Oh Ji-young's side forewarned a legal battle over 'homicide of juniors'

Oh Ji-young (35), who was virtually kicked out of the volleyball community on charges of continuing to harass his junior, signaled a court battle.

Jung Min-hoi, a lawyer for Oh Ji-young's legal representative, said on the 28th, "Oh Ji-young intends to calmly and carefully follow the process of revealing her injustice regardless of her retirement, with future retrial procedures and litigation procedures in mind."

The reward and punishment committee of the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) said on the 27th, "Oh Ji-young has been found to have bullied her junior since June last year, and two juniors have left the team," adding, "Through various evidences, we have confirmed that Oh Ji-young's human rights violations, such as bullying and abusive language." Oh Ji-young was suspended for one year. 스포츠토토

In response, Pepper Savings Bank immediately terminated its contract with Oh Ji-young. "We humbly accept the disciplinary result of the reward and punishment committee," Pepper Savings Bank said. "We apologize for the inconvenience caused to our fans, the Volleyball Federation, and the volleyball officials who care for the team due to the unsavory incident in the team."

Oh is said to be considering retirement. However, he is determined to erase the allegation that he bullied his junior teammates.

Lawyer Jung Min-hoe released an SNS message that Oh Ji-young had with victims A and B. Oh Ji-young's side claimed, "Given that the petitioner (victim) had a friendly conversation on SNS even during the period when he said he was bullied, the petitioner's argument is not convincing."

"Oh Ji-young and A were in a relationship that guaranteed reliability. They were more like sisters than seniors and juniors," he said, stressing that "the harassment itself is not established because we are far from junior B."

Oh admitted to giving warnings to junior A in October last year. At that time, players A and B, who were not in the main competition, went out in violation of internal rules on the day when key players were playing, causing a car accident. Oh Ji-young reprimanded A for this.

Oh Ji-young said, "In October, we only warned against junior players to promote unity among team members and prevent conflicts, but there is no fact that we have bullied players or blamed junior players for no legitimate purpose or reason. If such an act becomes an object that should be criticized socially and legally, the concept of seniority, seniority, and seniority in the workplace will no longer exist in Korean society."

"Oh Ji-young confirmed the petitioner's claim for the first time at the first reward and punishment committee on the 23rd," lawyer Jung Min-hoe said. "There was absolutely not enough time to prepare the rebuttal material and did not get enough opportunity to explain." Oh Ji-young said she has requested a retrial to KOVO's reward and punishment committee and is preparing other legal actions.