The recent public controversy surrounds Kim Soo Hyun because he allegedly engaged in an inappropriate relationship with the minor actress Kim Sae Ron during a time when she was 15 and he had turned 27.
The agency of Kim Soo Hyun initially declared that these accusations were completely fictitious and damaging to the public. The following week the agency planned to deliver a detailed backlash containing a clear and substantive position through a new announcement on Thursday.
During March the agency declared that Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron maintained an relationship but this connection happened before Kim Sae Ron became a legal adult during her teenage years. The agency dismissed claims that they forced Kim Sae Ron to repay 700 million won which amounts to ₹4.19 crore. The agency presented supporting images through their statement to substantiate their position.
According to the agency records Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron started their relationship during summer 2019 after Kim Sae Ron reached 20 years old and maintained it until the fall of 2020. Soompi reported the fact that Kim Soo Hyun never dated Kim Sae Ron during her childhood.
The agency denied the claims made by HoverLab about possessing two photos from 2016 showing Kim Sae Ron as a minor.
The intimate moments of Kim Sae Ron and her boyfriend during the winter of 2020 appear both through her Instagram Stories of March 24, 2024 and the HoverLab broadcast from March 11, 2025. The clothing item revealed by the brand in June 2019 proves it is impossible that the photos shown in Hoverlab were taken by Kim Sae Ron during her 2016 minor status as the agency stated.
A DENIEC presiding over the case rejected accusations that the actor failed to help Kim Sae Ron with her financial situations. Following her 2022 DUI incident the agency took responsibility for paying down a big portion of the debts accumulated by Kim Sae Ron during her acting career.
GOLDMEDALIST together with Kim Sae Ron addressed penalties connected to her acting work and compensated businesses that suffered losses in the aftermath of the post-accident drunk driving incident.
The whole sum of monetary punishment related to this incident reached approximately 1.014 billion won. We took steps to reduce the weight Kim Sae Ron would have to bear during compensation amount finalization. The remaining sum of debt of approximately 700 million won became due to the repayment efforts made by Kim Sae Ron.
After the drunk driving incident party members professionally repaired then sold Kim Sae Ron’s completely destroyed vehicle to decrease her total compensation obligation. GOLDMEDALIST performed vehicle repairs and performed a sale of Kim Sae Ron’s unusable accident vehicle based on her direct request to the agency.
According to Goldmedalist the debt payment proved challenging because Kim Sae Ron failed to regain her career after making financial recovery difficult.
The company established that Kim Sae Ron had become unable to fulfill her debt repayment obligations. The company declared her debt as a loss in our financial statements for December 2023. The audit report issued on April 1, 2024 shows we treated the entire unpaid claim of Kim Sae Ron as an uncollectible accounts expense,” the agency stated.
According to the public notice the debt owed to GOLDMEDALIST by Kim Sae Ron exists exclusively as an internal relationship between the company and the actress.
The agency added, “The claims that Kim Soo Hyun personally lent money to Kim Sae Ron or suddenly sought to get it back are unfounded. Kim Soo Hyun has never lent money to Kim Sae Ron, nor has he urged repayment, nor was he in a position to do so.”
Kim Sae Ron was found dead at her residence in Seoul on February 16. She died by suicide, as per the Seongdong Police. The actress stepped away from the limelight after her DUI incident in 2022.
Could Kim Soo Hyun face criminal charges over alleged romance with an underage Kim Sae Ron?
Korean drama fans continue to question whether Kim Soo Hyun will encounter legal consequences based on the new evidence released about her supposed relationship with Kim Sae Ron through the YouTube channel HoverLab (also known as Garosero Institute). Korean actor Soo Hyun is one of the most successful stars in his country yet he has found himself in an unexpected scandal.
As proof continues emerging about inappropriate behavior directed at underage female actresses Hallyu fans have continuously debated whether this could result in prosecution for sexual offenses.
The evidence that HoverLab presents indicates Kim Soo Hyun began his relationship with Kim Sae Ron during 2015 while he was 27 years old and she was 15 years old. At the beginning of the scandal Gold Medalist refused to accept accusations against It’s Okay Not to Be Okay actor Kim Soo Hyun. The release of historical pictures from the YouTube channel forced the company to confirm the actors’ romantic relationship while emphasizing they met as adults.
Kim Soo Hyun’s management company changes its official company statement.
The South Korean agency declared Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron started their relationship in 2019 summer when the Bloodhounds actress turned nineteen years old and their relationship finished in fall 2020… at the beginning of this sentence was skipped.
Although Gold Medalist stands by The Producers actor’s past interactions with Kim Sae Ron who was underage at the time, the controversy that erupted about their relationship already tarnished Kim Soo Hyun’s previously unchallenged reputation.
Kim Soo Hyun Dropped As Prada Ambassador Amid Accusations Of Dating ‘Minor’ Kim Sae Ron, Brand Issues Formal Statement
The contracts for Prada ambassadorship have been terminated at their headquarters after the representative of Prada Korea assessed the severity of the situation reported by Soompi.
The fashion brand selected him to represent Prada in December of the previous year. The South Korean national supermarket chain Homeplus deleted all product displays with his image from their office entrance. Media platforms maintain the viral spread of numerous visual content showing the removal of advertisements from streets.
Many users posted comments throughout the online discussion. One user wrote, “Downfall era’. The user noted the irony of watching him get accolades at the same time one year earlier than his recent demise. The situation needs proper attention because we should not let this important matter fade away. The third commenter stated that grooming served as a profoundly terrible practice.
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