Lingard Is Not in Korea, Child Sexual Crimes Trial → Grandpa stood by...FC Seoul Permits Conditions for Playing Weekend
Apr 22, 2025
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Lingard scored his fourth goal of the season by playing full-time in the ninth round of the 'Hana Bank K League 1 2025' against Gwangju FC at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 19th. He scored a comeback goal in the 33rd minute of the second half when he was being dragged 0-2, but failed to pull his team out of the loss. Seoul lost by a score of one to two.
Lingard received permission from the Seoul club to go to England on the condition that he plays in an away game against the Pohang Steelers this weekend (27th). Mr. Lingard's grandfather, Kenneth Lingard, 86, was accused of sexually harassing a woman from the age of 5 until she was 19. The 60-year-old woman reported sexual abuse to police after seeing Kenneth 'Umji' on a TV documentary program aired in 2022 called 'Jessie Lingard-The Untold Story'.
Kenneth, who denies a total of 17 allegations of sexual abuse, is the man who makes Lingard's day. The Sun reported Lingard's testimony on the 22nd (Korea time). Lingard, who appeared at Liverpool Crown Court, thanked him in court for living with his grandparents from the age of two to three and fully supporting his career.
He said "My grandfather taught me all the skills, including basic soccer. He drove from Liverpool to Manchester, Crewe, Barnsley and Stoke to watch me play football. "He's the one who got me here today.
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'Jessie Lingard, shame on you. There are too many lies. Kenneth Lingard, your grandfather, harassed and sexually abused me. You know it too.', 'You made a documentary for money and to look like a mental health ambassador. As you say, I'm speaking out. There is no more silence.' He reportedly pressured Lingard with his back.
In another article, the grandfather mentioned that 'pedophile', 'child abuser' is hiding a dark secret'. He also accused Lingard's late grandmother of 'Attractor'.
But Lingard was adamant. He criticized this woman for putting her grandfather on the documentary, saying, `I don't know what you're talking about? I thought I'd never heard anything about this." He also testified that when the woman said she would report it to the police, `I told her to report it if she wanted to.'
Lingard told the jury that the woman appeared `out of the blue, rather random" he suspected. And if I had known about my grandfather's alleged abuse before, I would have cut off contact immediately." Lingard also added that if the woman's allegations were true, she would block her grandfather from seeing her daughter.
Lingard's love for grandparents from Manchester United is great. He took care of his grandmother until she died of her illness. He is also special to his grandfather. I took a break from soccer to take care of my grandparents.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
