Squid Game star O Yeong-su accused of indecent assault over claim he touched woman inappropriately

AWARD-winning “Squid Game” star O Yeung-su has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct in South Korea. The 78-year-old actor, who played the character Oh Il-nam in the smash-hit Netflix series, has been accused of molesting a woman in 2017. Yeung-su denied the allegations against him when questioned by authorities, according to the South Korea-based Yonhap news agency. The actor – who won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role – insists that he just held his alleged victim’s hand. “I just held her hand to guide the way around the lake,” he told Korean news broadcaster JTBC. “I apologized because [she] said she wouldn’t make a fuss about it but it doesn’t mean that I admit the charges.” His accuser originally filed her complaint against him in December of last year, but the case was closed in April. It has since been reopened after the alleged victim asked for it to be further investigated. An official from the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office told AFP that everything reported by local media about the veteran actor “is not factually incorrect”. Korea’s ministry of culture recently pulled a government TV commercial featuring Yeong-su off-air following the indictment. Most read in News LEFT ALONE Boy abandoned by his parents on motorway forced to walk a mile at night for help DEATH RIDDLE Mystery as dead body covered in 'hazardous substances' found on street BLAZE 'MURDER' Neighbour, 31, in court over murder of sisters, 1 & 3, and mum in house fire DRUNK SMASH Moment ‘drunkest driver ever seen’ stopped by cops after he killed pedestrian WON’T WASH I’m pregnant & can’t afford to bath my son so have to wash him with BABY WIPES SCHOOL HORROR Child as young as 6 dies and another in hospital after bacteria outbreak