Squid Recreation actor Oh Yeong-su’s sexual misconduct trial is scheduled to start out on Friday (3 February).
The actor, who is thought for enjoying Oh Il-nam in Netflix‘s international 2021 hit, was charged final 12 months in Suwon, close to Seoul in South Korea. It’s alleged that he touched a girl inappropriately in 2017.
The unnamed girl reportedly made a grievance towards Yeong-su in December 2021. Nonetheless, the case was closed by authorities in April 2022. The matter was reopened on the sufferer’s request, in response to a report from the Yonhap information company (as per The Independent).
Oh has beforehand denied the declare. In an announcement shared with Korean broadcaster JTBC, the actor mentioned: “I simply held her hand to information the way in which across the lake. I apologised as a result of [the person] mentioned she wouldn’t make a fuss about it however it doesn’t imply that I admit the costs.”
Final 12 months the AFP information company reported a Suwon court docket official as saying that “all the things reported by native media isn’t factually right”. In South Korea, court docket and police paperwork regarding sexual crimes are unavailable by legislation.
Yeong-su has reportedly pleaded not responsible to the assault expenses.
Yeong-su gained the Golden Globe Award for Greatest Supporting Actor for his function in Squid Recreation, and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for Excellent Supporting Actor.
Previous to Squid Recreation, he was greatest recognized for starring in theatre productions. He later started showing in quite a lot of Korean movies and tv exhibits, together with God Of Struggle and 2003’s A Little Monk.
A second season of Squid Recreation is in early growth at Netflix, which is predicted to be launched in 2024.