui, welcomed the prosecutors' demand for a four-year prison sentence.
It is at least comforting that the prosecution is seeking a four-year imprisonment, she told reporters after the trial, noting her client had been deeply battered through the entire affair.
Hwang has been suspended from the national team since November last year when the allegations were made.
He has scored 19 goals in 62 appearances for South Korea.
Hwang is due to be sentenced on December 18.