SEOUL, April 1 -- South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun has publicly denied allegations made by the family of actress Kim Sae-ron, who died in February in an apparent suicide.

At a press conference in Seoul on Monday, he rejected claims that he had dated Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor or that his agency pressured her to repay a debt.

"I never dated her when she was a minor," he was quoted saying by the BBC.

"Except for the fact that both of us were actors, our relationship was just like that of any other ordinary couple."

The scandal erupted on 10 March after a YouTube channel claimed the two had been in a relationship for six years, starting when she was 15.

Kim Sae-ron's family later released alleged chat records from 2016, when she wa...