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Yeah, that's a bit awkward. I'd prefer something more like, he still feels bad about what happened to FL but is also really afraid about his ex finding out about her (and whatever he did to her) because he still loves his ex.

So he wants to help FL, and wants to rekindle with his ex. And ML is just in the way. He's too close to his ex, he's too close to FL, and the ML is too much the hero at the office. The 2ML is definitely on edge and without his wife's support in the company his situation is precarious!

KSR joined the company in 2020 as a founding member after she was lured away from her previous agency by KSH. He wanted to keep her where he could control her while also keeping others away from her. As groomers are wont to do.

Oomph! So many of us really don't want to hear this, let alone admit it (🙋🏻) but you are entirely—of course—correct. 😬

You got that right. The criminal complaints (lawsuits) filed today are very narrow and revolve around his nude-ass photo which aired on the livestream. One names Garosero as a defendant for displaying the photo on his livestream. The other is against KSR's "auntie", who they allege provided the photo to the online news blogger.

Defendants have a right to discovery—they can subpoena any work products from Gold Medalist—but only as far as it relates to the charges levied in the complaint. So—for example—the auntie's lawyers could subpoena all communications, records and internal documents related to how GM figured out it was she who provided the photo to Garosero. And GM would be legally obliged to comply.

If GM sued for libel, the defendants would be able to search for anything related to KSH being a pedophile, which could stir up any number of skeletons in KSH's secret closet. There is no way they would ever allow that because it would be worse than even apologizing and admitting KSH dated KSR when she was a minor! It would be worse than not suing at all.

What KSH should have originally done—and he still should—is precisely what the family has been asking all along: admit the truth of the relationship (it's all coming out anyway) and apologize.

Their choices have been stupid and reek of panic & desperation. I suspect the consultants, lawyers and fixers have been recommending capitulation all along (because they're not stupid), but KSH, his brother, and the other decision-makers have refused to go along (they are dumb because they have been in a panic mode all week.)

Consultants, lawyers & fixers can only give advice to their clients. They can't tell their clients what to do. Then they have to do as the client says, or quit. These advisors are assuredly smart. Their clients are presumably dumb. Gold Medalist and Kim Soo Hyun are making poor choices because this is a narcissists' worst nightmare and they have been in panic mode for a week. All of their actions reek of desperation!

Homo & pedo are not the same thing.

Instead of homophobe, call @Xiaoshengxin a pedophobe

I try to not be too hard on them. There is a common human psychological reaction at play here. We've all been through it at one or more times in our lives.

Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. People tend to seek consistency in their attitudes and perceptions, so this conflict causes unpleasant feelings of unease or discomfort.

Most of us started out (before learning of any of these allegations) by giving him the benefit of the doubt. As the facts have continued to stack against him, people are altering their opinions. Most will come around, eventually.

How humiliating!

At least that's preferable to him having a micropenis. But I think the two conditions might be related. 🤣

Knock Off has been put on hold. The airing date and the poster have both been removed from the dramas' MDL page.

This has been very helpful, thank you. I appreciate all the additions and improvements.

Coda: While Kim Sae Ron did share the existence of the first certified letter with her family, they only discovered the existence of the second certified letter while removing her belongings after her death.

GoldMedalist did file two criminal complaints (aka lawsuits)—about a dozen hours ago as of this writing, and after you posted your question—against two other parties: Kim Sae Eui, the operator of the YouTube channel Garo Sero Research Institute and the woman Sae Ron referred to as her aunt.

The complaint against Kim Sae Eui regards the dissemination of an uncensored salacious photograph on GaroSero's live YouTube stream yesterday, which violates SK laws. And the complaint against KSR's auntie names her as an accomplice. Gold Medalist is alleging that she provided that photo to the online news blogger.

The nature of the photo consists of KSH washing dishes in KSR's apartment. His back is to the camera. He is not wearing any pants and his buttocks are visible. The complaint cites the violation of posting a photo of a sexual nature without permission. It also cites emotional damage to KSH related to both embarrassment and to his being sexually objectified.

