Oh Yeong-su
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South Korean actor Oh Yeong-su, star of Netflix‘s 2021 smash-hit collection Squid Sport, 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 courtroom choose 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, based on stories within the South Korean press, together with the Korean Herald and Yonhap Information Company.
Prosecutors pressed fees towards him in November 2022 after the sufferer pressed her case within the wake of Squid Sport‘s world success. Along with his suspended sentence, Oh shall 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 Courtroom mentioned in its verdict. In response to native stories, Oh has mentioned he’ll enchantment 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 collection and occasional movies. He achieved improbably late-career world 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 collection, miniseries or tv movie, in addition to a Primetime Emmy nomination for excellent supporting actor in a drama collection. 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 have been on tour for a play 5 years prior. The police report mentioned that Oh tried to hug the unidentified lady by drive 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 have been initially introduced in 2021, however the police dropped the case resulting from a scarcity of proof. Later, the prosecutors reopened the investigation after the lady appealed.