On March 14, Gold Medalist - Kim Soo Hyun's management company - explained a series of allegations made by YouTube channel Garosero in recent days, related to the relationship between Kim Soo Hyun and the late actor Kim Sae Ron.
Gold Medalist admitted that Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron around 2019-2020, not since the actress was still of membership age as Garosero claimed.
In addition, information about Kim Sae Ron's debt of 700 million won (more than 12 billion VND) and rumors that Kim Soo Hyun ignored the actress's "call for help" message were also clarified by the company.
Gold Medalist stated: Garoseros report turned Kim Soo Hyun into a devil, leading to the death of Kim Sae Ron. But this speculation is incorrect.
According to the company, after the drunk driving incident (May 2022), they resolved various damages related to film projects and advertisements for Kim Sae Ron. The total amount Kim Sae Ron should have compensated at that time was about 1.11 billion won.
During the process of determining the compensation, the company made efforts to reduce the amount to the lowest level to reduce the financial burden on the actress. Finally, after many efforts to repay Kim Sae Ron's debt, the remaining compensation amount decreased to about 700 million won.
The company knew Kim Sae Ron was in difficult circumstances, so it helped her clear her debt, by processing Kim Sae Ron's debt into a bad loss/ outstanding debt.
Seeing our audited report on April 1, 2024, it can be seen that all the money to be collected from Kim Sae Ron has been wiped out as a bad debt, Gold Medalist stated.
But they must follow basic legal procedures. Gold Medalist is concerned that if Kim Sae Ron is directly debt-free, the executives who make this decision could be accused of embezzlement or abuse of power to provide illegal benefits to a specific person.
To determine this is a " hard-to-request debt", the company must prove that Kim Sae Ron is in a bankruptcy situation, and the company must also show efforts to require the actress to pay the debt. Therefore, they sent a letter requesting to repay the debt to Kim Sae Ron.
In particular, Gold Medalist emphasized that Kim Soo Hyun is not involved in the debt between Kim Sae Ron and the company. Kim Soo Hyun did not lend money to Kim Sae Ron, never asked to repay the debt and was not in a position to do so.
Gold Medalist explains why Kim Soo Hyun did not respond to Kim Sae Ron's text messages: "Kim Sae Ron has left the company and does not have enough legal knowledge about debt. Therefore, she sent a message to Kim Soo Hyun - who was not a creditor.
But Kim Soo Hyun was completely unaware of the situation between the company and Kim Sae Ron. At that time, the two had been separated for 4 years.
Kim Soo Hyun asked us about Kim Sae Ron's message, the analyst company said, "It seems like she misunderstood it due to a lack of legal knowledge. Without expert confirmation, it should not be answered. The company will contact legal experts and Kim Sae Ron to resolve the issue to avoid misunderstanding.
By March 26, 2024, the debt relationship between Gold Medalist and Kim Sae Ron had been resolved. We do not ask for repayment even once after handling all of Kim Sae Ron's debt".
