“It was busy with filming ‘Real’…” The reason for fabricating the late Kim Sae-ron’s KakaoTalk messages: “I hid them because I didn’t know it was Kim Soo-hyun” [★FOCUS]

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Police investigation findings revealing that the KakaoTalk conversation contents regarding actor Kim Soo-hyun’s alleged dating with a minor, as claimed by Kim Se-won, head of the media outlet Garoseo Research Institute (Gaseoyeon), and the late Kim Sae-ron’s family, had been fabricated, have been made public.

Dispatch reported on the 13th, “According to police investigation results, the KakaoTalk conversation contents released by Gaseoyeon and the late Kim Sae-ron’s family regarding suspicions of Kim Soo-hyun dating a minor were found to be fabricated.”

According to the report, they claimed that Kim Soo-hyun dated Kim Sae-ron during her minority, based on KakaoTalk conversation contents allegedly exchanged between Kim Soo-hyun and the late Kim Sae-ron in 2016. In response, Kim Soo-hyun’s side rebutted, “He dated the late Kim Sae-ron after she became an adult,” and had requested an investigation into the matter.

Subsequently, police investigation results revealed that the actual sender of the controversial 2016 KakaoTalk conversation was not Kim Soo-hyun, but entertainer A. Police conducted forensics on the phone used by the late Kim Sae-ron and thoroughly investigated approximately 200 KakaoTalk screenshots stored in the cloud. It was reported that while A’s real name appeared in the original files, the family side distorted this, and Gaseoyeon manipulated the sender to appear as Kim Soo-hyun.

Police identified A, not Kim Soo-hyun, as the actual sender by analyzing A’s usual spelling habits and conversation content. It was also found that the late Kim Sae-ron saved Kim Soo-hyun’s number in October 2017, and they had only three phone calls, so no evidence supporting suspicions of dating a minor was discovered.

In this regard, according to Go Sang-rok, an attorney at Law Firm Phil who is handling legal representation for Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Soo-hyun was busy with filming the movie “Real” in June 2016, and went on set for 18 days during that month. He was also filming on the date when the problematic KakaoTalk conversation took place.

Filming at a set in Yeongjong Island, Incheon started at 8 a.m. and ended as early as 8 p.m. or as late as 10 p.m. It is known that he arrived at the filming location early in the morning and left after all schedules were completed.

Attorney Go Sang-rok claimed, “There is nothing in any of the conversation contents (released by the family side) that would identify the male as Kim Soo-hyun. There are no statements from the male such as ‘I did something’ or ‘I will do something,’ which is extremely unusual. This can only be seen as a result of Gaseoyeon and attorney Bu Ji-seok intentionally hiding ‘the schedule or whereabouts of the said male’ when releasing this KakaoTalk conversation.”

He added, “(The family side) knows who the sender of the 2016 KakaoTalk messages was. That is why the previous legal team requested police to conduct a search and seizure against them.”

Along with this, it was revealed that Gaseoyeon repeatedly broadcast claims about Kim Soo-hyun dating a minor through live broadcasts, acquiring a total of 169.4 million won, including 115 million won in advertising revenue and 54.4 million won in donations.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Division 26 of the Seoul Central District Court will hold the second pre-trial hearing on the 15th for Kim Se-ui (CEO)’s charges including violation of the Information and Communications Network Act (defamation).

Previously, the Women and Children’s Crime Investigation Division 2 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office indicted Kim Se-ui (CEO) in custody on charges of violating the Information and Communications Network Act (defamation), violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes (distribution of recordings made using cameras, etc.), and violating the Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes.

Kim Se-won was suspected of disseminating false facts through YouTube live broadcasts, press conferences, etc., from March to May 2025, claiming that the late Kim Sae-ron dated Kim Soo-hyun for about six years since her minority, and that pressure from Kim Soo-hyun’s side to repay debts became the cause of the deceased’s death. He was also suspected of defaming Kim Soo-hyun by manipulating the deceased’s voice using AI and fabricating false facts suggesting that the deceased had been dating Kim Soo-hyun since middle school.

The police and prosecutors who investigated the case stated in the indictment that Kim Se-won broadcast false facts 25 times with the purpose of slandering Kim Soo-hyun. This also included charges of forcing Kim Soo-hyun’s side to acknowledge the relationship with the deceased and issue a public apology by releasing photos exposing Kim Soo-hyun’s body and mentioning the possibility of releasing additional photos.

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