O Yeong-su, 78, was indicted yesterday without detention over an allegation that he inappropriately touched a woman’s body five years ago.
Local reports and AFP confirmed the news, which was then conveyed via Deadline in the early hours of the morning. The star won a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for his performance in the hit Netflix show.
He played Oh Il-nam, the mysterious old man that befriends lead character Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) in the brutal game with life-or-death stakes.
The case was closed earlier this year but reopened due to the victim appealing, according to local reports. Local news source JTBC explained the actor had “held hands with the woman to show the way around a lake” and that, while he had apologised, this was not an admission of guilt.The actor said in a statement to the outlet: “I just held her hand to guide the way around the lake. “I apologised because [the person] said she wouldn’t make a fuss about it but it doesn’t mean that I admit the charges.” AFP also quoted a Suwon court official as saying that “everything reported by local media is not factually correct".
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