Kim Soo-Hyun Case: Kim Sae-ron's family does a U-Turn on viral 'Eight Friends' claim; netizens in shock

Kim Soo-Hyun and Kim Sae-Ron’s controversy has captured the interest of all Korean drama fans since five months now. The Queen Of Tears star has filed six to seven legal cases on the family of deceased actress Kim Sae-ron, and Garosero Research Institute’s head Kim Se-eui. The Gangnam Police station is investigating all the cases one by one. They had called Kim Soo-Hyun and finished questioning him. Now, the family of the actress, Garosero and the professor Kwan Young-chan will be questioned. A big development has happened in the middle of all this, which will make you question the authenticity of the allegations.

A clip from Kwan Young-chan’s videos had gone viral in April where he said that eight friends of Kim Sae-ron knew that she was in a long-time relationship with Kim Soo-Hyun. He said that they were preparing written statements to be delivered to the cops and investigating agencies. However, none of those friends made an appearance before the cops or made any statements. On July 6, Kwan Young-chan said that he did not make this statement and the press misrepresented the whole thing.

This is indeed shocking for those covering the case from day one. This big claim happened around Kim Soo-Hyun’s press conference. The actor was mocked by the media, trolls and netizens after that press briefing. Such statements about apparent witnesses knowing about the affair had built more hate about Kim Soo-Hyun who is alleged to have dated the actress when she was a minor. The actor has clarified that he did date Kim Sae-ron when she was 19. He has denied claims of being involved with her prior to that. It seems some of his friends have testified that he dated another actress before 2019 when he got involved with Sae-ron.

Netizens are wondering on what grounds was Kim Soo-Hyun accused of dating Kim Sae-ron as a minor when the bereaved family has nothing to back their claims. In the meantime, 25 news outlets in South Korea have been called out for inflammatory reporting without any concrete base, and fuelling up sexual imagination of readers.