“Squid Game” actor Oh Young-soo has been found guilty of s£xual misconduct, a local court said Friday, March 15.
The South Korean star was charged with assaulting a woman in 2017. In 2022, the 79-year-old became the first South Korean to win a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor in a series for his performance as a seemingly vulnerable old man in the mega-hit Netflix thriller.
The actor was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, the Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court told AFP. He was also ordered to complete 40 hours of classes on sexual violence, the court added.
Accorsing to the court, the victim’s own records of the assault and her claims are “consistent … and appear to be statements that cannot be made without actually experiencing them,” judge Jeong Yeon-ju said.
Oh was indicted in 2022 without detention on charges of s£xually assaulting a woman, who has not been identified, on two occasions.
The incidents took place when Oh was staying in a rural area for a theatre performance in 2017, on a walking path and in front of the victim’s residence, respectively, according to the Suwon District Court.
