The controversial YouTuber and the former entertainment journalist Lee Jin-Ho again aroused a debate after publicly dealing with the long-standing voice that the actress Kim Sae-So-Sign attended the actor Kim Soo-Hyun in 2016 while he was still a minor. However, the recent forensic analysis has only deepened the confusion, raising more questions than that that answers and possibly indicating a different reality. Speculation is also increasing that Kim Sae-Se-Se could have been in contact with other celebrities in 2016, with a growing doubt that Kim Soo-Hyun has ever been involved.
The accusation and the public reciproc
The statement emerged for the first time through the online personality Kim SE-EU (representative of the research institution of Garo Sero), who said that Kim Sae-Sign had a romantic relationship with Kim Soo-hyun when he was only 17 years old, while he was 29 years old. The only “test” released was a conversation of KakaoTalk from June 24, 2016, which Se-Ei insisted was their relationship.
However, the Kim Soo-Hyun agency strongly denied the accusations, calling them false and harmful. Despite the denial, a part of the public began to ask that the actor “showed his innocence”, an impossible standard that lee jin-hos compared to “demonstrating that demons do not have wings”.
Forensic defects in the tests of the chat
Lee Jin-Ho has faced the controversy by analyzing the Kakootalk registers presented by Kim Se-EU. According to him, the conversation:
- He did not contain the name of Kim Soo-Hyun
- He did not include Kim Soo-Hyun images
- Names of contacts displayed as “ㅇㅇ”, “bullies” or “unknown”, none of which identifies the male participant
Lee stressed that in order for such data to be legally valid, two criteria must be satisfied:
- Forensic verification through the monitoring of the digital ID (Kakootalk User ID numbers extracted from the telephone data)
- Conversation content that clearly connects the user to Kim Soo-Hyun via name, photo or recognizable context
In this case, none of the standards have been satisfied, putting serious doubts about the legitimacy of the tests. Lee observed that, unless forensic analysis is made public, including original user ID or connected telephone records, the chat registers have no legal weight.
A turning point: “Wasn’t Kim Soo-Hyun?”
In a further turning point, Lee Jin-Ho suggested that Kim Sae-Sore may have been in contact with other celebrities in 2016 and that the individual in the controversial chat registers may not be Kim Soo-Hyun at all. This launches a shadow on the statement of Kim SE-EU, above all since he repeatedly declared that he possesses “thousands of documents” and “over 200 photos”, but has not produced any definitive proof that connects Kim Soo-hyun to the report.
Adding to skepticism, Lee Jin-Ho has recently been placed under a 3-month temporary transmission ban for content relating to the deceased actress Kim Sae-Sore, after the Court recognized her behavior as a border with stalking. This further damaged the credibility of his declarations in the eyes of many Netizen.
Starting now, no conclusive evidence has emerged to take the statement that Kim Soo-Hyun had any romantic involvement with Kim Sae-Se-Sign in 2016. Until the forensic test is made public, the burden of verification fell on those who have made the accusations, not accused him.
For now, Kim Soo-Hyun remains legally not connected to the statements, while public sentiment moves more and more towards skepticism on the motivations and methods of those who have spread the voices.
