Lee Jun-seok, 'False Allegation of Underage Dating' Support for Kim Soo-hyun's Return: "I Will Always Be Ready to Applaud"

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While the police determined that the allegation of an underage dating relationship between actor Kim Soo-hyun and the late Kim Sae-ron, raised by Kim Se-jeong, CEO of the research institute "Left-Right Research Institute" (pseudonym), was false, Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reform Party, offered his support to Kim Soo-hyun.

On the 22nd, Lee (CEO) posted on his personal account, "First, I offer my deepest condolences to the late Kim Sae-ron," and added, "I hesitated to post this as I feared it might stir up further misunderstandings regarding the death of a young actor."

Lee (CEO) stated, "Nevertheless, I decided to leave a few words because the social atmosphere that boils over at sensational allegations but remains passive in restoring honor serves as fertile ground for cyber-lynching," and expressed, "I hope actor Kim Soo-hyun's honor is restored to the starting line of all this."

Furthermore, Lee (CEO) remarked, "In the Republic of Korea, the position of a celebrity rests on a heavy scale. We hold them to the strictest standards and impose the harshest responsibilities." He continued, "The problem is that half of this norm is always empty. While the square demanding accountability is always full, the space that returns honor is always silent."

He added, "The moment an allegation is raised, a person's life can crumble in a single day, yet even after it is proven false, the path back to where they belonged takes years, and in far more cases, they never return at all."

Lee (CEO) said, "Forged messenger screenshots, voices synthesized by artificial intelligence, and a hired hitman scenario pieced together from photos easily found with a single search. Law enforcement authorities have confirmed that these weapons, which completely destroyed a person's privacy, profession, and dignity, were ultimately nothing more than a handful of forgeries." He stated, "Advertising has already been cut off, works have stopped, and the person has been broken. None of these can be restored to their original state by a single result of the investigation."

He continued, "I know that the path back to one's original position is never smooth. However, I believe that the acting of a person who has risen again from where they fell possesses a depth that someone who has never fallen can never reach." He concluded, "I will always be ready to welcome actor Kim Soo-hyun back with good works and to offer the applause he deserves on that day."

Meanwhile, the Seoul Gangnam Police Department recently stated in an arrest warrant application submitted to the Prosecution Service regarding the CEO of the YouTube channel "Left-Right Research Institute," Kim Se-jeong, that "the suspect knew well that actor Kim (Kim Soo-hyun) did not date the deceased during her underage years and that the cause of the deceased's death was not attributable to actor Kim, yet she distributed false facts with the intent to slander."

Additionally, the police determined that the KakaoTalk conversation between the two and the voice file of the late Kim Sae-ron, which Kim Se-jeong had released, were fabricated.

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