Man in His 30s Sentenced to Prison for Forcing Girlfriend to Kneel Naked and Write, "If I Cheat Again, I'll Give You All My Possessions"

Man Who Suspected His Girlfriend of Cheating Assaulted and Threatened Her, and Even Filmed Her Naked... Sentenced to 1 Year and 8 Months in Prison

Jeju District Court. Yonhap News Agency.

A man in his 30s who suspected his girlfriend of cheating forced her to write a pledge while naked and filmed her doing so. He was sentenced to prison.

According to legal sources on October 29, the Jeju District Court's Criminal Division 3, sitting as a single-judge panel, recently sentenced a man in his 30s, identified as A, to one year and eight months in prison for violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, including filming using a camera or other devices. A, who had been indicted without detention, was taken into custody in court. The court also ordered him to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program.

A is accused of repeatedly assaulting his girlfriend, identified as B, on January 28, 2023, because he thought she was cheating on him. He allegedly forced her to kneel while naked, made her write a pledge stating, "If I cheat again, I will give you all my possessions," and filmed her writing it on his phone. He is also accused of taking B's phone and deleting all her contacts, photos and other data.

He is further accused of taking screenshots of messages B had exchanged with another person and posting them on an online community. He then allegedly threatened to delete the posts if she told her parents that she had to quit her job because she had cheated, and made her contact her parents with that message.

A's side denied most of the allegations, arguing, among other things, that B had written the pledge of her own accord and that he had not filmed her. The court, however, found him guilty, saying, "The victim's statements are credible. They are consistent on key points and so detailed that they would be difficult to fabricate without having experienced the events firsthand." The court also said that the evidence submitted, including photos of bruises on B's body taken shortly after the incident, records of related counseling, and the contents of a phone call with her younger sibling, corroborated her statements.

The court rebuked A, saying, "The assaults were not minor, and he filmed the victim in a state that could cause extreme humiliation. He also took screenshots of private conversations and posted them online, then made the victim, who was distressed by this, say something she would not want to tell her parents under any circumstances. He sought to isolate her from her workplace and family and make her the target of blame."

The court added, "It is clear that the victim suffered severe emotional distress, and she has not forgiven him. The fact that they continued dating for a considerable time after the crimes does not reduce the possibility of punishment."

Both the prosecution and the defendant appealed the first-instance ruling.

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