- O shot to superstardom and received a Golden Globe for efficiency in Squid Game
South Korea‘s ‘Squid Game‘ actor O Yeong-su has been discovered responsible of sexual misconduct, an area courtroom mentioned Friday, after he was charged with assaulting a girl in 2017.
The 79-year-old in 2022 grew to become the primary South Korean to win a Golden Globe Award for finest supporting actor in a collection for his efficiency as a seemingly susceptible previous man within the mega-hit Netflix dystopian thriller.
The actor was sentenced to eight months in jail, suspended for 2 years, the Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court reported.
He has been additionally ordered to finish 40 hours of lessons on sexual violence, the courtroom added.
O Yeong-su, who starred in Netflix’s international TV sensation ‘Squid Game’, leaves Suwon District Court in Suwon, some 30 km south of Seoul, South Korea, 15 March 2024
The 79-year-old in 2022 grew to become the primary South Korean to win a Golden Globe Award for finest supporting actor in a collection for his efficiency in Squid Game
South Korean actor O Yeong-Su attends the ‘Hansan: Rising Dragon’ VIP Screening at Lotte Cinema Box on July 26, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea
The sufferer’s personal information of the assault and her claims are ‘constant … and seem like statements that can not be made with out really experiencing them,’ choose Jeong Yeon-ju mentioned, based on the courtroom.
As he was leaving the courtroom, O advised reporters he deliberate to attraction in opposition to the choice. He has seven days to attraction or the ruling can be upheld.
O was indicted in 2022 with out detention on prices of sexually assaulting a girl, who has not been recognized, on two events.
The incidents passed off when O was staying in a rural space for a theatre efficiency in 2017, on a strolling path and in entrance of the sufferer’s residence, respectively, based on the Suwon District Court.
Womenlink, a ladies’s rights group in South Korea, welcomed the ruling and urged O to apologise to the sufferer.
‘The defendant resembles different offenders of sexual violence in theatre up to now who tried to cowl up their sexual violence as ‘favour’ and ‘friendship’,’ the group mentioned in a publish on X.
The controversy over the accusations of sexual harassment noticed him drop out of an upcoming movie in South Korea.
As he was leaving the courtroom, O advised reporters he deliberate to attraction in opposition to the choice. He has seven days to attraction or the ruling can be upheld
O received finest supporting actor in tv on the Golden Globes for his function in ‘Squid Game’ in 2022, turning into the primary South Korean to grab the award.
Within lower than 4 weeks of its launch in 2021, Squid Game attracted a staggering 111 million viewers
O received finest supporting actor in tv on the Golden Globes for his function in ‘Squid Game’ in 2022, turning into the primary South Korean to grab the award.
He performed the aged character O II-nam, one of many major antagonists of the primary season.
The collection that depicts a darkish world the place marginalised people are compelled to compete in lethal variations of conventional kids’s video games, shortly gained immense reputation on Netflix.
Within lower than 4 weeks of its launch in 2021, it attracted a staggering 111 million viewers.
The present’s success has amplified South Korea’s more and more outsized affect on international common tradition, following international fame received by the likes of Okay-pop band BTS and the Oscar-winning movie ‘Parasite’.
Multiple figures in South Korea’s movie business – together with late filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and actor Cho Jae-hyun – have confronted sexual assault allegations.