Kim Soo-hyun Denies Exploitation Claims, Legal Fight with Kim Sae-ron's Family Deepens

By Jieun, Baek

Jun 13, 2025

Kim Soo-hyun Denies Exploitation Claims, Legal Fight with Kim Sae-ron's Family Deepens



Actor Kim Soo-hyun and the late Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family's battle of truth will be a national task force.

The Seoul Eastern District Court decided on May 20 to seize Kim Soo-hyun's Galleria Fore apartment, citing the real estate seizure filed against Kim Soo-hyun by Clasys, a medical device company that selected Kim Soo-hyun as an advertising model for the brand 'Volnewmer'. The bill amount is 3 billion won.

Kim Soo-hyun's legal representative, lawyer Bang Sung-hoon of the law firm (Yuhan) LKB&Partners, said, `It is true that he was seized, but Kim Soo-hyun is a victim of a crime by Ga Se-yeon (Horosero Research Institute). Gase-yeon 'Kim Soo-hyun dated and exploited the late Kim Sae-ron, who was a minorThe false claim that ' resulted in the current situation. The issue should be raised to the perpetrators, but the arrows are going to the victims because of the contractual relationship."




Kim Soo-hyun Denies Exploitation Claims, Legal Fight with Kim Sae-ron's Family Deepens
Lawyer Bang believed that if objective truth is achieved through the investigation and punishment is made for Se-yeon and others, advertisers will have no reason to take legal procedures such as lawsuits. Accordingly, it plans to make all-out efforts to ensure prompt investigation and punishment.

Lawyer Bang said "The evidence of Ga Se-yeon was fabricated. The analysis report was also evaluated by a private company. The National Forensic Service (National Forensic Service) can determine whether it is manipulated. He explained that the transcripts and KakaoTalk conversations (released by Ga Se-yeon) were fabricated and requested to be revealed through investigation.

In addition to Clash, Kim Soo-hyun has been sued by three other advertisers for damages worth about 3.3 billion won.




In response, fans expressed their position to boycott Clashes and others who seized it.

Kim Soo-hyun Denies Exploitation Claims, Legal Fight with Kim Sae-ron's Family Deepens
Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family and Se-yeon claim that Kim Soo-hyun met from late 2015 to July 2021 when Kim Sae-ron was a minor.

In response, Kim Soo-hyun countered that although it was true that he was in a relationship with Kim Sae-ron, he dated for a year from 2019 to 2020, after he became an adult.




In response, Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family and Se-yeon released a recording of Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron exchanging messages, photos and videos. In the end, Kim Soo-hyun sued Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family and Se-yeon for defamation and sought 11 billion won in damages. In addition, Sei-yeon operator Kim Se-eui was sued for violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act and defamation under the Information and Communication Network Act, and seized Kim Se-eui's apartment and YouTube channel-sponsored deposit accounts. The court cited the application for seizure.

Kim Sae-ron's bereaved family sued Kim Soo-hyun on charges of violating the Child Welfare Act and innocent.





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