[Sportschosun Kim Jun-seok] Actress Kim Bu-seon has spoken out after her home in Oksu-dong was seized in connection with a lawsuit seeking repayment of a 200 million won loan.
On the 18th, Kim Bu-seon said on her social media account, "The 200 million won is only the amount claimed by the plaintiff. It is not a finalized debt," stressing that the full amount now being reported has not been legally confirmed as her obligation.
She added, "I deposited the full amount of the 70 million won debt I acknowledged," and explained, "Whether the remaining disputed amount was a loan or financial support is the key issue in the current trial."
She also claimed that she had informed the bereaved family of the debt after the deceased passed away.
Kim Bu-seon said, "The deceased died in December 2025, and I only learned of the death in January 2026," adding, "I then contacted the family first and told them that I owed 70 million won to the deceased."
She continued, "I have never hidden the debt or refused to repay it," and requested that the media "prevent my reputation from being damaged by one-sided claims in the ongoing trial and stop inaccurate information from being amplified. Please report the facts in a balanced way."
Earlier, on the 17th, Sports Kyunghyang reported that the family of the late A had filed a lawsuit against Kim Bu-seon seeking repayment of a loan.
The family said that the principal amount A sent to Kim Bu-seon from 2013 to 2025 reached 199.74 million won, and that a significant portion of it was money that should be returned.
The first hearing in the case was held on the 14th. The central issue in the dispute is the nature of the money the deceased gave to Kim Bu-seon.
Kim Bu-seon's side acknowledges borrowing 80 million won from the deceased, but says 10 million won of that has already been repaid. It added that it has deposited the remaining 70 million won, which it recognizes as debt, in full.
On the other hand, it argues that the 3 million won sent each month by the deceased was not a loan but a gratuitous form of support, so there is no obligation to return it.
The family disputes that claim, saying it is hard to accept the argument that the money was given without any repayment agreement, given that Kim Bu-seon and the deceased were merely acquaintances, not lovers.
In the end, the court battle is expected to continue over whether the remaining amount, excluding the 70 million won Kim Bu-seon admits to, was a loan that must be repaid or support money given without compensation.
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