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Manila Bulletin devider Entertainment devider Kim Soo-hyun's side files additional complaint vs YouTuber in Kim Sae-ron issue

Kim Soo-hyun's side files additional complaint vs YouTuber in Kim Sae-ron issue

Published May 1, 2025 02:45 am

The agency of embattled Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun, Gold Medalist, announced on April 30 that they have filed an additional complaint against the owner of a YouTube channel, which earlier alleged that he dated the late actress Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor.

Gold Medalist released a statement from its legal representative, LKB & Partners, saying that Kim Se-ui, owner of the YouTube channel HoverLab (Garosero Research Institute), violated a court order regarding the law Act on Punishment of Crime of Stalking.

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Kim Se-ui, owner of the YouTube channel HoverLab (Garosero Research Institute) (Screenshot from HoverLab video on YouTube)KSH4.jpg

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Korean star Kim Soo-hyun (Photos from Instagram/Gold Medalist)

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Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron (Screenshots from HoverLab video on YouTube)

Since March, HoverLab has made daily live broadcasts to discuss Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Sae-ron, who passed away at age 24 last Feb. 16, Kim Soo-hyun’s birthday.

HoverLab and Kim Sae-ron’s family alleged that Kim Soo-hyun dated Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor.

Kim Soo-hyun denied it but admitted he dated her when she became an adult from 2019 to 2020.

In the statement, Gold Medalist said on April 1, they had filed a complaint and indictment against Kim Se-ui for violation of the stalking law for the continuous and repeated spreading of alleged false information about Kim Soo-hyun.

Under the Korean law, one of the definitions of stalking is “an act of having things, written or verbal statements, codes, sound, drawings, pictures, or video images (hereinafter referred to as "things, etc.") delivered to the other persons, etc. by mail, telephone, facsimile, or via information and communications networks defined in Article 2 (1) 1 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, or having written or verbal statements, codes, sound, drawings, pictures, or video images presented to the other persons, etc. via programs using information and communications networks or by telephone,” according to a copy posted on the Korea Law Translation Center.

Gold Medalist said the investigative agency, judging that the above-mentioned actions of Kim Se-ui constituted stalking of actor Kim Soo-hyun, applied for an “interim measure” ordering Kim Se-ui to stop stalking actor Kim Soo-hyun on April 22, 2025.

The Seoul Central District Court accepted the investigative agency’s application on the following day, April 23, and decided to grant interim measures to Kim Se-ui.

“Although there was a court ruling that his actions constituted stalking and were prohibited, and despite being notified of the decision on April 24, Kim Se-ui ignored it and continued to spread false information about actor Kim Soo-hyun through his YouTube channel,” the agency stated.

It added, “Kim Se-ui's above-mentioned actions are in violation of the court's decision and are subject to criminal punishment, punishable by imprisonment for up to two years or a fine of up to 20 million won (Article 20, Paragraph 2 of the Stalking Punishment Act). We would like to inform you that Gold Medalist and actor Kim Soo-hyun have promptly filed an additional complaint and indictment.”

Before the announcement, two companies, which hired Kim Soo-hyun as an advertising model, filed a lawsuit against the star and Gold Medalist, seeking 3 billion (about $2.08 million) in damages.

Kim Soo-hyun earlier filed a lawsuit to seek damages amounting to 11 billion won (about $7.65 million) against HoverLab, Kim Sae-ron’s family and an unidentified person referred to as Kim Sae-ron’s “aunt” in YouTube videos.

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