SOURCE: 김수현 측 "김수현, 이제 원래 자리로 돌아가야" 호소
After police concluded that the allegations raised by Garo Sero Research Institute CEO Kim Se-ui regarding actor Kim Soohyun and the late Kim Saeron dating while she was a minor were false, Kim Soohyun's legal representative released another statement.
On the 23th, attorney Go Sangrok stated on social media, "Actor Kim Soohyun is simply a victim of a crime, not someone standing on the equal position with the defendants (currently suspects) in the trial process."
He continued, "That is why we have not responded to the absurd claims repeatedly made by Kim Se-ui on YouTube until now, and we plan to continue maintaining that principle."
The Seoul Gangnam Police Station recently wrote in its arrest warrant request submitted to prosecutors, "The suspect intentionally spread false information to defame actor Kim Soohyun despite fully knowing that he had not dated the deceased while she was a minor and that he was not responsible for the circumstances surrounding her death."
Previously, actress Kim Saeron, who had been taking time for self-reflection following a drunk driving incident, posted a photo of herself posing cheek-to-cheek with Kim Soohyun and deleted within about three minutes in March 2024, sparking dating rumors between the two. At the time, Kim Saeron stated, "I am currently preparing an official statement," but a few days later added, "After much consideration, I decided not to release one." Kim Soohyun's agency, Gold Medalist, denied the rumors, saying, "The rumors are completely groundless. We have no idea the intention behind Kim Saeron's actions."
Kim Saeron later passed away at her home on February 16 last year at the age of 25.
From March 10 of the same year, Garo Sero Research Institute CEO Kim Se-ui, alongside with Kim Saeron's bereaved family, claimed through broadcasts and press conferences that Kim Saeron had dated Kim Soohyun for six years starting from when she was in the third year of middle school while he was in his late 20s. As evidence, they also released screenshots of KakaoTalk conversations, audio recordings, and private body photos.
On March 31, exactly 21 days after the allegations first surfaced, Kim Soohyun held a press conference and refuted the claims, stating, "I did not date the deceased when she was a minor," and argued that some of the evidence presented by the bereaved family, including KakaoTalk conversations with the deceased, had been fabricated and were fake.
