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Oh Younger-soo, who portrayed a contestant within the Netflix drama, was given a suspended sentence. He was discovered responsible of indecent assault.
Reporting from Seoul
A South Korean court docket on Friday convicted Oh Younger-soo, an actor who gained a Golden Globe for his portrayal of a contestant within the Netflix survival drama “Squid Sport,” of indecent assault.
A district court docket choose in Seongnam, a metropolis southeast of Seoul, discovered Mr. Oh responsible of inappropriately hugging an actress, holding her hand and kissing her cheek in 2017.
Mr. Oh, 79, was given an eight-month suspended sentence and ordered to attend 40 hours of lessons on sexual violence. Mr. Oh, who had publicly denied the cost, instructed reporters after the decision that he deliberate to attraction.
Prosecutors charged Mr. Oh in 2022 after an actress, who was not recognized, filed a grievance accusing him of inappropriately touching her. They argued that, throughout a number of events in August and September 2017, Mr. Oh had hugged the girl, held her hand, kissed her cheek and laid in her rented room, the place he made doubtlessly inappropriate sexual feedback, Choose Jeong Yeon-ju mentioned.
The actress instructed others about her expertise on the time and wrote about them in her diary, Choose Jeong mentioned. She obtained sexual violence counseling in March 2018. She tried to overlook her distressful recollections for a while, till the success of “Squid Sport” in 2021 prompted the girl to demand an apology from Mr. Oh about his actions, for which Mr. Oh apologized, the choose mentioned.
Mr. Oh denied kissing the girl, claimed that he had held her hand to assist her carry issues, and mentioned that his apology to her was not an request for forgiveness, the choose mentioned. Mr. Oh’s legal professionals additionally argued that the girl’s narrative was inconsistent. However the choose discovered her accusations credible.
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