I thought I just had to put up with it Ice skating coach A player B's heartbreaking testimony in the attack case
Oct 27, 2025
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Former female skater B, who was indicted without detention on charges of special injury after attacking coach A, a former national team member who was accused of assaulting and sexually assaulting her when she was a player, appeared as a witness at the National Audit Office.
B appeared as a witness at the National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee's parliamentary audit held at the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul on the 27th. Rep. Yang Moon-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea asked questions. The questioning was conducted with a screen covered to protect the victim. B was arrested on the 17th of last month on charges of stabbing A, a man in his 40s who was a member of the national speed skating team, at the Taeneung International Skating Center and stood on the witness stand while being indicted without detention. Mr. B, who was coached by Coach A in high school more than a decade ago, claimed to have been severely assaulted and sexually assaulted at the time. B was permanently expelled from the Korean Skating Union in 2014, and received a summary order of 3 million won in fines for special assault and other charges at the trial, but the Korean Skating Union later changed the permanent expulsion to a three-year suspension according to the court's ruling, and Coach A later reportedly coached the players as individual leaders.
"Despite the violence and sexual violence, the perpetrator was suspended for three years and coached at the university and worked as a personal coach," Yang said. I don't have to tell you how shocked the victim was. Psychiatric hospitalization for seven years alone is hundreds of days. How scared they must have been, they even happened to witness the perpetrator's coach and attacked him with a weapon. After being arrested, he was indicted without physical detention and appeared as a witness to the National Assembly today" he began to question.
Mr. B said "Like all players, I had no choice but to obey the coach's words for my career and performance. Grooming sexual violence took corporal punishment, violence and verbal abuse for granted. The publicized case is the tip of the iceberg." When asked why he could not raise the issue even though he was damaged, B said "If he made a mistake or spoke, the assault would become worse, and there was psychological pressure of sexual assault." I thought I could put up with it by myself, I didn't want to worry my parents, I didn't want to hurt my team or anyone around me." "I thought that leaders who use power and commit crimes like perpetrators should be permanently removed and strictly governed by the association."." Asked why he didn't report it, B said "I personally thought I just had to put up with it. I thought a lot about dying. He confessed his hard days, saying, "I also tried to commit suicide several times." "Since it was an organization, it was difficult for anyone to talk about things that happened implicitly, and I was afraid of retaliation, so I endured it alone."," he added.
When asked what kind of punishment coach A would like to receive, B said "I heard that he has been permanently expelled since my case. But in there, he's coaching again in a blinding way. I didn't feel good. I don't want those people to be leaders. I think that's right" he said. Asked about the past 10 years, he said, "I've been depressed for about 10 years, and I've spent a lot of time trying to kill myself and healing my mind and mind not to be devastated myself"He confessed. As for the frustration that 'the system cannot protect me', it was difficult to report or make public, so I thought I could just bear it alone. That mind was the hardest." Lawmaker Yang also asked for strong disciplinary action after inquiring about the violence of underage players by coach C of the Daegu Skating Union.
Rep. Yang is shaking for the first time while inquiring. My hands are shaking and my words are shaking. I'm shaking at the behavior of the coach of the Daegu Skating UnionHe demanded a solution to a series of incidents from the chairman of the Korean Sports Council, Yoo Seung Min.
Chairman of the Korea Sports Council Yoo Seung Min said, "It was shocking and difficult to hear the testimony as one of the sportsmen. I'm sorry for how much pain the victim must have had. "Since March, the regulations related to the Sports and Fair Trade Commission have been revised seven times. I am determined to root out violence and sexual violence against minors in the sports world during my term in office," he replied. Representative Yang "must be permanently removed. The federation should also impose heavy punishment. The Korean Sports and Olympic Committee should thoroughly investigate and apologize."
Kim Kyo-heung, chairman of the National Assembly's stylistic committee, said "In relation to violence and sexual violence, athletes from each association receive compulsory legal education, and the completion rate of the table tennis association is only 7%. The leader of sexual violence should be excluded from the list after pointing out that the overall completion statistics are 39 percent. You should make an example of this case. The relationship between players and leaders is a special relationship. As a result, it is difficult to talk to society, and they use it to commit sexual violence and violence. What's the point of Declaration 100 at midnight. I asked for strong action with the heart of the town yam." Chairman Yoo said, `I will find the strongest measure among all means and methods and come up with a plan"I promised.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
