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Kim Seui, the head of the YouTube channel "Garo Sero Institute," who was arrested on charges of spreading false information about actor Kim Soo-hyun and manipulating voices using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, has filed a request with the court for a review of the legality of his arrest.
According to the legal community on June 1, Kim's side, who was detained on charges including defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act, submitted a request for detention legality review to the Seoul Central District Court on May 31. The court has scheduled the review hearing for June 2 at approximately 2:10 p.m. The detention legality review is a procedure in which the court reassesses the legitimacy and necessity of a suspect's pretrial detention to determine whether to release them.
Kim is accused of spreading false claims through YouTube broadcasts and other channels, such as alleging that actor Kim Soo-hyun had dated the late Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor, and that Kim Sae-ron's death was caused by excessive debt repayment pressure from Kim Soo-hyun's side. He is also charged with seriously defaming Kim Soo-hyun by using AI technology to meticulously manipulate Kim Sae-ron's voice and creating and distributing a fake audio recording implying there had been an inappropriate sexual relationship between her and Kim Soo-hyun.
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The Gangnam Police Station in Seoul, which investigated the case for over a year, concluded that Kim committed these acts despite knowing the information was false, in order to attract public attention for personal gain. As a result, the police applied a wide range of charges, including violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, defamation, intimidation, and attempted coercion, and requested an arrest warrant. The court issued the warrant on May 26, citing concerns about evidence destruction and flight risk.
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