▲ Scene of choking during a broadcast
A group of individuals, including a mixed martial arts fighter with a gang background who is accused of injuring a cast member by choking him during a YouTube broadcast, have been forwarded to the prosecutors.
Incheon Seobu Police Station announced today (the 2nd) that they have forwarded MMA fighter A without detention on charges of injury.
Three YouTubers who either aided and abetted the crime or created a conflict situation along with fighter A were also forwarded without detention on charges of aiding and abetting injury and joint coercion.
Fighter A and the others are accused of injuring a man in his 20s, identified as B, who was a cast member, by choking him until he passed out during a YouTube broadcast at around 4:00 AM on September 6 in an officetel in Cheongna-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon.
B, who collapsed after losing consciousness at the time, reportedly struck his head hard against the floor and received a medical diagnosis requiring 12 weeks of recovery due to symptoms of paralysis in parts of his body.
Fighter A and the others claimed that they were acting out a performance according to a pre-arranged script, but the police determined that intent to injure was recognized.
In particular, police found that when a frightened B hesitated to engage in the scripted fight, the YouTubers nearby induced or coerced him into the dispute.
Considering the gravity of the crime, given that fighter A previously operated in a gang and committed severe acts of violence during a public broadcast, the police requested an arrest warrant, but the court dismissed it, citing that the suspects acknowledged the charges and reached a settlement with the victim.
A police official explained that even if there was a script, they judged the actions to have exceeded it, and that the accomplices also knew the possibility of the crime in advance and contributed to the injury offense by failing to stop him until he passed out.
(Photo: Captured from YouTube broadcast, Yonhap News)
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