Kim Soo-Hyun's Agency Says 'Truth Proven' Through Arrest of YouTuber Charged with Defamation
Police say AI-generated audio and false YouTube claims led to defamation and coercion charges against the channel operator.
- On Tuesday, the Seoul Central District Court approved an arrest warrant for YouTuber Kim Se-ui, operator of Hover Lab, over allegations he used artificial intelligence to fabricate audio recordings defaming actor Kim Soo-hyun.
- Kim Se-ui rose to prominence last year by claiming Kim Soo-hyun dated the late actress Kim Sae-ron while she was a minor and that his pressure to repay a debt contributed to her suicide at 24.
- Police reportedly concluded the audio files presented by The YouTuber were AI-generated, while Judge Boo Dong-sik cited concerns about flight risk and potential destruction of evidence in granting the warrant.
- Following the arrest, Actor Kim Soo-hyun's agency, Gold Medalist, stated Wednesday that "truth has been proven," noting they had filed defamation complaints against the channel and the late actress's family last year.
- Kim Soo-hyun has spent the past year attempting to clear his name following a tearful press conference in Seoul on March 31, 2025, where he vowed to prove the truth.
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He's suspected of falsifying a recording to suggest that Kim Soo-hyun had an affair with a colleague who died of suicide.
A year after actor Kim Soo-hyun broke down in tears at a high-profile press conference over claims involving late actress Kim Sae-ron, the controversy has entered yet another dramatic phase. Kim Se-ui, head of controversial YouTube channel HoverLab, also known as Garo Sero Institute, was taken into custody this week as police reportedly concluded that audio files previously presented as evidence against Kim Soo-hyun were generated using artifici…
Kim Se-ui, CEO of Garo Sero Institute, Arrested... Charged with Defamation of Actor Kim Soo-hyun. Kim Se-ui (50), CEO of Garo Sero Institute, who claimed that the late Kim Sae-ron dated actor Kim Soo-hyun (38) when she was a minor, was arrested on the 26th. On this day, Judge Bu Dong-sik, the presiding judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Central District Court, [issued] charges of violating the Act on Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes an…
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