By filing this criminal complaint, Gold Medalist has retracted their previous denials that KSH had ever visited KSR's apartment and that KSH & KSR had ever dated. This renders seven of their previous public statements false and fraudulent.

The complaint also requests that the two named plaintiffs cease and desist from posting any FALSE claims and media online. This does not, however, request Garosero refrain from broadcasting any TRUE claims and media (and nor could it.)

Gold Medalist has never sued Kim Sae Ron. They did threaten her with a lawsuit a year ago, but it was never filed and was promptly retracted. But the reversal was done in such a way that KSR was confused, left feeling threatened by the looming debt, and unable to solicit clarification directly.

On March 15 and 25th of last year, Gold Medalist sent Kim Sae Ron two certified letters, the first of which did threaten a lawsuit against her regarding debts resulting from penalties paid over cancelled modeling contracts resulting from her DUI accident a couple years prior. And it also mentioned possible penalties levied by the Queen of Tears production (then airing and streaming) regarding a brief upload of a KSH+KSR couple's photo during the airing of KSH's K-drama. The second letter sought to clarify that she was not actually liable for the debt and that there would liekwise be no penalties levied against her related to the QOT production. The 2nd certified letter also explained that the reason for the first letter was a formality resulting from legal requirements and tax reasons, and that there was never any intent or expectation for her to assume the debt. Gold Medalist subsequently paid off the debt in its entirety on April 02.

What GoldMedalist also did do—last March, after the first certified letter was sent to Saeron, was ghost her each & every attempt to contact anyone and everyone she knew at the studio while desperately seeking clarification to her responsibilities.

What KSH did do immediately after that—after KSR finally managed to get through to him directly by using her cousin's phone and express a cry for help—was to hang up and then give that telephone number to entertainment media reporters, who proceeded to hound Saeron mercilessly. All of this became public knowledge yesterday.

And to editorialize this in my own way, Gold Medalist and KSH were and are trying to have it both ways: They sent the certified letters to threaten her and they didn't actually want her to understand that it was all a bluff. (The second letter was to cover their ass because legally the could not actually sue her to recover the debt (and to retract the threat of impending penalties from QOT.) What they really wanted was to strike fear into her from ever uploading any damning media ever again.

The cast will still get their base pay, but will lose out on future residual pay, exposure, potential awards and/or future projects resulting from their performances, etc. And they will have wasted their time, instead of something productive. And this also goes for the sequel season, which was already in production. For S2 they will likely only receive the base pay for however many episodes have already been filmed, which aren't many. (Disney may do right by these people in some regards by providing additional compensation and/or opportunities.)

The family claims it was 2015-early 2022, The diary is hard evidence and will resolve this one way or the other.

Anticipating your next reply, it is extremely uncommon in court cases for a diary to be determined to be fraudulent. It has happened, but rarely. The prevailing view is that a personal record of one's activities, thoughts & feelings is unimpeachable. And again, whether her diary actually records this timeframe or not remains to be seen. All we have to go by now is the statement from the family.

IRL Makjang! Ding! Ding! Ding!

GM insists they communicated to her that the debt was forgiven and the threatening letters were "only a formality." The letters were sent March 15 2024 & March 25 2024. GM officially paid off the debt on April 02, 2024.

But it seems to me that they want to have it both ways. They wanted to put the fear into her and didn't wan't her to know she was in the clear. I believe that is why they ghosted her last March while she was desperately calling everyone at the Studio, asking for clarification.

And when she did manage to get through to KSH via her cousin's phone, begging him for help, the disgraced actor denied her and instead gave the number out to media "journalists" (hyenas), who then proceeded to harass her repeatedly.

After reversing their denial and admitting that the bare-buttocks dishwasher in the photo is indeed KSH, Gold Medalist warned of further legal action, stating, "If the late Kim Sae Ron’s family and Garosero Research Institute continue to spread false information, we will be left with no choice but to take comprehensive legal action to protect the honor and reputation of our actor and the agency."

But GM didn't say anything about the family and Garosero spreading TRUE information! 🧐

👏🏼👏🏼

Fair enough. Thank you for your reply.