Kim Saeron on Kim Soo-hyun's side should pay off hundreds of millions of debts..I don't ask for reimbursement
Mar 14, 2025
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Kim Soo-hyun's agency, the Gold Medalist, distributed a lengthy official position on the 14th, saying that it is not true that Kim Sae-ron dated Kim Soo-hyun when he was a minor. In addition, the allegations of financial pressure were found to be groundless, saying that "Ga Se-yeon's broadcast made Kim Soo-hyun a demon who killed Kim Sae-ron." The gold medalist urged the deceased to pay debt due to the drunk driving accident, and Kim Sae-ron asked for help, but Kim Soo-hyun turned a blind eye, according to Se-yeon. As a result, speculation followed that Kim Sae-ron had no choice but to make an extreme choice, but this is not true. At the time, the gold medallist reimbursed the entire remaining debt that Kim Saeron could not afford."
Giving evidence, the gold medalist then addressed various damages related to Kim Sae-ron's acting activities and damages to the damaged merchants with Kim Sae-ron after the drunk driving incident. The resulting penalty was about KRW 1.114 billion, and he tried to reduce the amount of compensation to minimize Kim Sae-ron's burden. Later, through Kim Sae-ron's efforts, the amount of compensation was reduced to about 700 million won", he explained.
In addition, despite his great efforts, however, Kim Saeron had difficulty in his activities and was in a situation where it was difficult to pay back the remaining amount in reality. Accordingly, the company decided that Kim Sae-ron was no longer capable of paying off the debt, so the debt was compensated for by the company in December 2023. According to the audit report dated April 1, 2024, it can be confirmed that the entire bond against Mr. Saeron Kim has been dealt with bad debts.'
The proof of content sent at the time is only a necessary legal process between the gold medalist and Kim Sae-ron. If a gold medalist arbitrarily pays a penalty to be borne by Kim Sae-ron, there was a possibility that the company executives could be guilty of breach of duty. The Gold Medalist explained that "If no procedures and evidence are taken for the amount lent to Mr. Sae-on Kim without interest and collateral, the Company's executives may have given an illegal interest to a particular person.' The Gold Medalist sent a Proof of Contents to prove that Saeron Kim was in a state of `irreparable' without the ability to pay off his debt, and that the Company had to send a Proof of Contents to prove that it had not voluntarily waived its bonds against Saeron Kim in order to proceed with the process of covering the bad debts against him", he explained.
There were also practical concerns that the gold medalist might have to pay gift tax equivalent to the profits Mr. Saeron earns from debt relief. The text sent by Mr. Sae-ron Kim to Mr. Kim Soo-hyun on March 19, 2024 regarding his debt with the Company was written against this background. We had to go through a process to cover Kim Sae-ron's debt through proof of contents", he explained.
The debt was between Kim Sae-ron and the gold medalist, and it was also speculated that Kim Soo-hyun personally tried to lend or get money back, saying, `Kim Soo-hyun was not in that position.'In addition, "Kim Sae-ron texted Kim Soo-hyun, not the creditor, because he did not have sufficient legal knowledge of the debt, but Kim Soo-hyun was not aware of the situation. At that time, it had been four years since the two separated. Kim Soo-hyun inquired about this to the company and the company said, `It seems inappropriate to answer these questions without confirmation from experts because the other party seems to have misunderstood while legal knowledge is not accurate. The company contacted Kim Sae-ron's agency with a legal expert and said it would resolve the issue smoothly so that there was no misunderstanding" he said.
Since then, the gold medalist has not demanded direct debt repayment from Kim Sae-ron. The agency has stated through its legal representative that on March 26, 2024, Mr. Kim Sae-ron 'In addition to thanking you for your sincerity toward your client, of course, for the damages you have suffered, we intend to coordinate through consultation with you on the future reimbursement plan along with the determination of the amount of damages that I shall bear. As a result, the bond-debt relationship between the gold medalist and Mr. Kim Sae-ron has ended and the Company has not requested any reimbursement since the entire bond against Mr. Kim was treated as bad debt" he said.
"From Kim Sae-ron's point of view, it can be understood that he is completely free from the 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. "In order to understand the difficult situation of Kim Sae-ron, who was an actor, and to prevent gift tax from being imposed without being reimbursed, he took care of it as carefully as possible under the law. In the process of paying Kim's penalty instead, the interest was set at 0% while handling the loan, and the delayed damage was also set at 0%, However, he said, "I am just heartbroken that he distorted it as if he pressured repayment and criticized it as if it were the cause of the deceased's extreme choice a year later."
lunamoon@sportschosun.com
