{"id":71937,"date":"2024-03-16T17:58:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T17:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/squid-game-star-found-guilty-of-sexual-misconduct-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-16T17:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T17:58:37","slug":"squid-game-star-found-guilty-of-sexual-misconduct-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/squid-game-star-found-guilty-of-sexual-misconduct-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid Game star found guilty of sexual misconduct | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLOS ANGELES:
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South Korea’s Squid Game<\/em> actor O Yeong-su has been found guilty of sexual misconduct, a local court said Friday, after he was charged with assaulting a woman in 2017.<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old in 2022 became the first South Korean to win a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor in a series for his performance as a seemingly vulnerable old man in the mega-hit Netflix dystopian thriller.<\/p>\n

The actor was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, the Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court told AFP.<\/p>\n

He has been also ordered to complete 40 hours of classes on sexual violence, the court added.<\/p>\n

The victim’s own records of the assault and her claims are “consistent … and appear to be statements that cannot be made without actually experiencing them,” judge Jeong Yeon-ju said, according to the court.<\/p>\n

O was indicted in 2022 without detention on charges of sexually assaulting a woman, who has not been identified, on two occasions.<\/p>\n

The incidents took place when O was staying in a rural area for a theatre performance in 2017, on a walking path and in front of the victim’s residence, respectively, according to the Suwon District Court. Squid Game, a series that depicts a dark world where marginalised individuals are forced to compete in deadly versions of traditional children’s games, quickly gained immense popularity on\u00a0
Netflix.<\/p>\n

Within less than four weeks of its release in 2021, it attracted a staggering 111 million viewers.<\/p>\n

The show’s success has amplified South Korea’s increasingly outsized influence on global popular culture, following global fame won by the likes of K-pop band BTS and the Oscar-winning film Parasite<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Multiple figures in South Korea’s film industry — including late filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and actor Cho Jae-hyun — have faced sexual assault allegations.<\/p>\n

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