Squid Game Star, O Yeong-su Arrested, Charged With Sexual Misconduct.
Korean actor and Squid Game Star, O Yeong-su has been indicted on sexual misconduct charges, per Variety.
O Yeong-Su recently was awarded a Golden Glow for his excellent performance in the Korean hit TV series, Squid Game. Has been indicted on sexual misconduct charges after a lady reported him to the police for inappropriately touching her back in 2017 which the alleged victim first told authorities about in December 2021.
The case was closed in April 2022 but per reports, it was reopened.
O Yeong-su denied the accusations when he was questioned about the alleged incident.
“I just held her hand to guide the way around the lake,” said Oh in a statement provided to Korean broadcaster JTBC. “I apologized because [the person] said she wouldn’t make a fuss about it but it doesn’t mean that I admit the charges.”
A Suwon court official said “everything reported by local media is not factually correct.” A TV commercial starring the actor from the Korean ministry of culture has been pulled down after the news of the indictment was publicly released on Friday.
O Yeong-su has been acting in theater since the ‘60s, and later transitioned to TV and film roles by the ‘80s.
His famously known worldwide in his role in Korean series titled Squid Game.
Squid Game is Netflix’s most popular series of all time. The series that tells the story of debt-ridden people competing for a huge cash prize in a deadly series of children’s games.
