Kim Soo-hyun’s legal guardians refute the authenticity of new recording, allege Kim Sae-ron’s family engaged in AI fabrication

Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron’s controversy has taken another turn as Kim Soo-hyun’s legal guardians refute the authenticity of the new recording, which was brought to light by HoverLab and Kim Sae-ron’s family.

According to Soo-hyun’s agency, GOLDMEDALIST, and his legal team from LKB & Partners Law Firm, the newly released recording of Sae-ron saying flattering things about Hyun is false, AI-generated, and fraudulent.

Kim Soo-hyun’s legal team said in a statement:

“During the press conference, HoverLab asserted that they had obtained an audio recording involving the late actress Kim Sae-ron. However, this audio file is entirely fabricated. GOLDMEDALIST has determined that the recording was created using AI or similar technology.”

The statement continued:

“The individual who provided this audio file to HoverLab is a fraudster who also approached GOLDMEDALIST, claiming to possess a recording in which the late Kim Sae-ron made statements favourable to actor Kim Soo Hyun. The audio file provider demanded money from GOLDMEDALIST and sent a portion of the recording, which was manipulated to imitate the late Kim Sae-ron’s voice.”

More details on the Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron controversy

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Kim Sae-ron’s family held a conference and shared a piece of evidence they believed would prove that Kim Soo-hyun did have a relationship with the late actress, Kim Sae-ron, when she was a minor, a claim that Soo-hyun has denied since the beginning of the controversy.

The late actress's family shared an audio clip in which a voice believed to be that of Sae-ron admits to dating and having sexual relations with Soo-hyun when she was still in high school. The recording also included flattering remarks from Sae-ron to Soo-hyun. The recording said:

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“I dated Soo Hyun oppa. You might say I’m crazy and not believe me, but I dated him since I was in middle school, and we broke up after I went to college. Soo Hyun oppa and those GOLDMEDALIST people are really scary and will do anything.”

It continued:

“I feel like I was used since middle school. Honestly, I was his girlfriend, and he knows how I was to him since middle school, but after the accident, they all made me out to be a weird person. What’s really crazy is that he sent me a photo taken while he was doing ‘it’ with someone else.”

“He said the idol he slept with smells like miyeok (seaweed), so he had her name saved as ‘miyeok’ in his phone and sent me that. If I were in better circumstances, I would’ve revealed everything already.”

“The first time I did it with him was during winter break in my second year of middle school. Thinking about it now, it was done to me. Not many people know about when I dated him in middle school, but they all reacted the same way. They asked why I just let him be,” Sae-ron allegedly added in the recording.

Following the press conference held on Wednesday, Soo-hyun’s agency announced that the press conference was yet another way for the late actress’s family to destroy Kim Soo-hyun’s reputation, calling the recording a “fabrication cornered with defamation, stalking, cybersexual crimes, and evidence fabrication against Kim Soo-hyun.”

The agency is also ready to “file a complaint against Garo Sero for violating the Stalking Punishment Act and the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilisation and Information Protection.”

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This lawsuit will be added to the two lawsuits already filed by Kim Soo-hyun against Sae-ron’s family, along with two others against Kim Se Ui for privacy breaches and stalking.

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