Kim Sae-Ron’s family asks Kim Soo-Hyun to apologize for rejection of minor dating claims

Actor Kim Soo-Hyun and late actor Kim Sae-Ron / Yonhap

Family to make a complaint against Youtuber

From Kimes

The family of the late actor Kim Sae-Ron called for an official apology from the actor Kim Soo-Hyun and his agency for allegations that he was romantic with Kim Sae-Ron as a minor. The family is also preparing to provide a defamation from the police against YouTuber Lee Jin-Ho, according to Newssis and other outlets on Sunday.

YouTube Channel Hoverlab (Garo Sero Institute) announced a live broadcast on Saturday, which contained an explanation of the family of Kim Sae-Ron’s family in response to a position recently published by Kim Soo-Hyun’s agency, gold medalist.

In the explanation, the family said: “We ask Kim Soo-Hyun to admit that she was with Kim Sae-Ron when she was a minor and spent an official excuse. We also demand an apology from his agency, which has refused the relationship in the past three years and has only repeated this rejection three days ago. “

The family also asked the agency to recognize the contributions from Kim Sae-Ron’s contributions as a founding member of the company and to offer an apology. They also demanded an apology for the issuing of the content of the content (review of the letter delivery) and a repayment application for 700 million WON (approx. 530,000 USD).

The family clarified their earlier silence about Kim Soo-Hyun and said: “The reason why we did not mention Kim Soo-Hyun in our first statement was to concentrate on the warning of YouTuber (Lee Jin-Ho) and other online contents. However, we only require an official apology from Kim Soo-Hyun and his agency. “

They added: “In order to refute the false claims of Youtuber (Lee), we had no choice but the fact that Kim Sae-Ron had a romantic relationship with Kim Soo-Hyun, and this inevitably led to the publication of photos in which he was involved.”

Her family’s statement came hours after the gold medalist said: “Our management team would like to meet the mother of the deceased actress and explain everything in detail. We would be happy if you could contact our office at any time. “

Youtuber Lee Jin-Ho / captured from his YouTube channel

Complaint against Youtuber Lee Jin-Ho

Regardless of this, Kim Sae-Ron’s families plans to object to legal steps against Youtuber Lee Jin-Ho. On March 16, the lawyer Boo Ji-Seok from law firm Buyou, who represents the family: “We will submit a defamation against YouTuber Lee Jin-Ho to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on March 17.”

He added that a brief explanation before the submission was submitted to the police authority.

According to the family, Lee uploaded malicious videos about Kim Sae-Ron, which harmed her reputation. “Kim Sae-Ron suffered extreme emotional stress due to these videos. She made up six times shortly after Lee’s uploading, ”said Boo.

Lee previously posted videos that indicate that Kim Sae-Ron invented a relationship with Kim Soo-Hyun. Since then he has made all related videos privately after Kim Sae-Ron’s death.

The family’s lawyer also criticized Kim Soo-Hyun’s agency for what he described as dishonest behavior. “It is true that Kim Soo-Hyun was dated with Kim Sae-Ron when she was a minor, but his side lies,” he said. “You made several calls to Kim Sae-Ron’s father who tried to convince him and claim that we reject communication. This kind of dishonesty is unacceptable. “

The family consistently claimed that Kim Soo-Hyun and Kim Sae-Ron will be dated from 2015 to 2021 and continue to seek recognition and accountability by the actor and his agency.

In an explanation on March 14, Kim Soo-Hyun’s team recognized the relationship, but denied that she started while Kim Sae-Ron was a minor, and instead claimed that the two had dated from summer 2019 to autumn 2020 after reaching adulthood.

This article is translated by a generative AI system and edited by the Korea Times.