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11 November 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nSquid Game actor O Yeong-su’s sexual misconduct conviction has been overturned.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nO Yeong-su’s conviction has been overturned<\/p>\n\nThe 81-year-old star was convicted of two counts of sexual harassment in March 2024 but the Suwon District Court in South Korea has now reversed the ruling of a lower court.<\/p>\n\nThe veteran actor had been accused of hugging and kissing a woman on the cheek without consent during a 2017 regional theatre tour, and while the appellate court acknowledged suspicion existed due to the fact the unnamed female had sought sexual violence counselling six months after the alleged incident and because the actor had apologised at her request, they also expressed concern about the possibility of the victim’s memory being distorted over time.<\/p>\n\nThe court stressed the need to protect the defendant\u2019s interests when doubts remain.<\/p>\n\nFollowing the new verdict, the alleged victim insisted it would not “invalidate the truth or erase the pain I have suffered”.<\/p>\n\nShe added in a statement released through women’s rights organisation Womenlink: \u201cDespite today\u2019s ruling, I will continue to speak the truth to the very end.”<\/p>\n\nWomenlink blasted the decision, saying they were \u201coutraged by a ruling that once again sexual violence in the theatre world.”<\/p>\n\nAfter being convicted, Yeong-su was sentenced to an eight-month prison term, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 40 hours of attendance at a sexual violence treatment programme.<\/p>\n\nThe prosecution had sought a one-year jail time.<\/p>\n\nThe actor previously claimed he held the woman’s hand to guide her around a lake.<\/p>\n\nHe added: \u201cI apologised because [the person] said she wouldn\u2019t make a fuss about it but it doesn\u2019t mean that I admit the charges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\nBut judge Jeong Yeon-ju found the victim\u2019s records of the assault and her claims were \u201cconsistent \u2026 and appear to be statements that cannot be made without actually experiencing them.\u201d<\/p>\n\nThe judge added: “What\u2019s written in the victim\u2019s diary, and the counselling report of the victim after the incident pretty much match the details of this case.\u201d<\/p>\n\nBest known for his role as Oh Il-name in Netflix\u2019s \u2018Squid Game\u2019, Yeong-su won South Korea\u2019s first Golden Globe award in 2022 for his role in the show, which saw poverty-hit contestants play childhood games with fatal consequences in a bid to win 45.6 billion won.<\/p>\n\nHe is seen as one of the greatest stage actors in South Korea, appearing in more than 200 stage productions since 1963 and winning a string of major awards.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"11 November 2025 Squid Game actor O Yeong-su’s sexual misconduct conviction has been overturned. O Yeong-su’s conviction has been overturned The 81-year-old star was convicted of two counts of sexual harassment in March 2024 but the Suwon District Court in South Korea has now reversed the ruling of a lower court. The veteran actor had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13046],"class_list":{"0":"post-204518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-o-yeong-su"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Squid Game actor O Yeong-su’s sexual misconduct conviction has been overturned.<\/p>\n
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O Yeong-su’s conviction has been overturned<\/p>\n
\nThe 81-year-old star was convicted of two counts of sexual harassment in March 2024 but the Suwon District Court in South Korea has now reversed the ruling of a lower court.<\/p>\n
\nThe veteran actor had been accused of hugging and kissing a woman on the cheek without consent during a 2017 regional theatre tour, and while the appellate court acknowledged suspicion existed due to the fact the unnamed female had sought sexual violence counselling six months after the alleged incident and because the actor had apologised at her request, they also expressed concern about the possibility of the victim’s memory being distorted over time.<\/p>\n
\nThe court stressed the need to protect the defendant\u2019s interests when doubts remain.<\/p>\n
\nFollowing the new verdict, the alleged victim insisted it would not “invalidate the truth or erase the pain I have suffered”.<\/p>\n
\nShe added in a statement released through women’s rights organisation Womenlink: \u201cDespite today\u2019s ruling, I will continue to speak the truth to the very end.”<\/p>\n
\nWomenlink blasted the decision, saying they were \u201coutraged by a ruling that once again sexual violence in the theatre world.”<\/p>\n
\nAfter being convicted, Yeong-su was sentenced to an eight-month prison term, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 40 hours of attendance at a sexual violence treatment programme.<\/p>\n
\nThe prosecution had sought a one-year jail time.<\/p>\n
\nThe actor previously claimed he held the woman’s hand to guide her around a lake.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: \u201cI apologised because [the person] said she wouldn\u2019t make a fuss about it but it doesn\u2019t mean that I admit the charges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nBut judge Jeong Yeon-ju found the victim\u2019s records of the assault and her claims were \u201cconsistent \u2026 and appear to be statements that cannot be made without actually experiencing them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe judge added: “What\u2019s written in the victim\u2019s diary, and the counselling report of the victim after the incident pretty much match the details of this case.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBest known for his role as Oh Il-name in Netflix\u2019s \u2018Squid Game\u2019, Yeong-su won South Korea\u2019s first Golden Globe award in 2022 for his role in the show, which saw poverty-hit contestants play childhood games with fatal consequences in a bid to win 45.6 billion won.<\/p>\n
\nHe is seen as one of the greatest stage actors in South Korea, appearing in more than 200 stage productions since 1963 and winning a string of major awards.<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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