This article is part of our coverage of Kim Soo Hyun And Kim Sae Ron’s Relationship. You can read more and view the entire timeline here.
In the ongoing controversy surrounding actor Kim Soo Hyun and his past relationship with the late Kim Sae Ron, Gold Medalist has released a statement on March 14, 2025. The updated statement acknowledges that the two were in a relationship, although they claimed that they only begun dating when she was an adult.
Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron were dating between the summer of 2019 and fall of 2020, after she became an adult. It is not true that Kim Soo Hyun dated her when she was a minor. Kim Sae Ron’s photo that she uploaded on March 24, 2024 on her Instagram story and the photo that Garo Sero Institute shared on March 11, 2025 were private images taken by the two in the winter of 2020 when they were dating [T/N: Gold Medalist’s statement specifically mentioned Winter 2020 while claiming they were dating between Summer 2019 and Fall 2020]. The clothes Kim Sae Ron was wearing at the time were released in June 2019 by the brand, so Garo Sero Institute’s claim that the photo was taken in 2016 when Kim Sae Ron was a minor is impossible.
In addition, another photo shared by Garo Sero Institute on March 12, 2025, was a photo taken by the two on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2019. This can be confirmed through the picture’s metadata. The photo released on March 13, 2025, was taken on the same day, as seen from the fact that they are wearing the same clothes. All of the photos being shared by Garo Sero Institute with the claim that Kim Soo Hyun dated Kim Sae Ron when she was a minor were taken after she became an adult. Their claim that these photos were taken in 2016 have no grounds. This is because the two were not dating at that time.
— Gold Medalist
This claim directly goes against their earlier statement from 2024, where they claimed that all the allegations of the pair dating were lies.
We would like to inform you of our official position regarding a picture of Kim Soo Hyun that has been spreading today.
We would like to inform you that the rumors of Kim Soo Hyun being in a relationship [with Kim Sae Ron] are unfounded. The photo that is being spread online appears to have been taken in the past when the two were both under our management. As for Kim Sae Ron’s intentions for uploading the picture, we do not know.
Due to the groundless misunderstandings and speculations that are circulating about Kim Soo Hyun regarding the picture, our legal representatives will be taking strong action against all damages to his character and reputation as well as for slander and spread of malicious posts.
Please refrain from spreading unfounded rumors or speculative articles.
Thank you.
— GOLDMEDALIST
As such, netizens find it hard to believe the company at this point. The company has also been threatening “strong legal action” all this while, only to acknowledge the relationship.
- This is so pathetic.
- This is so funny FR because they pathetically started by editing the timeline now that the photos are released. It’s also hilarious how KSH escaped to overseas.
- Didn’t they say it was all false on the first day this was exposed too?
- FR strong action was taken.
- His lies are so insane and shameless.
- After that, people totally treated Kim Sae Ron as a crazy woman… Just how little they must think of her to have been so shameless about it back then.
You may read more about the company’s stance below.
Kim Soo Hyun’s Agency Finally Reveals Details Of His Relationship With Kim Sae Ron