South Korean actor Oh Yeong-su, the Korean actor who recently won a Golden Globe for his performance in hit series “Squid Game,” has been indicted on sexual misconduct charges. He was released without detention.
Prosecutors in Suwon, South Korea, revealed on Friday that they had charged Oh a day earlier. The 78-year-old Oh is alleged to have inappropriately touched a woman in mid-2017.
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According to Variety, The alleged victim filed a complaint against Oh in December 2021. Authorities closed the case in April 2022, but reopened it again at the victim’s request, the Yonhap news agency reports. Oh denied the allegations when questioned by prosecutors.
In a statement Oh shared with Korean broadcaster JTBC, the actor said: “I just held her hand to guide the way around the lake. I apologized because [the person] said she wouldn’t make a fuss about it but it doesn’t mean that I admit the charges.”
Best known for his Golden Globe-winning performance in the hit Netflix series Squid Game, the 78-year-old actor was charged by Suwon, South Korean prosecutors on Thursday. He has been accused of inappropriately touching a woman in 2017, which the alleged victim first told authorities about in December 2021. The case was closed in April 2022, but it was later reopened following a request from the victim. When questioned about the alleged incident, Oh denied the accusations.
“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,” per Complex.
A Suwon court official said “everything reported by local media is not factually correct.” A TV commercial starring Oh from the Korean ministry of culture has been pulled after the news of the indictment was publicly released on Friday.
Born in 1944, Oh has been acting in theater since the ‘60s, and later transitioned to TV and film roles by the ‘80s. One of his most notable roles is as the lead in the 2003 film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring, which was directed by the late Kim Ki-duk, who was accused of rape numerous times prior to his death from COVID-19 in 2020. Oh later gained fame for his role as the oldest participant in the titular survival competition in Netflix’s Squid Game, which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 2022 Emmys.
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Sources: Variety, Complex
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