Actor Kim Soo Hyun's ”tearful press conference” - a current profiler feels something is off... ”KakaoTalk analysis? No wonder people laugh at me”

A Korean profiler criticized actor Kim Soo Hyun's press conference.

　Bae Sang-hoon, a profiler and TV personality, commented on Kim Soo Hyun's press conference on his YouTube channel on the 31st of last month, “At first he said he was going to hold a press conference, so let's call it an honest disclosure of facts and reflection. It's not a legal issue, but anyway, if it was a young woman and whatever unethical part it was, I thought about honestly reflecting on it and taking responsibility, something like that,” he revealed.

　He added, “There is all kinds of evidence to refute the fact that they just came of age and had been dating for about a year. Of course, that's what happened. I can tell you that I met him personally and we did not have a relationship, but we did have a relationship after I became an adult,” he said. ”But I think that is very mature and sophomoric. I think it would have been better if she had been more honest. It would have been more honest to say, 'We shouldn't have done that, but we liked each other, even though we were very young. After all, looking at the various reports now, it could be questioned whether it is a grooming sex crime if they were not in a relationship, then. It's disappointing,” he criticized.

　He also commented on Kim Soo Hyun's tears as she read her position statement, saying, “I say that my failure to be honest is my duty as a star to the company employees and the people involved in the ‘Queen of Tears’ film,” adding, “I keep emphasizing my duty as a star (rather than to the deceased). As a result, it may be a rationalization for him. If he is right, if he had a serious relationship with a young woman just over 20 years old for a year, does he not have a duty to her? It's very calculating, isn't it?

　He also questioned the analysis of Kim Soo Hyun's KakaoTalk statement, which suggested that the late Kim Sae-ron was talking to different people. He said, “Someone exchanged a chat with Kim Sae-ron, but the two chat partners were different people,” and added, “(The private company) analyzed Cho Joo-Bin as an expert in his 40s with a lot of economic knowledge, but he was actually just under 20 years old. This is also different and is even ridiculed by the 'Garosero Institute. In my view, he deserved to be sniggered at. How poorly did you do what is called a statement analysis?"

　He continued, “Kim Soo Hyun said in his press conference that he entrusted this organization to analyze the two KakaoTalk statements, but it is not a public organization. Nor is it an agency like the National Forensic Science Institute. In fact, I don't trust the National Forensic Science Institute either, but the people on Kim Soo Hyun's side entrusted the content analysis of the two KakaoTalks to a private company's statement analysis center. Do you know what kind of agency it is?” he said. ”The short answer is that it's a money-making business. They pay for the request, analyze it, and receive the results, which is nothing. It's lousy, and it can produce the exact opposite analysis. We are talking about it so that people don't misunderstand it.”

　Meanwhile, Kim Soo Hyun's side filed a lawsuit against the family of the late Kim Sae-ron and the operator of the YouTube 'Garosero Institute, claiming damages worth 12 billion won. However, the lawsuit has not been able to put an end to the allegations, as additional photos have repeatedly surfaced regarding their relationship when the late Kim Sae-ron was a minor.