Actor Kim Soo-hyun has launched a full-scale counteroffensive against YouTuber Kim Sae-ui and the late actress Kim Sae-ron’s family, accusing them of spreading false claims about his alleged underage relationship with Kim.
Kho Sang-rock, Kim’s legal representative, released a video on his YouTube channel on Monday titled “Official stance on the GaroSero case — fabricated evidence, distorted truth,” where he systematically disputed the claims that fueled the controversy.
“This incident began when Kim Sae-ui based his accusations on a false statement left by the late Kim Sae-ron,” Kho said. “He used photos taken when the two were adults and falsely presented them as proof of a relationship during her teenage years.”
He added, “Kim Sae-ui claimed he had thousands of photos but has yet to show even one.”
Kho publicly questioned both Kim Sae-ui and Kim Sae-ron’s family to “explain on what grounds they concluded that the KakaoTalk conversations from June 2016 and April 13, 2018, involved Kim Soo-hyun.”
He alleged that the GaroSero Institute fabricated evidence by placing “a letter Kim sent during his military service next to a postcard exchanged during his adult relationship to make them appear as the same period.”
“They forged the sender information in the KakaoTalk messages and doctored photos from her adult years to look like they were taken when Kim Sae-ron was a...
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