Squid Game actor O Yeong-Su sentenced to 8 month imprisonment after he was proven guilty of sexual misconduct with a woman in 2017.
The Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court on Friday ruled out against the 79-year-old actor, sentencing him for eight months in prison, in addition to two years of suspension.
During Friday’s hearing, Jugde Jeong Yeon-ju said, that the claims made by the victim and her own records of the sexual misconduct are "consistent ... and appear to be statements that cannot be made without actually experiencing them."
In addition to 8-month sentence, O Yeong-Su is also ordered to complete 40 hours of classes on sexual violence.
For the unversed, in 2022 O Yeong-su was accused of sexually assaulting a woman, who claimed that the incident occurred in 2017 on a walking path and in front of her house, during O’s stay in a rural area for a theatre performance.
The charges of sexual misconduct against O Yeong-su came after he became the first South Korean actor to win a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor in Netflix series Squid Games.
Squid Game, which garnered immense popularity within less than four weeks of its release in 2021, is a thriller series, where sidelined individuals are forced to contest in dangerous versions of traditional children's games.
