YouTuber Lee Jin-ho Faces Backlash Over Alleged Editing of Kim Sae-ron’s Transcript
Mar 20, 2025
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Lee Jin-ho posted a video titled 「The Truth Hidden by the Family of Kim Sae-ron」 on the 19th. Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family sued Lee Jin-ho for defamation on the 17th, saying he posted a video containing false information related to Kim Sae-ron. In response, Lee Jin-ho, who had all the videos related to Kim Sae-ron behind closed doors, posted the video again.
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At the same time, Lee Jin-ho insisted on Kim Sae-ron's marriage theory, saying that there is a truth hidden by the bereaved family. In January, Kim Sae-ron posted a picture on his account that appeared to be a wedding pictorial with the text "Marry," but explained "A snapshot taken as a hobby".
However, Lee Jin-ho released the transcript with an agency official, saying that Kim Sae-ron was right to get married. In the transcript, Kim Sae-ron said she married her non-celebrity boyfriend and became pregnant in the process. She had an abortion, but her boyfriend threatened her and ended up getting married.
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Among them, Chinese netizens even claimed that the transcript released by Lee Jin-ho was edited. One netizen said "The analysis based on the audio waveform was not conducted to determine the authenticity of the contentsAfter announcing ", there are many traces of cut between Kim Sae-ron's sentences. There are many cuts between Kim Sae-ron's sentences. The voice that Lee Jin-ho directly speaks of the video stops, but there is no gap."
Meanwhile, Kim Sae-ron insisted on Kim Soo-hyun's alleged grooming of minors and forced to repay debts, while Kim Soo-hyun completely refuted the allegations. In response, Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family decided to digitally forensize photos that could prove that Kim Sae-ron dated Kim Soo-hyun when he was a minor.
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