According to the media Soompi,
Actor Oh Young Soo, 79, found guilty of indecent assault this Friday March 15, 2024. The man popularized around the world by the series Squid Game
was sentenced to eight months in prison, two years of probation, and forty hours of education on sexual violence. The interpreter of the main character of Oh II-Nam was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention in November 2022 as part of an investigation relating to facts dating from 2017. The trial was initially recorded for February 2023, before being postponed for the first time to April 2023, then a second time. The investigation, initially closed in 2022, was finally reopened, thus explaining the numerous postponements of the trial.
In detail, the South Korean court sentenced the 79-year-old actor this Friday March 15, 2024 for “indecent assault”, and not for “sexual assault”. The actor was criticized by an actress for having hugged her in an inappropriate and insistent manner, without her consenting. He also allegedly kissed her hand and kissed her on the cheek.. Facts against which the South Korean actress filed a civil suit.
He intends to appeal and assures that he is innocent
If the young woman had filed a complaint for “sexual assault”, However, actor Oh Young Soo was simply convicted of “indecent assault”. The sentence is however heavy since he was placed in pre-trial detention for more than fourteen months, he finally received eight months in prison, accompanied by a probationary suspension of twenty-four months. The actor had always denied the facts that the young woman attributed to him, who had gone so far as to affirm that he had slept on his hotel room bed, and that he would have made explicit sexual remarks about the latter. Claims that the actor, fired from the series Big Family
following these attacks, has always been contested. According to New York Timesthe South Korean star intends to appeal, and still maintains his innocence.