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The 79-year-old Golden Globe winner was discovered responsible of inappropriately touching an actress in 2017, together with hugging her, holding her hand and kissing her cheek towards her needs.
By Patrick Brzeski
Asia Bureau Chief
South Korean actor Oh Yeong-su, star of Netflix‘s 2021 smash-hit sequence Squid Game, has been convicted of sexual misconduct and given an eight-month jail sentence, suspended for 2 years, for sexually harassing an actress in 2017.
A district court docket decide within the metropolis of Seongnam dominated Friday that the 79-year-old actor was responsible of inappropriately touching an actress, together with hugging her, holding her hand and kissing her cheek, in keeping with studies within the South Korean press, together with the Korean Herald and Yonhap Information Company.
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Prosecutors pressed fees towards him in November 2022 after the sufferer pressed her case within the wake of Squid Sport‘s international success. Along with his suspended sentence, Oh can be required to finish 40 hours in a sexual violence therapy program.
“The content material of the sufferer’s journal, and the content material of her counseling after the incident is in keeping with what occurred, and her testimonies couldn’t have been given until she truly skilled it,” the Seongnam department of the Suwon District Court docket mentioned in its verdict. In line with native studies, Oh has mentioned he’ll attraction the decision.
A 50-year veteran of the Korean stage and display screen, Oh has appeared in over 200 stage performs, in addition to quite a few TV sequence and occasional movies. He achieved improbably late-career international fame because of Squid Sport, enjoying Oh Il-nam, a seemingly out-of-place previous man competing within the present’s greed-driven battle to the demise. His twinkly-eyed efficiency earned him South Korea’s first Golden Globe Award for finest supporting actor in a sequence, miniseries or tv movie, in addition to a Primetime Emmy nomination for excellent supporting actor in a drama sequence. Netflix has not commented on Oh’s case or whether or not he’ll return for Squid Sport‘s much-anticipated second season.
Oh was indicted by Korean prosecutors in November 2022 for allegedly inappropriately touching a younger actress whereas the 2 had been on tour for a play 5 years prior. The police report mentioned that Oh tried to hug the unidentified lady by power and kissed her on the cheek whereas they went out for a stroll collectively. Oh publicly admitted that he held the sufferer’s hand however denies there was any indecent assault. The allegations had been initially introduced in 2021, however the police dropped the case attributable to an absence of proof. Later, the prosecutors reopened the investigation after the lady appealed.
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