YouTuber Lee Jin Ho is receiving intense backlash from netizens and Kim Sae Ron’s family for defaming her when she was alive. He posted many videos criticizing her and is now facing a lawsuit for spreading false information.
Some even accused her of colluding with Kim Soo Hyun and his agency Gold Medalist to release those videos and change the public perception. As a result, the “Bloodhounds” actress received massive backlash after sharing a photo with Kim Soo Hyun in March 2024.
After she committed suicide on February 16, Lee Jin Ho continued to delete old videos where he criticized her mercilessly. Along with Lee, Kim Soo Hyun is embroiled in a scandal that has sparked public outrage. A week earlier, Garo Sero Institute released many intimate photos, letters, and videos of the “Queen of Tears” actor with Kim Sae Ron. They accused him of dating her for 6 years and their relationship began when she was only 15 years old.
Even though Garo Sero Institute continues to release evidence, YouTube Lee Jin Ho shared an audio recording on March 19 claiming that the late actress was married.
In January, she shared a photo with the mystery man with the caption “Marry”. Understandably, her marriage rumors spread like wildfire but she denied it and shared that the photos were taken with a friend. After her viral SNS post, Lee Jin Ho released multiple videos claiming that she was preparing for a wedding. When she did not respond to his call, he criticized her harshly.
Jin Ho alleged that late actress Kim Sae Ron was secretly married, contrary to her agency’s previous denial. Jin Ho shared a recording of the actress admitting to being married, which contradicts her agency’s claim that her wedding-themed social media posts were just pictures with a friend.
The recording allegedly contains the voices of the agency official A and Kim Sae Ron. The late Kdrama actress talked about the photos, “I didn’t post, my boyfriend did.” A replied, “You need to be clear with me. Reporters keep calling. The guy saw at Christmas isn’t the one you married” and asked, “Are you sure? Are you really married?”
Kim Sae Ron confessed, “I broke up with my ex-boyfriend and even told him that I had a new boyfriend. I wasn’t planning to marry my current boyfriend after we broke up, but I got pregnant.”
When A asked, “Are you pregnant?” she replied, “I had an abortion. He was forced into marriage because he used the pregnancy to threaten me.” Her current boyfriend, she revealed, is a normal person with a job at a large company, and they met through someone they both knew.
Sae Ron explained about her withdrawal from KakaoTalk, saying, “My boyfriend controls all my KakaoTalk and Instagram accounts. I couldn’t do anything and I’m only using Telegram and text messages a little bit. He kept asking, ‘Why are you hiding our marriage,’ and during an argument, he uploaded that photo.”
She also said, “I never thought I would marry someone like this.” She did not answer a direct question from A when asked if her parents approved. Regarding her boyfriend, she said, “He’s actually normal. He just gets a bit… when he drinks. It’s because of my ex-boyfriend found out.”
Earlier, Garo Sero Research Institute previously alleged that, according to the bereaved family, Kim Soo Hyun had instructed Kim Sae Ron to replace her phone, delete her KakaoTalk account, and communicate with him exclusively through Telegram.
Lee Jin Ho stated that the bereaved family is currently criticizing Kim Soo Hyun, who dated Kim Sae Ron four years ago. The infamous YouTuber revealed that she was actually married to someone else and had been living with him. He claimed the family has been sharing her phone records with the Garo Sero Research Institute, which suggests that they were already aware of her secret marriage.
Furthermore, he also responded to the bereaved family’s claims that Kim Sae Ron attempted to take her own life after watching one of his videos. He denied the claims stating that Kim Sae Ron was actually with her husband in the United States at that time.
Separately, Kim Sae Ron’s family is now accusing Kim Soo Hyun of allegedly dating Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor. As part of this investigation, they plan to conduct digital forensic analysis on photos that could serve as evidence.
After denying the relationship three times, Kim Soo Hyun’s agency has finally admitted that the two dated when they were adults. They claimed that they began dating after she turned 18, between 2019 and 2020.
