The Suwon District Court (South Korea) found actor O Yeong-su, who participated in the popular series ‘The Squid Game’, guilty this Friday of having sexually harassed a woman seven years ago, reports the Yonhap agency. .
“What is written in the victim’s diary and her counseling report after the incident is quite consistent with the details of this case,” the court held, adding that the prosecution’s testimony is consistent and “is not something that is can invent.”
Consequently, the judicial body sentenced the 79-year-old artist to a sentence of eight months in prison, suspended for two years, and ordered him to serve 40 hours in a treatment program for sexual offenders. The man denied the charges and announced that he will appeal the ruling.
O, who won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a television series for the aforementioned production, was accused in November 2022 of having hugged a woman and kissed her on the cheek against her will during a tour in an area regional for a performance in 2017. With RT