On March 25, The Fact reported that they had an exclusive meeting and interview with Kim Sae Ron’s ex-boyfriend (temporarily called K). According to the news site, K was someone Kim Sae Ron trusted very much and kept in touch with until her death.

In a conversation with The Fact, Mr. K revealed the reason why the actress born in 2000 took extreme actions towards herself. Kim Sae Ron’s ex-boyfriend affirmed that what he said in the interview was the truth, not fabricating or slandering anyone. He even wrote a handwritten letter, signed it, stamped his fingerprints, and recorded his ID number to ensure the credibility of his words. “Sae Ron has passed away, but I don’t want the cause of her death to be distorted,” said Mr. K.

According to Mr. K, Kim Sae Ron had a hard time because of both mental and physical abuse after marrying a man from New York. At the time when she was “losing hope of living”, the actress contacted him for help. According to Mr. K, after Kim Sae Ron’s husband found out that she was still in a relationship with her ex-lover, he confiscated her phone and verbally abused her with extremely harsh words.

Mr. K shared that before her death, Kim Sae Ron had fallen into a state of mental chaos and had repeatedly self-harmed. Although the actress’s life was extremely deadlocked and unstable, her family still did not care about her.

On November 1, 2024, Kim Sae Ron had to undergo emergency surgery after tearing her wrist ligaments due to self-inflicted injuries, but no one in her family showed up to take care of the actress even after they were informed. He asserted that when Kim Sae Ron was brought home from the hospital, her mother acted as if nothing had happened and calmly sat down to eat with acquaintances. Because of this indifferent attitude of her family and her pessimism about her situation, Sae Ron always wanted to run away somewhere far away.

To ensure the authenticity of the story and evidence, Mr. K personally wrote a confirmation paper with his name, ID number and fingerprints. He also recorded the details of the situation when Kim Sae Ron harmed herself and was treated at the emergency room of D Hospital in Gangnam, Seoul (South Korea). Mr. K said he also recorded this content as evidence.

In an interview with The Fact, Mr. K also publicly released a recording of Kim Sae Ron asking for help from acquaintances in an emergency situation, instead of contacting her family, to show her desperate situation: “The ligaments and tendons in my hand are all torn. The condition is quite serious so I need surgery, but my insurance doesn’t cover it, it costs about 5 million won (more than 87 million VND). Can you help me?”

Notably, Mr. K said that the pain that Kim Sae Ron had to endure had nothing to do with paying off the 700 million won (over 12 billion VND) debt and her love affair with Kim Soo Hyun . On the contrary, the actress’s departure was largely due to Kim Sae Ron’s parents’ indifference and lack of interest in their children.

“The fact that the family did not know that Kim Sae Ron was married is proof that they had little contact with her. No one paid attention to her for a decade, and then after her death, they mentioned that she had dated a famous actor many years ago. It could only be because they had other intentions. I have never met actor Kim Soo Hyun, but I feel very wronged for him. He had nothing to do with Kim Sae Ron’s death,” Mr. K accused Kim Sae Ron’s family of having bad intentions in publicizing their daughter’s relationship, and sided with Kim Soo Hyun.

Currently, the shares of Kim Sae Ron’s ex-boyfriend are causing a stir in public opinion. This is considered one of the unexpected developments that could change the situation of the lawsuit between Kim Sae Ron and Kim Soo Hyun’s families related to the death of the actress born in 2000. In response to the accusation of being abandoned and taking advantage of her daughter’s death for his own purposes by his daughter’s ex-boyfriend, the late actress’s parents have not yet responded.