A recording has emerged claiming that the late Kim Sae-ron dated actor Kim Soo-hyun since middle school.
On the afternoon of the 7th, a press conference was held at the Space Share Samsung Station Center in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, featuring the legal representative of Kim Sae-ron's family, Attorney Bu Ji-seok of Law Firm Buyou, and Kim Se-hee, representative of the Garosero Research Institute.
On this day, Kim Se-hee stated, “This is a recording revealing what kind of relationship Kim Soo-hyun had with the informant, a month before the actor Kim Sae-ron's death at a Starbucks coffee shop in New Jersey on January 10, 2025,” and he released the video.
In the contents of the recording that the family revealed as belonging to Kim Sae-ron, Kim Sae-ron said, “I’m really telling you. Please keep this. I dated Soo-hyun oppa. You might think I’m crazy, but we dated from middle school and broke up a little after entering university. We broke up after dating since I was in middle school.”
Kim Sae-ron continued, “Soo-hyun oppa and those gold medalists are really scary and they do anything, so you really have to protect this. I’ve felt used since middle school, and I know how they treated me since I was in middle school.” She added, “They showed me photos taken while they were with that guy, and that degrading photo. I said it smelled like seaweed, so I saved it with 'seaweed'.”
Kim Sae-ron also stated, “The first time I did it with that guy was during winter break in the 2nd year of middle school. Now that I think about it, I feel like I was taken advantage of. There are only a few people who know about this, and they all have the same reaction. Everyone says I'm crazy, asking why I let this happen.”
In relation to this, Kim Se-hee claimed, “He continues to show no signs of remorse and exhibits brazen behavior. Even while dating Kim Sae-ron, he bragged about having sexual relations with female actresses and idols, actions that belittled women by saying their bodies smelled, and saved their numbers with derogatory names. This also constitutes a clear crime.”
Meanwhile, the late Kim Sae-ron was found dead at her home in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, on February 16th. After the funeral, the family claimed through the YouTube channel 'Garosero Research Institute' (abbreviated as 'Gaseyeon') that the deceased had been in a relationship with actor Kim Soo-hyun since she was 15 years old for six years.
In response, Kim Soo-hyun's side denied that he had dated the deceased while she was a minor, and he has filed a defamation lawsuit against Kim Sae-ron's family and Gaseyeon seeking damages of approximately 12 billion won.
[Photo] OSEN DB, Reporter Park Jun-hyung
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