New Delhi:
Kim Soo Hyun not too long ago discovered himself embroiled in controversy after being accused of getting a relationship with the late actress Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor (15), whereas he was 27.
Earlier, Kim Soo Hyun’s company issued an announcement dismissing the allegations as “baseless and malicious.” On Thursday, they adopted up with one other announcement, stating {that a} extra detailed response with a “clear and substantiated place” can be launched the next week.
On March 14, the agency launched a complete assertion clarifying that whereas Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron had been in a relationship previously, it didn’t happen throughout her minor years. They denied allegations that the company pressured Kim Sae Ron to repay 700 million received (roughly ₹4.19 crore). The assertion included photos as proof to assist their claims.
Clarifying the timeline of the connection, the company acknowledged, “Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron had been in a relationship from the summer season of 2019, after Kim Sae Ron grew to become a authorized grownup, till the autumn of 2020. It’s not true that Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor,” as quoted by Soompi.
The company additionally refuted claims made by HoverLab, which alleged that sure images of the 2 had been taken in 2016 when Kim Sae Ron was underage.
“The images shared by Kim Sae Ron on her Instagram Tales on March 24, 2024 and people proven in HoverLab’s broadcast on March 11, 2025 depict non-public moments of the 2 throughout their relationship within the winter of 2020. The outfit worn by Kim Sae Ron in these images was launched by a model in June 2019, making HoverLab’s declare that the images had been taken in 2016, when Kim Sae Ron was a minor, unattainable,” the company added.
Goldmedalist denied claims that the actor ignored Kim Sae Ron’s monetary struggles. They clarified that the company itself lined a good portion of Kim Sae Ron’s money owed following her profession downfall after the 2022 DUI incident.
They acknowledged, “GOLDMEDALIST labored with Kim Sae Ron to resolve numerous penalties associated to her performing actions and compensation for retailers affected by the drunk driving incident after the accident. The whole penalty quantity because of the incident was roughly 1.014 billion received. Throughout the technique of figuring out the compensation quantity, we made efforts to reduce Kim Sae Ron’s burden. By her numerous efforts to repay the debt, the remaining compensation quantity was decreased to about 700 million received.”
“This course of included repairing and promoting Kim Sae Ron’s car, which was severely broken within the drunk driving accident, to compensate for a few of the damages. This was carried out at Kim Sae Ron’s request, the place GOLDMEDALIST repaired and bought the non-operational accident car, compensating for a part of the damages,” the company added.
Goldmedalist additional disclosed that regardless of Kim Sae Ron’s efforts, she struggled to renew her profession, making it tough for her to repay the remaining debt.
“Consequently, we decided that Kim Sae Ron was now not in a position to repay her debt. Consequently, her debt was written off as a loss by us in December 2023. Our audit report dated April 1, 2024 confirms that we processed the complete declare towards Kim Sae Ron as an uncollectible accounts expense,” the company added.
The assertion additionally clarified that Kim Sae Ron’s debt was solely a matter between GOLDMEDALIST and the actress.
The company added, “The claims that Kim Soo Hyun personally lent cash to Kim Sae Ron or all of the sudden sought to get it again are unfounded. Kim Soo Hyun has by no means lent cash to Kim Sae Ron, nor has he urged compensation, nor was he ready to take action.”
Kim Sae Ron was discovered lifeless 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.
