Kim Soo-hyun’s Agency Denies 700M Won Debt Pressure on Late Kim Sae-ron
Mar 14, 2025
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On the 14th, Kim Soo-hyun's agency, the Gold Medalist, issued an official statement and explained related issues raised by the YouTube channel Horizontal Sero Research Institute.
First, the gold medalists claimed that Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron dated after becoming adults "Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron dated from the summer of 2019 to the fall of 2020, after Kim Sae-ron became an adult. It is not true that Kim Soo-hyun dated Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor."
In response to the claim that `Kim Soo-hyun turned a blind eye to Kim Sae-ron's economic problems,' he added "As a result of Ga Se-yeon's report, Kim Soo-hyun became a demon who killed Kim Sae-ron "This is not true. At the time, the gold medalist explained, "Kim Saeron has reimbursed the entire remaining debt that his individual could not afford."
The agency said that Kim Sae-ron's penalty for the accident was about KRW 1.114 billion at the time of drunk driving, and tried to reduce the amount of compensation to minimize the burden on Kim Sae-ron. Since then, Kim Sae-ron's various efforts to pay off the debt have reduced the remaining compensation to about 700 million" he explained.
In addition to the allegation that the government took away Kim Sae-ron's vehicle, which was reported by Gase-yeon "The process of reducing the amount involved repairing and selling Kim's vehicle, which was badly damaged by a drunk driving accident. "This was a distortion of the claim that the company took away Kim Sae-ron's vehicle, which was claimed by an informant who appeared on the show, at the request of Kim Sae-ron, to repair and sell the accident vehicle in an inoperable state at the request of Kim Sae-ron." he said.
However, the agency said that despite a lot of efforts, Kim Sae-ron had difficulty in his activities after the drunk driving accident and was in a situation where it was difficult to pay back the remaining amount in reality. As a result, we determined that Mr. Sae-ron Kim was no longer capable of paying off the debt"Kim Sae-ron's debt was compensated for losses in December 2023," he said. It added that this was in compliance with legal procedures and that legal procedures and evidence had been completed.
The agency said, "According to the advice of the accounting firm, if the company handles bad debts against Kim without any act of demanding debt, the company unilaterally waived Kim's debt, causing damage to the company, and concerns about the breach of trust of the company's executives." he explained.
He then had to prove that Mr. Kim Sae-ron was in a state of `irreparable' without the ability to pay off the debt at the time. So it had to be confirmed that we had made efforts to secure our bond to Mr. Saeron Kim"In order to proceed with the procedure for provision of bad debt against Mr. Kim Sae-ron, we had to send a proof of contents to prove that the company did not voluntarily give up its bonds against Mr. Kim." There are also practical concerns that Mr. Saeron Kim may have to pay a gift tax equivalent to the profits he earns from his debt exemption.'
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Finally, Kim Sae-ron was proved by Kim Soo-hyun in March 2024. In response to a text sent, "'Save me' Mr. Kim Sae-ron was in a state of insufficient legal knowledge of the debt. In response, he sent a text message to Kim Soo-hyun, not a creditor. However, Kim Soo-hyun was completely unaware of the situation between the company and Kim Sae-ron"At that time, it was four years since the two separated from each other."
Kim Soo-hyun then inquired about Kim Sae-ron's text content to the company, and the company asked Kim Soo-hyun 'It does not seem appropriate to answer these questions without confirmation from experts because the other party's legal knowledge seems to be misunderstood. The company will contact Kim Sae-ron's agency with a legal expert and resolve it smoothly so that there is no misunderstanding."," he said, revealing the text he sent to manager Kim Sae-ron at the time. The question reads 'We contacted you to explain the exact purpose because we were informed that actor Kim Sae-ron had some concerns and misunderstandings about the proof of the contents we sent him.'
The agency "Since then, on March 26, 2024, Mr. Saeron Kim has expressed his position through his legal representative that "In addition to thanking you for your sincerity to the client last time, we intend to adjust the future reimbursement plan through consultation with the determination of the amount of damages I will bear, of course, in the hope that we will take responsibility for the damages suffered by your company." This ended the bond and debt relationship between the gold medalist and Kim Sae-ron, and the company has never requested repayment since the entire bond against Kim Sae-ron was treated as bad debt" he said.
In the meantime, it can be seen that from Kim Sae-ron's point of view, he understood that he was completely out of debt to the gold medalist. "It is an unconvincing argument to link the cause of death a year later with this, and it is an overly malicious speculation," he said. "To understand the difficult situation of Kim Sae-ron and prevent him from being charged gift tax without being reimbursed, he took care as carefully as he could understand the law. In addition, in the process of paying Kim Sae-ron's penalty instead, interest was set at 0% while handling the loan, and delayed damages were also set at 0%. However, it is just a bitter feeling that he distorted it as if he pressured repayment and criticized it maliciously as if it caused the deceased's extreme choice a year later."
Reporter Kim So-hee yaqqol@sportschosun.com
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