Police clear Kim Soo-hyun of underage dating allegation

Seoul police declined to refer the actor to prosecutors, citing insufficient evidence over claims he dated Kim Sae-ron while she was a minor.

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Police decided not to refer actor Kim Soo-hyun to prosecutors after concluding there was insufficient evidence to support allegations that he dated late actor Kim Sae-ron while she was a minor.

The Seoul Seongdong Police Station decided not to refer the actor to prosecutors on charges of violating the Child Welfare Act and making a false accusation, police said Wednesday.

Kim Soo-hyun was accused by the family of the late actor in May last year, alleging that he had been in a relationship with her since she was a minor.

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During a press conference at the time, the family released portions of an audio recording of a conversation between the late actor and an acquaintance. The recording included claims that Kim Soo-hyun had dated her since she was in middle school.

Kim Soo-hyun's legal representatives denied the allegation, saying the recording had been manipulated using AI.

Kim Soo-hyun had maintained he had dated the late actor only after she became an adult, and filed a defamation complaint against her family and the operator of the YouTube channel HoverLab for allegedly spreading the false underage dating claims.


BY KIM EUN-BIN [[email protected]]

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

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