The father of the “math prodigy” who made headlines for what turned out to be a false report of dual acceptance and admission to Harvard College and Stanford University made a statement of apology Thursday.

Kim Jung-wook, father of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology senior Kim Jung-yoon, also known as Sara Kim, said in an email that he takes full responsibility for the incident, Yonhap reported.

“Going forward, my family will put everything toward getting treatment for our daughter and live quietly,” Kim wrote.

News stories about Kim Jung-yoon receiving offers from Harvard and Stanford to complete a special program in which she would attend both schools circulated in both South Korea and in the Korea Daily in Washington D.C., before they were debunked.

Kim Jung-wook had provided dozens of pages of proof in the form of acceptance letters from each university and correspondences between himself and alleged professors at each school.

Representatives from both universities denied the existence of any such program and Kim Jung-yoon’s admission into their institutions Tuesday.

Anna Cowenhoven, a Harvard Public Affairs and Communications official, told Yonhap “there is no program in existence through which a student is admitted to spend two years at Harvard College and two years at Stanford University. We have been made aware of an alleged admissions letter sent to Ms. Jung Yoon Kim by Harvard University. We can confirm that this letter is a forgery.”

Likewise, Stanford Senior Communications official Lisa Lapin confirmed Kim Jung-yoon’s acceptance letter as a false document.

Kim Jung-wook is an executive at Nexon Korea.

Below is the translation of his letter to the press: