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A man who sexually assaulted a female performer who fell asleep during an internet broadcast together and transmitted it in real time was sentenced to prison.



Today (11th), the 13th Criminal Division of the Incheon District Court (Presiding Judge Ho Seong-ho) sentenced Mr. A (31), who was charged with using a camera for filming and distributing, under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Similar Rape, Quasi-rape, Quasi-rape, Sexual Violence, etc. He was sentenced to 7 years, and also ordered to complete a 40-hour sexual violence treatment program and to restrict employment for 7 years in institutions related to children, youth and the disabled.



Mr. A is accused of sexual harassment when female performer B fell asleep after taking sleeping pills while broadcasting live on the Internet at an officetel in Michuhol-gu, Incheon at around 11 am on June 28 last year.



The scene of Mr. A's sexual harassment was transmitted intact on the Internet live screen, and it was found that many netizens watched it.



At the time, even though some netizens stopped the crime, saying, "Stop it" and "I will report it to the police," the broadcast operators continued the crime by expelling netizens who left comments that discouraged the action from the broadcast.



In addition, the platform where the broadcast took place also left a notice saying 'I will sanction', but it is said that no action such as the actual end of the broadcast was taken.



In the end, the police, who were dispatched after receiving reports from netizens that day, made an emergency arrest for Mr. A.



The police charged Mr. A with semi-rape based on the video provided by some netizens who watched the broadcast and the statement by victim B, "I did not know that the crime itself was committed, and there was no agreement on sex."



Initially, the police applied the charge of 'indecent assault' to Mr. A to the effect that he did not rape, although he gave sexual discomfort, but after the investigation, the charge of 'quasi-rape' was applied.



The charge of quasi-rape is applied when it is judged that the victim who is in a state of insanity has committed adultery or molested.


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To Mr. A, who was later arrested and stood in court, the judge said, "The defendant committed sexual violence against a victim who could not resist, and the scene was broadcast in real time and hundreds of people watched it."



"We took into account the fact that the accused did not repair the damage even though the victim suffered extreme sexual shame and mental pain," he explained the reason for the sentencing.



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