South Korean actor
O Yeong-su
, one of the stars of the
Squid Game
series , is facing charges for a sexual assault in 2017, prosecutors told AFP on Friday.
The 78-year-old actor became the first South Korean to win a Golden Globe in January for his role as a vulnerable-looking old man in Netflix's hit dystopian thriller.
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According to press reports, the South Korean prosecutor's office on Thursday formally charged him with inappropriately touching a woman's body in 2017. The actor was released.
This information
"is not factually incorrect
," an official from the Suwon district prosecutor's office in the southern suburbs of Seoul told AFP, without further details.
According to South Korean media, the country's culture ministry decided to halt an advertising campaign that featured O Yeong-su.
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Dark and violent denunciation of the excesses of capitalism, in which the poor kill each other during cruel children's games with the hope of winning millions,
Squid Game
has been seen by tens of millions of people since its launch in 2021 and remains one of Netflix's most popular series.
Last June, the platform announced that it had ordered a season 2.
“Gi-hun is coming back.
The masked man returns.
Season 2 is coming.
The man in the suit with the ddakji might be back.
You'll also be introduced to Young-hee's boyfriend
,
Cheol-su
,” revealed series creator Kwang Dong-hyuk.