Kim Soo Hyun Holds Tear-filled Press Conference and Denies Dating Kim Sae Ron When She Was a Minor and His Side Suing Her Family and Garo Sero Institute, Which Responds with Video of Him Eating at Her Place Meta Data Stamped 2018 and More Dating Pictures

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• what a evil hypocrite, as i said yesterday there is no way he admit
  and it bring more proof like Sulli brother say, enjoy all the way down from up there
  Should release the earliest video when she was 15 and it will be check mate

• As someone posted on Reddit, “He drained her soul since she was 15 and her bank account since she joined his agency.” He IS the worst of scammers. Scammers are good actors. The poor girl was very unlucky that she caught this heartless man’s eye. No matter what he does and who he sues, it’s over for him in the industry.

  • This is such a heartbreaking way to put it but it's true. This poor girl never stood a chance.

• He did respond to all the videos and pictures - mainly that it was all taken while they were dating and not during the time when she was a minor. Whether one believes it or not is entirely a different point. The questions were specifically on the kakaotalk messages. So far, GM has refuted every single pic and vid as anything earlier than when KSR turned into an adult so it’s going to be played out in the courts.

  Interestingly, I’ve been reading article comments in Naver (on the business side where comments are allowed) and it’s actually 50-50. Lots of defence for KSH which surprised me and I’ll gladly share the link here for anyone interested. I forgot community comments can be skewered. Real has also taken #1 spot for most watched movie in all OTT platforms in Korea despite how garbage it is. Clearly driven by the controversy, the performance somehow shot up incredibly so it’ll be interesting how Disney proceeds. Purely from a business standpoint, it might be beneficial for them to release Knockoff soon. So far none of their dramas are doing anything. So it may in fact be better of riding the scandal. Bad publicity over none. Who knows.

  Right now it’s a he said she said. I felt KSH came across as slightly cold towards his ex, but then again, I don’t know how they broke up and don’t really care. As for him dating her as a minor or not, I’m staying neutral because the courts are there for a reason. This YouTuber is clearly sensationalizing everything and loving every second of it. TBH, I’m technically am more inclined to believe KSR’s side. And it’s not due to the pics or vids but the letters she wrote him but didn’t mail. Those felt real rather than fabricated but I made the same mistake several times in other celebrity scandals. I took someone’s side only to be proven completely wrong. Don’t want to make that same mistake again so I’ll wait for the court judge to make the call. KSH asked to basically bring it on legally, so let them battle it out through proper means instead of this mudslinging contest.

  • @Kendra, You gave me a different perspective. When I was reading a comment from a Korean, he or she said a lot of comments in the qoo and legitimate Korean articles are not happy with his conference and the way he presented his case. He or she even mentioned how some folks were watching his press con live at the lobby and they too were disgusted at his crocodile tears. But, sounds like Naver articles are defending him. At this point, I am not even surprised anymore if the ones who defend him are the ones he planted since there were rumors of that a week or two ago. When his press con was going live, I saw a lot of his fans posting in the live chat too supporting him. This Korean also brought up a good point. There is a legal trial and a public trial. He may win the legal trial but he may lose the public trial.

    I also believe in KSR's side more than him. From what I read, either the lawyer or the forensic team he hired specializes in these pedophile cases.

    • The comments have upvotes and downvotes of which upvote support for him are in the thousands. In many case thousands more than the ones against him. I’ve read too many Korean comments saying he has too much support which is disgusting etc. I didn’t see where the “too much” was coming from, but I’m seeing it now. Outside of qoo and the usual community sites, the general public might not have as skewered of an opinion against him as those who have accounts on social media. I’m more interested in what Disney does next.

      As for the case itself, one again, I’m staying neutral. If he hired experts in this field, that’s his prerogative as the case itself is a defence against that very accusation. Nothing eyebrow raising there. The courts are there for a reason, and instead of watching more mudslinging and shit talking on both sides, I’d like for them to get out of the media battle and go through the legal one. I don’t need the hate dopamine, but would like the truth to come out even if it takes a while.

    • I dont believe this Kendra because I’ve been almost all Korean forums and even FMKorea, a male community site that was previously shielding him is mocking him now. Nate has a lot of trolls but also def not in his favor. You can see some here:

      https://t.co/iuJGhNRYJc

      The only time the Korean public opinion was swayed when the husband story suddenly came out but after the kakaotalks 2nd presscon it definitely turned away from his favor and the presscon made it worse so not sure what Kendra is talkint about. Koreans are even signing the petition of Kim Soo Hyun act about raising the age of consent to 16-19 him having the face of pedophilia.

      I can say that at the moment, Korea is disgusted at him after the presscon so dont believe Kendra she is a hopeful pedo stan for sure lol

    • @kendra, I think they’re probably planted commenters. I remember how naver made his first GM statement trended in top 3 but naver never made the family’s statement trend a week or two ago. There must be some manipulation done and I’m not surprised anymore by these upvotes

    • @pedooo, funny your user name! Why did you have to be so derogatory towards @Kendra who simply made very rational comments per her observations? Don't get overexcited and let cyber speculations ruin your brain cells for reasoning! LOL. @Kendra had her points and I don't see anything wrong there.

