South Korean actor Oh Young-soo, known for his role in the popular Netflix series "Squid Game," was found guilty of sexual misconduct by a South Korean court. The 79-year-old actor received an eight-month suspended sentence and was ordered to attend mandatory sexual violence treatment classes, according to a report by The New York Times.
Young-soo, who won a Golden Globe Award in 2022 for his role as Player No. 001 in "Squid Game," had publicly denied the charges and stated his intention to appeal the decision after the verdict.
The district court judge, Jeong Yeon-ju, in Seongnam, southeast of Seoul, found Young-soo guilty of inappropriately hugging an actress, holding her hand, and kissing her cheek in 2017. Prosecutors charged him in 2022 after the actress filed a complaint accusing him of inappropriately touching her.
Judge Jeong Yeon-ju stated that across multiple occasions in August and September 2017, Young-soo had hugged the woman, held her hand, kissed her cheek, and laid in her rented room, where he made potentially inappropriate sexual comments.
The judge noted that the woman received sexual violence counseling in March 2018 and tried to forget her distressful memories until the success of "Squid Game" in 2021 prompted her to demand an apology from Young-soo, to which he complied.
Mr. Oh denied kissing the woman and claimed that he had held her hand to help her carry things, stating that his apology to her was not an admission of guilt. However, the judge found the woman's accusations credible despite arguments from Young-soo's lawyers that her narrative was inconsistent.
The report also mentioned that the sexual misconduct charge had already affected Young-soo's career, as he was not included in the cast for Season 2 of "Squid Game," scheduled for release this year.
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