YouTuber Lee Jin Ho has made shocking claims that late actress Kim Sae Ron was secretly married and pregnant, and had an abortion. The claims come from leaked audio recordings allegedly of Kim Sae Ron discussing her relationship with a staff member. The alleged marriage and pregnancy occurred after her breakup with actor Kim Soo Hyun.

YouTuber Lee Jin Ho has sparked outrage with his latest video, claiming late actress Kim Sae Ron was secretly married and pregnant with her boyfriend, who is not actor Kim Soo Hyun. The video features leaked audio recordings allegedly of Kim Sae Ron admitting to the marriage and pregnancy, followed by an abortion. His claims come just a day after the late actress’ family sued him for defamation.

In January 2025, Kim Sae Ron posted photos with a mystery man, captioned “Marry,” but quickly deleted them. Her team later dismissed the photos as being from a wedding-themed photoshoot.On March 19th, YouTuber Lee Jin Ho released a video claiming late actress Kim Sae Ron was secretly married to the mystery man with whom she had shared the ‘wedding-themed’ photo on her Instagram. He also claimed she got pregnant before her passing. The video allegedly includes voice recordings of Kim Sae Ron discussing her relationship with a staff member.

Kim Sae Ron claimed boyfriend shared the ‘marry’ post on Instagram

According to the recordings, Kim Sae Ron confirmed that it was her boyfriend who had shared the couple photos on Instagram. She also shared that her boyfriend was controlling, revealing that he had access to her social media accounts and would get aggressive when drunk.

When asked in the transcript how she met her boyfriend, she said, “He is just a civilian working for a conglomerate in New York. We met through an acquaintance, but that was a bit ago. He’s usually fine but sometimes feels anxious. I have now deleted my KakaoTalk account. My boyfriend manages my KakaoTalk and Instagram accounts. I can’t do anything and can only communicate a little via Telegram and text, but he keeps saying, ‘I don’t understand why you’re hiding that you got married,’ and ‘I wish you had revealed it,’ and we’ve argued a lot about it.”

Actress confirmed marriage to her boyfriend

Additionally, Kim Sae Ron revealed that she was threatened into marrying her boyfriend and acknowledged that she couldn’t back out of the marriage.”While I was dating my current boyfriend, I happened to meet up with my ex while I was in Korea. There are problems to do with the company and B, so he said that he would just help me out with the issues even though we were broken up. So when we met up then, we were already broken up. I told everything to my ex and that I had a boyfriend, and we said goodbye like that. I was also not going to marry my current boyfriend and was actually about to break up with him. But then, I suddenly got pregnant,” the actress told the staff.

Kim Sae Ron revealed getting an abortion

When the staff asked if she was still pregnant, the actress revealed she had an abortion, which led to her marrying her boyfriend.

Notably, this alleged marriage and pregnancy occurred after her breakup with actor Kim Soo Hyun.

YouTuber Lee Jin Ho claims Kim Sae Ron attempted suicide multiple times

He said, “Currently, the family is raising serious concerns about Kim Soo Hyun, who was her boyfriend four years ago. However, the late Kim Sae Ron was actually married to another man and was living as a newlywed. The family has been sending information from her phone to Gaseyeon for further disclosure, which indicates they were aware of her marriage.”

The Youtuber added, “Kim Sae Ron attempted to end her life multiple times last year. As a result, she was rushed to the emergency room for urgent surgery, which cost more than 20 million won. Yet, none of her family members contributed to her hospital bills.”

Kim Sae Ron’s family has claimed she dated Kim Soo Hyun from 2015-2021, while she was a minor, and was pressured to repay a 700 million won debt after a drunk driving accident. Kim Soo Hyun’s team has denied the allegations, stating he didn’t date her as a minor and didn’t demand debt repayment. They offered to meet with Sae Ron’s mother to provide explanations.