  • Unless Knock-off also contains the same controversial stuff that people want to exam and scrutinize - the sexual scenes, including the ones that likely exploited a now-dead idol/actress - I don't think it'll get watched with KSH headlining it. Also, the drama taking place during the financial crisis and how the main character was laid off and had to find a new way to make a living... would just remind people about how the financial piece of how he treated KSR. Disney may launch it without any promotion in a few years. Or maybe they can pull a River Where the Moon Rises and refilm all his scenes.

  • Please share because I’ve been around Nate, FM Korea, TheQoo, DCGal and even most reporters now in Korea are crucifying him so the heck are you lying about? Even Mom’s Cafe now turned back and everyone saying public opinion are turned but in 360 degrees.

    The likes or dislikes favored to him are Koreans calling his part timers or keyboard warriors. And his articles even the Kakaotalk analyzer are being mocked. He says she says when there’s a countless of damning evidence vs his rebuttal of KKT analyzer, sure you are neutral lol

    Korean articles even have headline now that public reaction are cold but of course you will make up like iits 50-50 LOL

    Anyway truth it I spent my entire night and day now going around Korean, Chinese forums and I can say 90% are mocking him INTENSELY. You can lie through your teeth just how he did but its not the reality lol, its not 50-50 but 90-10 as 10 are his noisy minority minions. The press conference backfired at him badly instead of positively

    • Seriously, you’re a little jobless and pathetic to spend your days and nights on this🤡😂

      Guess you missed an article then. One with 800+ comments and which trended #1 on most comments just yesterday. Or maybe you just read the 1st comment and didn’t bother reading several top 2k+ votes supporting him. Or… maybe you can’t understand Hangul. As a native speaker, I’m happy to translate btw so feel free to ask.
      https://n.news.naver.com/article/comment/008/0005173656

      Maybe you should spend even more time to cover all articles. Get over yourself. You don’t know me, and never will. If you wanna think I’m not neutral be my guest. I genuinely couldn’t give a horse’s ass what some random on the internet thinks. I don’t need to prove myself to someone like you. However, the proof you don’t believe exists needs to posted which is why I even bothered responding. Learn some manners and etiquette when responding to strangers. Your username along with your speech shows your upbringing. I don’t like stooping to levels of some here and won’t, but damn. Go back to school.

  • another lie is that he didnt respond to all videos and pictures lol he only showed the kakaotalk analyzee shit that said he isnt the person she is texting which everyone is mocking him.

    You’re acting as if you are neutral or even against him but I can see you hiding as a hopeful pedo stan lol

    • @pedoo,

      Hi pedoo, can you share some of those links from Nate and FM Korea that you are referring to? Do you see those Naver upvotes Kendra was referring to?

      Yes, on Chinese forums, he is being mocked intensely. That I can attest to since I check weibo all the time but I also read his agency has been paying weibo to silence members there from letting his news trend to keep the heat down.

  • @kendra how do you stay neutral given the letter he wrote to her when he was in the military, which his own agency has acknowledged was indeed written by him? he was 30 and she was 17 years old

  • Damn, are you on KSH payroll or do you just like playing pedos advocate? You and that Somebody being in the comments playing the neutral game is almost as embarrassing as his conference performance.

  • @Kendra, is it just 1 article that you are referring who seems to have a lot of upvotes or there are "tons" that reflect they are in support of him in upvotes and comments? I notice there is a writing statistics on that article you posted that show male vs female and there are more males. I think the Korean guys are supporting him. And, I don't find that surprising.

    I also saw some Korean articles bashing him too like calling his tears chicken poop.

    Either way, I think he may still win the lawsuit since he has power and money and legal age at that time is different. A lot of people may go with what what the judge decides and thinks he is innocent if he wins the lawsuit. No matter what the lawsuit outcome is, I personally dont think what he did is morally right.

• Wow, he felt justified to LIE not dating her then later recant because it's okay to sacrifice her. His sacrificed move will save the tv production and series.
  So, he is not wrong dear fans. He will make the same decision.
  And he doesn't know anything about her debt whatsoever.
  Very sincere!

• This looks like it will be long and ugly for sure. He can cry and rant all he wants but the drama has only just begun. With lawsuits involved and all yah this sounds like the whole Blake lively mess which is the case that will never end pr wise till the trial unfolds. This feels similar in it does not look like either side will cease till they get their way.

• I kept waiting for him to express sorrow for the the late KSR… or at least express more personal good thoughts about her. None. He was so emotionally detached.

  I bet it’s the agency partner aka cousin who wrote the script for him… it’s full of defensive statements. It would have been better if he didn’t appear and let the agency prepare a press statement. But one thing that he is right; by not demonstrating caring words for KSR, he failed as a human KSH.

