"No Intent of Sexual Assault" Real Crime Committed After Being Deceived by False Sexual Assault Role-Play Scenario

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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Two male perpetrators who committed actual sexual assault after being deceived by a lie inducing a 'sexual assault role-play' on a random chat app have been indicted.

According to the legal community on the 21st, this incident occurred last summer in a residential area of Sejong City.

In August last year, male A created a profile as a "35-year-old woman" on a chat app where he could talk with unspecified people, then wrote a post saying he was looking for a man to meet for a role-play scenario of wanting to be sexually assaulted, and continued chatting.

While continuing a conversation with male B, who showed interest, A gave an address of a one-room apartment and deceived B into believing that A lived there.

B immediately drove his car and forcibly entered the one-room apartment A had indicated, sexually assaulting the woman inside.

However, the victim did not know either A or B at all.

Police, who responded to the report and launched an investigation, arrested the two men in turn.

The prosecution, which received the case, indicted A on charges including instigation of home-invasion rape under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes, and indicted B on charges including home-invasion rape under the same law.

A reportedly claimed to the investigative authorities, "I only intended to trick (B) and cause him trouble, and did not expect it to lead to an actual sexual assault incident."

B is known to have said, "I asked if it was a joke, but A kept making me believe it," and "I was deceived and used, and had no intention to sexually assault anyone."

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