Legally, he did not commit any crimes. It was still legal for him to date this girl.Legally, Sae Ron owed him…
I think that's for the courts to decide. The family has been very consistent about what they both do and do not want.
They want: – KSH to admit the truth of the affair – KSH to apologize for initially denying, then continuing to lie about it – Lee Jin Ho to cease and desist further defamations of their daughter
They do not want: – A payoff – KSH to suffer harsh criticism
FYI, FWIW, The MDL article about KSH's so-called "press conference" has been pulled from the main feed. It's still available on the home page under "Recent."
Yeah. Please also inform all the media who have & continue to label this as a press conference. (Like yourself, Gold Medalist has referred to this as a 'statement'.)
His circus act can be boiled down to poor-me crocodile tears, blanket denials, and sheer intransigence:
"What I did, I did" "If I go back, I'll make that choice again." "But I will not do what I did not do."
The man wears his incorrigibility like it's a badge—or a tiara!
Legally, he did not commit any crimes. It was still legal for him to date this girl.Legally, Sae Ron owed him…
Legally he may have committed one or more crimes. There are other crimes vs. children on the books in SK besides the age of consent laws to which you refer, such as contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
What was the point of this public performance? No one forced him to do this. He won't answer questions. He is stressed. He is taking legal action. Dragging this out via criminal and civil complaints is just making things worse. This wasn’t damage control. This was self-sabotage.
This was his opportunity to set the record straight. What people want to know is whether he dated Kim Sae-ron when she was underage, and if not, why did he lie? If KSH dated KSR for only a year, four years before Queen of Tears aired, what about the previous evidence? He needed to address this.
He spent most of the time talking about how all this affects himself. If he feels wronged by the exposure of his private life, he should have addressed it from the beginning. That he waited weeks only to play the victim in front of a muted & compliant media (except for that one brave lady reporter at the end) doesn't do anything to help him. On the contrary, it only increases the perception that he is being evasive and entirely unwilling to follow his highly-paid damage control consultants' best advice.
He doubled-down on denying everything without explaining why, let alone giving any convincing arguments. Just saying, “Everything is a lie” is meaningless. Just talking about how he felt has no bearing on what the public wants and needs to hear.
Only thing that catch my attention is that kim saeron dating another guy after break up. Who this is another guy?.…
The thing that caught my attention is the slippery slope of admitting one lie after another only to hold a press conference while providing absolutely zero substance. Instead we got fluff and tears. No minds were changed.
Did it work? Is KSH exonerated? How many of his brand partners who cancelled his contracts have apologized so far? Are they returning his penalty fees? Has Prada released a public statement? When will the billboards go back up and marketing campaigns resume? What about Disney—is Knock Off still on the bubble?
They want:
– KSH to admit the truth of the affair
– KSH to apologize for initially denying, then continuing to lie about it
– Lee Jin Ho to cease and desist further defamations of their daughter
They do not want:
– A payoff
– KSH to suffer harsh criticism
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/kim-sae-rons-family-shock-asking-kim-soo-hyun-not-face-excessive-criticism/
His circus act can be boiled down to poor-me crocodile tears, blanket denials, and sheer intransigence:
"What I did, I did"
"If I go back, I'll make that choice again."
"But I will not do what I did not do."
The man wears his incorrigibility like it's a badge—or a tiara!
"What I did, I did."
"If I go back, I'll make that choice again."
"But I will not do what I did not do."
A: Stenographers
This was his opportunity to set the record straight. What people want to know is whether he dated Kim Sae-ron when she was underage, and if not, why did he lie? If KSH dated KSR for only a year, four years before Queen of Tears aired, what about the previous evidence? He needed to address this.
He spent most of the time talking about how all this affects himself. If he feels wronged by the exposure of his private life, he should have addressed it from the beginning. That he waited weeks only to play the victim in front of a muted & compliant media (except for that one brave lady reporter at the end) doesn't do anything to help him. On the contrary, it only increases the perception that he is being evasive and entirely unwilling to follow his highly-paid damage control consultants' best advice.
He doubled-down on denying everything without explaining why, let alone giving any convincing arguments. Just saying, “Everything is a lie” is meaningless. Just talking about how he felt has no bearing on what the public wants and needs to hear.
https://mydramalist.com/article/kim-soo-hyun-personally-denied-minor-dating-allegations-via-press-conference