• It's for justice to decide . Now and it's my own opinion the thing that i noticed first was " the deceased" it was like he was speaking about "a thing" . His crying was excessive,...i didn't feel any emotion coming from him ... The more i read things the more i found him ugly in terms of looks . A kind of reverse of Dorian Gray ! And if he is innocent it will prouve that i was brainwashed by medias, papers...and i will feel ashamed of myself.

  • I found him looking ugly in looks too in the Press Conference.

  • I've never found him handsome. Not attracting to him visually, but I did like his acting a lot in Moon Embracing the Sun.

• @ockoala you are joining to online bullying, the same that resulted in so many deaths in South Korea, if the guy it is guilty will be determined by justice , not your blog. Her family and society it is equally guilty, a drunk incident it is not a big deal in America or USA, but this kind of article like your don’t help in change this online bullying problem. No more victims of this online harassment.

  • Oh PLEASE.

    Holding someone accountable ≠ bullying.

    Bullying was when people like Kim Sae Ron, Sulli, and Goo Hara were harassed by pathetic losers online even if they didn't commit any crime or did anything as heinous as what Kim Soo Hyun did. Stop being a braindead fangirl and USE YOUR BRAIN. Stop weaponizing the growing sentiment about how toxic cyberbullying/cancel culture is to shield your pe*do fave 🤡

    • Many visitors of this site DID bully KSR before her death cuz of similar negative publicity spread by SM, Koala's Playground included. I'm a regular reader of her blogs and appreciated many drama updates from her. But gonna be honest, I do think Koala has talked too much of celebs' gossips and fans got more excited about those juicy stories than drama updates LOL.

    • @kshfangirlsareclowns, his fans are so hypocritical. They say KSH is being cyberbullied. What makes them when they were attacking KSR back then?

  • On the contrary, her blog is showing bravery in the face of powerful men with money who believe that the lives of girls and women are disposable. Your comment reeks of misogyny. No matter what kind of family she comes from his behavior is no less reprehensible. Predators often seek out vulnerable girls and women for the very reason they are less likely to be believed if they come forward. The truly harmful comments are from people like you who are more interested in victim blaming than in holding powerful men accountable. I hope you find some compassion.

    • @Keturah
      I'm sorry, I just couldn't skip your first sentence.
      "Showing bravery in the face of powerful men" - yes, this blog definitely showing bravery when makes multiple articles about Zhao Lu Si's look and about gossips at the level "one fandom on weibo said that and that about actor K". Or +7 articles about low ratings of drama WTSG. Which get way more comments than any positive drama articles.
      Although I think Koala is better blog than some others, their articles are mostly rationally written, and articles about KSH are written here are mostly good informed. Some of the news they posting are serious, like KSH news. But some of them are simple gossips for views and clicks.
      I answering only on your first sentence, I couldn't just pass that praise out of nowhere, as if Koala's blog suddenly become a face of feminism.
      About everything after that first sentence I'm agree with you.
      First person said about how bad cyberbullying is, next mentioned DUI case, although it has nothing to do with this article and scandal. It seems like they care not about cyberbullying as a big problem of our world, but only about cyberbullying of one concrete person, KSH. And if some other person would be bullied here, KSR for example, they wouldn't care.

• Best Actor awards goes to:??

  Anyway, it is important to know how he will sue each individual as the wording is important in each lawsuit. I really feel it will be a play with words. To accuse him of "pedo" "grooming" is wrong in eyes of the law. The law for age of consent was 13yrs...so ridiculously young before the new law recently increased it. Him winning based on those words used will not be unexpected.

  Regardless, this drama will be dragged out long. And only he has money to throw into the lawsuits. It is facts of this world... her aunt and mum may have to suffer financial losses for rejected Kim Soo Hyun's early attempts to contact them to nap this dram in the bud, they chose to be adult for Kim Sae Ron's behalf, speaking out, getting KIm Sae Ron's side of story out.

  As for Kim Soo Hyun's image, as long as the lawsuit is on going, I do not know how many Brands will successfully suit him for compensation. Again, that is down to how their contract were drawn out. To date a 15yr or 16yr girl is not illegal. So he did not do anything illegal. Thus there is no case to sue him.
  Unless, he is guilty of other illegal activities, no one has a case against him.

  This is shit but this is how real of the world works.

  • Best actor award? Really? I think I’ve seen better from him. He probably needs a better scriptwriter for the press conference. The thing about Korean law though is that he can sue for defamation and win even if what the family and YouTuber says is true. This case of he said, she said is ridiculous. I won’t crucify him yet, but honestly, don’t care to see him on screen anymore, especially as a romantic lead. His whole speech was quite egotistical. The tears did not work at all. The only people I feel really bad for is KSR and Sulli.

• Since he filed a lawsuit, that means the family will have to provide forensic evidence to prove their point. Sounds like he is challenging the family to do that too. I do hope the family wins but he emphasized how much the lawsuit cost and kind of makes me worried the family may not have that much money and it may end up winning

  • Kim Soo Hyun got powerful connections and hands who got his back

  • If it comes down to financial battle due to lawsuits then sadly it’s going to be one-sided.