Squid Recreation star acquitted of sexual misconduct cost

[ad_1] Squid Recreation star O Yeong-Su has been acquitted of sexual misconduct prices by a court docket in South Korea.

The 81-year-old was charged in 2022 with sexually assaulting a lady twice. The allegations mentioned that he hugged the lady and kissed her on the cheek towards her will.

Mr O was discovered responsible in 2024 and given an eight-month suspended jail sentence, however mentioned he would enchantment towards the decision.

On Tuesday, a court docket overturned his sentence, saying he had undergone lessons on sexual violence and suggesting that the alleged sufferer's reminiscence might have been "distorted", contemplating how way back the incident occurred.

The alleged assaults came about in 2017 when Mr O was staying in a rural space for a theatre efficiency.

The alleged sufferer filed a criticism towards Mr O in 2021, however the case was closed in April the identical yr. The prosecution later reopened the investigation "on the request of the sufferer", based on Yonhap company.

In a press release reported by native media shops, the Suwon District Court docket mentioned there was "doubt" as as to whether Mr O had dedicated the assault.

"There's a risk that the sufferer's reminiscence has been distorted over time, and when there may be doubt... the defendant have to be given the advantage of the doubt".

Nevertheless, the assertion additionally went on to say that it was attainable Mr O had dedicated assault, as he had apologised to the sufferer.

The alleged sufferer later spoke out towards the decision, saying it might not "invalidate the reality or erase the ache I've suffered".

"Regardless of right now's ruling, I'll proceed to talk the reality to the very finish," she mentioned in a press release launched by means of girls's rights organisation Womenlink.

Womenlink additionally criticised the ruling, saying they had been "outraged by a ruling that when once more conceals sexual violence within the theatre world".

It isn't but clear if the prosecution will enchantment.

Talking to native media shops after the court docket ruling, Mr O mentioned he had "gratitude to the court docket for its sensible judgement".

Mr O rose to worldwide fame after starring in Squid Recreation, a dystopian drama which sees folks competing in lethal variations of conventional youngsters's video games.

In 2022, he turned the primary South Korean actor to win a Golden Globe award for finest supporting actor in a collection, after his efficiency within the first season of the chart-topping Netflix thriller.