Audio recordings revealed by Garo Sero Institute show Kim Sae Ron admitting to having sex with Kim Soo Hyun when she was in 8th grade.

On May 7, 2025, Bu Ji Seok, the legal representative of the bereaved family of the late Kim Sae Ron, and Kim Se Ui of Garo Sero Institute held a press conference in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. There, they shared an audio recording of Kim Sae Ron speaking to an acquaintance about her relationship with Kim Soo Hyun.

During the recording from January 10, 2025, Kim Sae Ron first re-confirmed that she dated Kim Soo Hyun from middle school until she entered University. Later, the acquaintance can be heard asking Kim Sae Ron if she was an adult when she first had sex with him.

Acquaintance A: Did you have sex with him after you reached adulthood?

Kim Sae Ron confirmed they had sex for the first time when she was in her second year of middle school (8th grade).

Kim Sae Ron: The first time we did it was when I was in 8th grade, during the winter vacation.

Acquaintance A: Wow, 8th grade?

Kim Sae Ron: Even then… F***, thinking about it now, should I say that I was being taken advantage of?

Acquaintance A: F***, of course you were being taken advantage of.

Acquaintance A: I’m seriously going to kill him, that f***er.

Kim Sae Ron: There aren’t many people that know that we dated when I was in middle school, but they all had the same reaction. They saw me as the crazy one, asked why I was letting him get away with it.