{"id":1751875,"date":"2022-11-26T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751875"},"modified":"2022-11-26T08:18:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T13:18:30","slug":"actor-from-squid-game-indicted-for-sexual-misconduct-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-from-squid-game-indicted-for-sexual-misconduct-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor from \u201cSquid Game\u201d Indicted for Sexual Misconduct in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factor-from-squid-game-indicted-for-sexual-misconduct-in-south-korea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Award-winning \u201cSquid Game\u201d\u00a0star\u00a0O Yeong-su has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old was released without detention after being accused of inappropriately touching a woman\u2019s body in 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20221125-squid-game-star-indicted-over-sexual-misconduct-prosecutor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AFP reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The woman originally filed a complaint against  Yeong-su in December 2021. While the case was closed by police this past April, it was reopened after the alleged victim asked for it to be investigated further.<\/p>\n<p>Yeong-su denied the allegations when he was questioned by authorities, according to the local Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The actor \u2014 who won a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe\u00a0for his breakout role as Oh Il-nam in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/23\/squid-game-knocked-from-top-netflix-slot-by-new-horror-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix hit <\/a>\u2014 has released a statement about the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just held her hand to guide the way around the lake,\u201d O told Korean news broadcaster JTBC. \u201cI apologized because [the person] said she wouldn\u2019t make a fuss about it but it doesn\u2019t mean that I admit the charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/O-Yeong-su-40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/O-Yeong-su-40.jpg\" alt=\"O Yeong-su\" class=\"wp-image-24782986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/O-Yeong-su-40.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/O-Yeong-su-40.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/O-Yeong-su-40.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>O Yeong-su won a Golden Globe for his role on the Netflix smash megahit.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Emmy-Nominations.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Emmy-Nominations.jpg\" alt=\"Lee Jung-jae, center, Park Hae-soo, right, and Oh Yeong-soo in a scene from the Korean series \" Squid Game \/><\/a><figcaption>\u201cSquid Game\u201d stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo and Oh Yeong-soo in a scene from the Korean Netflix series.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An official from the Suwon District Prosecutor\u2019s Office told AFP that everything reported by local media about the veteran actor of more than 50 years \u201cis not factually incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Korean ministry of culture also recently pulled a government TV commercial featuring Yeong-su off air after the indictment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the streamer\u2019s highly popular survival drama is <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/09\/netflixs-squid-game-confirmed-for-season-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coming back for season two<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed the news in an\u00a0interview with the\u00a0Associated Press last year.<\/p>\n<p>Hwang said, \u201cThere\u2019s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season. So I almost feel like you leave us no choice!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning \u201cSquid Game\u201d\u00a0star\u00a0O Yeong-su has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct in Korea. 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