'Kim Soo-hyun defamation allegations': Kim Se-won of Cross-Research arrested... "Concerns over evidence destruction and flight" [Comprehensive]

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Kim Se-won, CEO of Cross-Research, who is accused of spreading false information about actor Kim Soo-hyun, has been arrested.

Judge Bu Dong-sik, head of the warrant division at Seoul Central District Court, held a substantive review of the arrest warrant (pre-trial investigation) for Kim Se-won, who was indicted on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (recording and distribution using cameras, etc.), defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act, and attempted extortion and coercion. The judge issued the arrest warrant, stating, "There is a risk of evidence destruction and flight."

Kim Se-won, appearing at the substantive review of the arrest warrant on the day, claimed, "The arrest warrant is based on clear falsehoods," and asked, "The National Forensic Service stated it is impossible to determine whether the recorded transcript was fabricated using generative artificial intelligence (AI). Are you denying that?" However, he could not avoid arrest.

Even after the substantive review of the arrest warrant concluded, he stated, "I do not admit to any of the charges."

Kim Se-won is accused of spreading false claims that Kim Soo-hyun dated the late actor Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor, and that Kim Soo-hyun's side pressured her to repay debts, which allegedly caused her death directly. He is also accused of distributing recordings and other materials supporting these claims.

He is also facing charges of damaging Kim Soo-hyun's reputation by fabricating false information using AI to manipulate the voice of the late Kim Sae-ron. Law enforcement authorities believe that the KakaoTalk conversation contents Kim Se-won presented during a press conference around March last year, claiming that Kim Soo-hyun and the late Kim Sae-ron were in a relationship, were also fabricated.

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