Gold Medalist confirms Kim Soo-hyun and late actor Kim Sae-ron’s relationship, denies underage dating scandal

South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun has recently made headlines for his controversial relationship with late actress, Kim Sae-ron. Soo-hyun’s agency Gold Medalist, who previously declined the allegations, has recently issued an official statement.

The agency released the statement on March 14 in which Soo-hyun admitted that he had been in a relationship with Kim Sae-ron. However, he denied that the relationship took place when the actress was a minor. He claimed that they were together for a little over a year after she turned 19, the age considered adulthood under Korean law.

The statement read: “Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron were in a relationship from the summer of 2019 to the fall of 2020, after Kim Sae-ron became an adult.”

At that time, Sae-ron would have been between 19 and 20 years old, while he would have been between 31 and 32 years old. The statement continued, “It is not true that Kim Soo-hyun was in a relationship with Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor.”