‘Squid Game’ actor indicted over indecent assault costs

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Award-winning “Squid Game” actor Oh Young-soo will stand trial on costs of indecent assault after a girl accused him of inappropriately touching her in 2017, a South Korean courtroom stated.

The district courtroom in Seongnam metropolis stated Thursday that prosecutors indicted the 78-year-old Emmy nominee final week over the allegations and that his trial will start in February. Kim Myeong-un, an official at Seongnam’s district prosecutors’ workplace, stated it couldn’t affirm particular particulars about Oh’s case, which was first reported by native media final week.

According to the reviews, the unidentified lady initially filed a criticism in opposition to Oh in December 2021, accusing him of creating undesirable bodily contact throughout a gathering in 2017.

Oh didn’t reply a number of calls by the Associated Press in search of feedback.

South Korean cable channel JTBC stated Oh denied wrongdoing when reached by a reporter, saying that he had solely held the lady’s arms to “show her the way” as they walked round a lake. According to JTBC, Oh stated he had provided the lady an apology, not as a result of he acknowledged the accusations in opposition to him however as a result of the lady allegedly instructed him she “wouldn’t raise an issue” concerning the incident if he did.

Oh grew to become the primary South Korean actor to win a Golden Globe in January after he was named the highest supporting actor for his position in “Squid Game,” a brutal Netflix drama a couple of determined group of adults competing in lethal kids’s video games for an opportunity to flee extreme debt.

Oh was additionally nominated for an Emmy for his efficiency as Oh Il-nam, a mysterious aged contestant who joined the video games after being recognized with terminal mind most cancers.