[Breaking News] "Kim Soo-hyun, No Connection to Late Kim Sae-ron's Death" Kim Se-e, Finally Indicted and Detained

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Kim Se-e, the operator of the 'Horizontal and Vertical Research Institute' (hereinafter 'Haese-yeon') channel, has been transferred to court while in detention. He faces allegations of spreading false facts, including claims that the late actor Kim Sae-ron had a romantic relationship with adult actor Kim Soo-hyun starting from her minor years.

According to NEWS1 on the 23rd, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, 2nd Division for Investigation of Women and Children Crimes (Chief Prosecutor Park Ji-na), indicted YouTuber Kim Se-e on charges of violating the Information and Communication Network Act (defamation), the Special Act on Punishment of Sexual Crimes (distribution of materials filmed using cameras, etc.), and the Stalking Punishment Act.

The Prosecution Service cooperated with the police from the arrest warrant application stage to ensure Kim Se-e was detained and transferred. Following investigations of the victim and supplementary investigations, including audio file analysis by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Forensic Department, it was confirmed that Kim Se-e arbitrarily edited and distorted data, and indiscriminately used false data without even minimal fact-checking to spread false information regarding the victim's private life.

Kim Se-e faces allegations of spreading false claims through YouTube live broadcasts and press conferences from March to May last year, stating that Kim Sae-ron had a romantic relationship with adult Kim Soo-hyun for approximately six years starting from when she was a minor at age 15, and that the direct cause of the late actor's death was pressure from Kim Soo-hyun to repay debts.

Furthermore, Kim Se-e is also accused of damaging Kim Soo-hyun's reputation by fabricating false facts using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate Kim Sae-ron's voice.

The court issued an arrest warrant last month on the 26th after conducting a pre-trial investigation (substantive review of the arrest warrant) for Kim Se-e, citing concerns of evidence destruction and flight.

The police stated in the arrest warrant application that "the suspect well knew that there was no fact that Kim Soo-hyun had a relationship with the victim from her minor years and that the cause of the victim's death did not lie with Kim Soo-hyun, yet distributed false facts for the purpose of defamation."

It also stated, "On May 7 last year, during a press conference, the suspect played an audio file of the late actor's voice manipulated by AI and falsely claimed that 'the deceased had a relationship with the complainant since middle school and had sexual relations for the first time during the winter break of the second year of middle school.'"

Subsequently, Kim Se-e filed a petition for review of the detention, but the court rejected the decision, stating there was "no reason for the petition."

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