South Korean male soccer star Ki Sung-yong was recently accused of sexual violence against his juniors in elementary school, which he immediately denied. However, according to the latest news from Yonhap News Agency, the whistleblower issued a statement through his lawyer on February 26 saying that he had solid evidence.
On February 24, south Korea reported a scandal of sexual violence against footballers, and the lawyers of the two victims revealed that the two were sexually abused by seniors A and B when they were on a primary school soccer team in Jeonnam from January to June 2001. Among them, A recently joined a well-known team in the capital circle and represented the South Korean national team.
Qi Chengyong immediately landed on the first place in the Korean hot search list. The 32-year-old signed with Seoul FC on July 21, 2020 and made 109 appearances for the South Korean national team in his career, where he also captained the national team.
Qi Chengyong denied this matter through social platforms on the 25th, saying that he would never sit idly by and use legal means to maintain his innocence. The brokerage company to which Qi Chengyong belongs said that the content of the exposé was purely false. Seoul FC Club is also very supportive of Odd Chengyong.
However, the victim's lawyer said that the evidence was conclusive, but now only relevant evidence was submitted to Qi Chengyong himself and his team, and if the other party continued to maintain an unethical response attitude, they would disclose the evidence to the public. The lawyer also revealed that he had received pressure from Qi Chengyong.
The recent South Korean sports scene has been mired in a "bullying" storm, opening up a hidden corner of the Korean sports world. Especially in the volleyball circle, the Korean women's volleyball twin sisters Lee Do-young and Lee Jae-young were exposed to bullying teammates, and were indefinitely deprived of the national qualification by the Korean Volleyball Association, and the prospects of the South Korean women's volleyball team in the Tokyo Olympic Games were worrying; Park Sang-ho of the South Korean men's volleyball team admitted to this matter and announced his immediate retirement after being exposed as a bully of his classmates when he was a student.
A number of South Korean artists suspended their schedules due to a series of school bullying revelations, and Hyun Chen, a member of the boy band Stray Kids, apologized to his classmates who had been victims of verbal violence.