Police are hunting a suspected voyeur after over-28s ‘Red Stars Frauen’ players saw a hand holding a phone filming into their showers through a small window before the culprit fled
The hunt for a perv using a hidden camera found in the changing room of a top women’s football team is underway. The disturbing discovery in the form of a mobile phone was made in Switzerland, and has sparked a fresh voyeurism scandal compared to an earlier hidden-camera case in neighbouring Austria.
Players from FC Naters Oberwallis’s senior women’s side – the over-28s known locally as the “Red Stars Frauen” – had returned from training at the Stapfen Sports Complex in Naters, Valais, Switzerland, on August 7 when the sickening moment unfolded.
As the team headed into the changing rooms to shower, one player reportedly noticed something through a small window: a hand holding a phone outside, pointed directly into the shower area.
Those inside say it was clearly filming. As a result, the women instantly rushed out, but the alleged peeping tom had already fled and vanished into the night.
The club has confirmed the incident and police have launched an investigation, but the suspect has not been identified, news outlet 20Minutes reported. With a village party reportedly in full swing nearby at the time, the club feared the sheer number of people around that evening could make it difficult to pin down who was responsible.
It is also not yet known whether any footage was actually recorded – or whether it may have been saved or shared. “We take this incident very seriously,” club spokesman Johnny Schalbetter told Swiss paper Walliser Bote.
He further called it a “serious violation of privacy”. Schalbetter said the club was fully supporting the women affected, adding: “Their protection and their wishes are the top priority for all the steps to come.”
In the immediate aftermath, the club installed privacy screening film over the relevant windows to block any view in. Further measures are now being discussed with the local commune, which owns the sports facilities.
For now, the women’s team is no longer using the changing room in question. Moreover, a formal complaint has been filed.
The case has been compared in Swiss media to a headline-grabbing scandal across the border in Austria earlier this year. In February 2026, at women’s top-flight club SCR Altach, a Swiss elite referee and club official was convicted after hiding cameras in locker rooms and showers over a number of years.
That case involved around 1,550 hours of HD footage and roughly 30 victims – including minors. The perpetrator received a seven-month suspended prison sentence, a €1,200 fine (about £1,020) and €625 compensation per victim (about £530 each).
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