SEOUL, South Korea (AP) 鈥� Award-winning 鈥淪quid Game鈥� actor Oh Young-soo will stand trial on charges of indecent assault after a woman accused him of inappropriately touching her in 2017, a South Korean court said.
The district court in Seongnam city said Thursday that prosecutors indicted the 78-year-old last week over the allegations and that his trial will begin in February. Kim Myeong-un, an official at Seongnam鈥檚 district prosecutors鈥� office, said it could not confirm specific details about Oh鈥檚 case, which was first reported by local media last week.
According to the reports, the unidentified woman originally filed a complaint against Oh in December 2021, accusing him of making unwanted physical contact during a meeting in 2017.
Oh did not answer multiple calls by the Associated Press seeking comments.
South Korean cable channel JTBC said Oh denied wrongdoing when reached by a reporter, saying that he had only held the woman鈥檚 hands to 鈥渟how her the way鈥� as they walked around a lake. According to JTBC, Oh said he had offered the woman an apology, not because he acknowledged the accusations against him but because the woman allegedly told him she 鈥渨ouldn鈥檛 raise an issue鈥� about the incident if he did.
Oh became the first South Korean actor to win a Golden Globe in January after he was named the top supporting actor for his role in about a desperate group of adults competing in deadly children鈥檚 games for a chance to escape severe debt.
Oh was also nominated for an Emmy for his performance as Oh Il-nam, a mysterious elderly contestant who joined the games after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
Juwon Park, The Associated Press
