Garosero Research Institute (abbreviated as Gaseyeon) representative Kim Se-eui has had a property worth approximately 11.3 billion won provisionally seized by actor Kim Soo-hyun's agency, Gold Medalist.

On the 11th, Kim Soo-hyun's legal representative, LKB & Partners, stated to OSEN, "It is correct that the provisional seizure against Garosero Research Institute has been granted."

Earlier, the Seoul Central District Court had reported on the 9th that it granted the application for provisional seizure of a 120.27㎡ Byucksan Blooming unit in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and a 208.65㎡ apartment in Gangnam-gu, Apgujeong-dong under the name of Kim Se-eui. The creditor is Gold Medalist, Kim Soo-hyun's agency.

However, the HanYang 4th apartment is co-owned by Kim Se-eui and his biological sister, so the provisional seizure was established only for Kim Se-eui's owning equity, which corresponds to half. The claim amount is 2 billion won each, totaling 4 billion won.

The market prices of the respective apartments are 2.5 billion won for the same size in Seocho Byucksan Blooming, while the most recent transaction price for the HanYang 4th is recorded at 8.87 billion won. However, due to existing collateral loans, it is predicted that Gold Medalist will have difficulty receiving the full claim amount.

In this regard, Kim Soo-hyun's side explained, "There are several cases of provisional seizure, starting with Gaseyeon's sponsorship account. The sponsorship account was provisionally seized first on May 20, and this matter involves both actor Kim Soo-hyun and agency Gold Medalist as joint creditors. Additionally, Kim Se-eui's residence was provisionally seized on June 9, with Gold Medalist as the creditor."

Could this ruling on provisional seizure favor Kim Soo-hyun in the damage compensation lawsuit filed against Gaseyeon? In this regard, Kim Soo-hyun's side stated, "There is a damage compensation lawsuit filed against Kim Se-eui, but even if we win, if there are no assets, we have no way to collect. Therefore, provisional seizure is a way to tie up assets so that they can be obtained once we win. We need to explain why we are requesting this at the time of application, and the court seems to have deemed the reason valid."

Since March, the Garosero Research Institute has criticized Kim Soo-hyun using the words of the late Kim Sae-ron's family, claiming that Kim Soo-hyun had inappropriate encounters with the deceased since she was underage. However, Kim Soo-hyun's side denied this, stating that they were in a relationship from the summer of 2019, when the deceased became an adult, until the fall of 2020.

Nevertheless, Garosero Research Institute continued to wage a public relations battle by distributing past photos of the deceased and holding press conferences. In this process, some of the recordings presented by Gaseyeon as evidence were found to be fake, produced by artificial intelligence, and photos claimed to have been taken during the deceased's minor years were revealed to have actually been taken after she became an adult in 2019, adding to the shock.

As a result, Kim Soo-hyun and Gold Medalist filed a complaint against Gaseyeon representative Kim Se-eui and the family of Kim Sae-ron for violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act and defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, and they have also filed a damage compensation lawsuit worth approximately 12 billion won.

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