2024-02-02 22:00:12
O Yeong-su, series actor The Squid Game 79 years old, was charged in November 2022 for allegedly hugging and kissing a woman during a theater tour.
The South Korean Prosecutor’s Office requested a year in prison for the veteran actor known globally for his role as elderly contestant on the hit series, for allegedly sexually harassing a woman in 2017.
O Yeong-su, 79, was charged in November 2022 for allegedly hugging and kissing a woman on the cheek between August and September 2017 during a theater tour.
At the hearing held today in a court in the city of Seongnam (south of Seoul) prosecutors asked for a year in prison and that he be prevented from working with children or adolescents.
Squid Game Actor on Trial
The artist, who has insistently denied the charges in previous hearings, said in this Friday’s session that he felt hurt and was suffering from having to undergo a trial for “things like that” at such an advanced age, according to the Yonhap agency.
The verdict on the case around the actor, who gwon the Golden Globe in 2022 for best supporting actor for his role in The Squid Game, It will be announced on March 15.
O Yeong-su began his career in acting in the 1960s, mainly in theater, where he has worked in hundreds of works of classical Korean and Western theater.
He later joined the Korean National Theater Company before having specific roles in film or television.
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