Soccer Player Hwang Ui-jo Announces "Strong Legal Action" Against SNS Privacy Exposure Posts

National Soccer Player Hwang Ui-jo's Private Life Controversy
Agency UJ Sports "False Allegations · Legal Action"

HJ Sports, the management company of Hwang Ui-jo, issued a statement on SNS on the 25th, stating, "Today, we confirmed that baseless rumors and sexual slanders related to Hwang Ui-jo's private life have been circulated, and immediately after, we have requested an investigation and are monitoring the distributors who created and spread these unfounded rumors."

Soccer player Hwang Ui-jo [Photo by Yonhap News]

They continued, "We clarify that all content uploaded through SNS is false, and we plan to take strong legal action against the illegal distribution and spread of the player's private life, which has damaged the player's reputation. Our company strongly condemns the harm caused to the player by unverified false information and private life leaks, and we will also take strong measures against the indiscriminate spread of rumors," they said.

A post related to the personal life controversy posted on SNS by Hwang Ui-jo's agency UJ Sports.
[Photo by UJ Sports Instagram]

Additionally, UJ Sports apologized to fans, saying, "We sincerely apologize for causing social controversy and concern as a public figure."

On the same day, an Instagram account posted an expos? claiming that Hwang Ui-jo had relationships with multiple women and caused harm by illegally filming them. Along with the post, a video of a man without a shirt was also uploaded, but the expos? post has since been deleted.