Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron. Picture: YouTube/SBS; Instagram/@ron_sae
Kim Soo-hyun personally addressed the allegation that he had dated late actress Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor, with the actor denying it once more and lamenting the supposed “pretend testimonials and proof which might be piling up.”
“Firstly, I’m sorry. Due to me, I feel so many individuals are struggling. And likewise, I really feel sorry that the late actor Kim Sae-ron isn’t in a position to relaxation in peace,” Soo-hyun started through the press convention held on Monday, March 31, as translated to English by information outlet Korea JoongAng Every day.
“I take into account myself a coward. I’ve at all times been too preoccupied with holding on to what I’ve… That’s why it took me so lengthy to face right here in the present day,” he stated.
An emotional Soo-hyun admitted he beforehand thought a number of instances about addressing the allegations to finish the “hell-like scenario,” however he hesitated each time as it could “push everyone, together with [him], into hassle.”
“It was the identical scenario when [Kim Sae-ron] posted an image of her and me when ‘Queen of Tears’ was airing,” he stated, referring to his 2024 TV collection. “I used to be collectively together with her for a couple of 12 months, about 4 years earlier than the drama aired. However at the moment, I denied our relationship. I absolutely perceive that criticizing my alternative is justified.”
“I had a lot to guard as its lead actor. What would have occurred if I had admitted to a yearlong relationship? What would occur to the actors, the workers who have been working in a single day and the manufacturing crew who had all all the pieces staked on that challenge?… Might I actually make that call only for my peace of thoughts? The extra I considered it, the extra I believed that shouldn’t be what I do,” he added. “I’m keen to obtain any criticism that say I’m egocentric and cowardly.”
Soo-hyun then lamented how the controversy has additionally “defamed” Sae-ron “by revealing her non-public life via pictures.”
“However I couldn’t let it’s. I couldn’t settle for (them) coercing me to take what’s pretend as the reality,” he stated. “I by no means dated [Kim Sae-ron] when she was a minor. Aside from the truth that each of us have been actors, our relationship was identical to that of some other extraordinary couple.”
“And it’s not true that she had made this tragic alternative due to me or my company pressuring her over a debt,” he added.
DUI incident
Soo-hyun stated the 2 of them didn’t have communication after their breakup. He additionally famous that he couldn’t attain out to Sae-ron when she had a DUI incident as a result of she was in a relationship with somebody on the time.
“We have been already dwelling our personal lives and I didn’t know what to say… However the household of the late actor, simply because I’m the ex-boyfriend of the late actor, is asserting that I pushed her to demise,” he stated. “They’re demanding me to admit to one thing that I didn’t do. [They said] you performed together with her even from when she was a minor. You threatened her with cash. So you’re a assassin.”
Soo-hyun then revealed an audio recording of an obvious telephone name between the CEO of Sae-ron’s former expertise company Administration Run and the CEO of GoldMedalist, her earlier company and Soo-hyun’s present company—which supposedly refutes the declare that the late actress was pressured to repay her debt to GoldMedalist.
Soo-hyun additional alleged that the recording Sae-ron’s household launched relating to her second debt fee “is one thing that’s newly recorded.”
‘Cleverly manipulated’
“And the identical goes for the KakaoTalk chat that the late household initially revealed,” he continued, stating the supposed unsuitable particulars within the dialog as regards to his and Sae-ron’s age, her company, and contract. “These pretend testimonials and proof are piling up simply because we dated.”
“The late actor’s household disclosed KakaoTalk dialog via a press convention. On that YouTube channel, they’re framing me as pedophile, accusing me of grooming based mostly on KakaoTalk chats we had in 2016. The one that is having the dialog with the late actor is completely different for the KakaoTalk chats made in 2016 and 2018,” he stated.
Soo-hyun revealed he requested for the conversations revealed by Sae-ron’s household to endure evaluation, and it confirmed that “the chat made in 2016 and 2018 have been made by completely different individuals.”
“There may be proof of pictures and movies and KakaoTalk chat that’s not unique however which were cleverly manipulated,” he claimed.
Vows to clear identify
Soo-hyun pressured that he’s keen to just accept the criticisms over his selections, however that he wouldn’t “betray” himself and people who consider in him by relating to one thing false as the reality.
“If all of the proof the household holds is true, I hope they are often verified legally after a radical investigation… I’m scared what they may reveal in the present day and warp to make me a killer,” he stated. “But when I give up to such stress and say that one thing that’s false is true, I’d be betraying not solely myself however all the those that have despatched perception and like to me…. Regardless of how a lot I stay carrying a masks as a celeb, I can’t try this.”
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“I’ve carried out what I’ve carried out. I’ll take any criticism for that. However the issues I haven’t carried out, I haven’t carried out,” he added. “I wish to clear my identify. I cannot ask for belief. I’ll show it.”
