Actor Pro Yeon-soo, who played the role of Pro Il-nam (Player 001) in the Netflix mega-hit The Squid Game, has been sentenced to a suspended 8-month prison term suspended for 2 years.
According to Korean news agency Yonhap (via Deadline ), Yeon-soo, 79, was charged with sexual harassment for hugging and kissing a woman without her consent in 2022 (the harassment itself happened 5 years prior).
South Korean women’s rights group Womenlink welcomed the decision:
“Defendant resembles other perpetrators of sexual assault in the film industry in the past who tried to pass it off as ‘affection’ and ‘friendship,'” said a note on Twitter (now X).
It will be recalled that last December, Marvel said goodbye to Jonathan Majors – after the actor was found guilty of stalking and assaulting an ex-girlfriend. In the same month, actor Vin Diesel was accused of sexual assault.
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