[Breaking News] 'Kim Soo-hyun defamation arrest' Kim Se-se, first court hearing set for July 24

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The operator of the channel of Garoseoro Research Institute (hereinafter Garoseoro), Kim Se-ui (CEO), has been arrested and will appear in court on July 24.

The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Division 14 will hold the first trial for Kim Se-ui (CEO) on July 24 on charges including violation of the Information and Communications Network Act (defamation).

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Women and Children Crime Investigation Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Park Ji-na), arrested and indicted Kim Se-ui (CEO) on the 24th on charges including violation of the Information and Communications Network Act (defamation), violation of the Special Act on Punishment of Sexual Violence (distribution of recordings using cameras, etc.), and violation of the Stalking Punishment Act.

The Prosecutors' Office cooperated with the police from the arrest warrant application stage to ensure Kim Se-se was arrested and transferred. After completing supplementary investigations, including victim interviews and expert analysis of audio files by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Forensic Department, it was confirmed that Kim Se-se arbitrarily edited and distorted materials, and indiscriminately used false data without even minimal fact-checking, spreading false information about the victim's private life.

Kim Se-se is accused of spreading false information through YouTube live broadcasts and press conferences from March to May last year, claiming that Kim Sae-ron had been in a relationship with the adult Kim Soo-hyun for about six years since she was 15 years old, and that the direct cause of the deceased's death was pressure from Kim Soo-hyun to repay debts.

Kim Se-se is also accused of fabricating false information by manipulating Kim Sae-ron's voice using generative artificial intelligence (AI), thereby damaging Kim Soo-hyun's reputation.

The court conducted a pre-trial detention hearing (substantive review of the arrest warrant) for Kim Se-se on May 26 and issued an arrest warrant citing concerns of evidence destruction and flight.

The police stated in the arrest warrant application that "the suspect knew well that there was no fact that Kim Soo-hyun had a relationship with the deceased since she was a minor and that the cause of the deceased's death was not attributable to Kim Soo-hyun, yet distributed false facts for the purpose of defamation."

It further stated, "On May 7 last year, during a press conference, the suspect played an audio file of the deceased'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-se filed a petition for review of the arrest, but the court rejected the petition, stating "there is no reason for the request."

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