[Lily's Take] Oh Dal-soo Formally Leaves "My Mister"

Actor Oh Dal-soo's alleged sexual harassment scandal grows worse as new truths starts to come to the light.

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On February 26^th, Oh Dal-soo broke his 6 days of silence since the scandal broke out and denied the accusation with an official statement. Which reads:

"First of all, I'm sorry to many people who were concerned over such dishonorable news. On the 15^th and 19^th, I was accuse dby an anonymous user claiming to have been assaulted by me and had the post deleted few hours later. I want to share my side regarding this incident. Such claim is absolutely not true. I did not take such actions.

When I read the news featuring the post and the anonymous user, I gave myself a time to reflect my actions in the early 90's with a desperate heart. Like that, I calmly recalled back to 30 years ago when I was in my 20's and I did not take such actions. However, as I share my side this time, I would like to sincerely apologize for taking such a long time to respond even after everyone's demand and worries. The reason being, I had a filming schedule for a movie till the 24^th. As an actor, my foremost responsibility was to properly end my share of filming and thought that would be the best way to handle this without being a burden to the staff of the movie. Thankfully, I was able to finish up my part that I promised to all the staff members and cast members".

As his official statement was released, the fire seemed to have going off a bit for a while. However, another victim appeared on the news without covering her face or name. Actress Uhm Ji-young, who was associated in the same theater group Oh Dal-soo was in. This is her testimony:

"In the early 2000's, I met Oh Dal-soo along with the other members of the theater group in Busan. When an audition spot opened up in Seoul in 2003, I sought advice from him. He said since his face is known to others and he is shy about it, let's go somewhere else to talk, which was a motel. Since he was divorced and didn't have a house, he was staying there. He said, "Let's talk comfortably here. And take a shower since it's hot". He put his hands on my body to take off my clothes and pushed himself on me in the bathroom. Thankfully, I was able to escape before getting raped".

Regarding Oh Dal-soo's official statement, denying the accusation, she said:

"When I saw the post by that anonymous user, I waited my time thinking I can finally talk about what happened. When that user took down her post due to the witch-hunt by the netizens, I thought Oh Dal-soo would apologize but he treated everything as if nothing happened just because she did not reveal herself and stayed anonymous. Right now, I'm teaching acting at a cram school. My students texted me their excitement of going into Film and Musical major and I was worried that they might face the same situation I was once put in. I was afraid if I stayed anonymous, I'll be treated like I'm non-existent as well. When the reporter asked to talk face to face, I had to step up to the plate.

I don't know the names of the other victims but I've heard there are many more. I'm sure there are other women who are watching this. It's hard and I'm sorry but I wish they will stand up. I want to stop Oh Dal-soo saying this didn't happen because there's no evidence and he doesn't recall".

Upon this news, drama "My Mister" team decided to go without the actor. Their official statement reads:

"Hello. "My Mister" team would like to share the official statement regarding actor Oh Dal-soo's incident. After discussing the matter with the actor and the company, it was decided that Oh Dal-soo will be leaving the drama. "My Mister" will quickly take a follow-up action in order to smoothly operate the making of the drama. We will be putting our best effort so we can present a great show to the viewers. Thank you".

By. Lily Lee