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'Squid Game' star Oh Yeong-su has been convicted of sexual misconduct and given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for sexually harassing an actress in 2017. According to reports in the South Korean press, a district court judge in the city of Seongnam ruled Friday that the 79-year-old actor was guilty of inappropriately touching an actress, including hugging her, holding her hand and kissing her cheek.

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00:00Squid Game star Oh Young-soo has been convicted of sexual misconduct and given an eight-month

00:05prison sentence, suspended for two years, for sexually harassing an actress in 2017.

00:11According to reports in the South Korean press, a judge ruled Friday that the 79-year-old actor

00:16was guilty of inappropriately touching an actress, including hugging her, holding her

00:20hand, and kissing her cheek. Prosecutors pressed charges against him in November 2022

00:24after the victim pressed her case in the wake of Squid Game's global success.

00:28In addition to his suspended sentence, Oh will be required to complete 40 hours in a

00:33sexual violence treatment program. According to local reports, Oh has said he will appeal the

00:37verdict. A 50-year veteran of the Korean stage and screen, Oh has appeared in over 200 stage plays,

00:43as well as numerous TV series and occasional films. He achieved improbably late career global fame

00:48thanks to Squid Game. His performance earned him South Korea's first Golden Globe Award for best

00:52supporting actor in a series, miniseries, or television film, as well as a primetime Emmy

00:57nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Netflix has not commented on Oh's case.

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