Kim Se-eui, head of Garosero Research Institute, asked the court to reconsider the legality of his detention. Kim is under suspicion of spreading false information, including that the cause of the late actor Kim Sae-ron's death was pressure over actor Kim Soo-hyun's debt.

According to legal sources on the 1st, Kim's side filed for a detention legality review with the Seoul Central District Court on the 31st of last month, five days after he was detained on charges including defamation. The detention legality review hearing will be held around 2:10 p.m. on the 2nd.

Kim Se-eui, head of the Garosero Research Institute (Gaseyeon), answers questions from reporters as he appears for a pre-arrest warrant hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District on the morning of the 26th last month in connection with charges including violations of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes (filming and distribution using cameras, etc.) and defamation. /Courtesy of News1

A detention legality review is a procedure in which the court reassesses the legality and necessity of detention. It is intended to examine whether the detention is lawful or unlawful and whether continued detention is necessary.

After a petition for a legality review is filed, the court must question the suspect and examine evidence within 48 hours.

Kim is being investigated on suspicion of spreading false information that Kim Soo-hyun dated Kim Sae-ron when she was a minor and that the direct cause of her death was pressure from Kim Soo-hyun's side to repay borrowed money.

He is also accused of damaging Kim Soo-hyun's reputation by using artificial intelligence (AI) to manipulate Kim Sae-ron's voice and fabricating it to say, "I first had sexual intercourse with Kim Soo-hyun during winter break in the second year of middle school."

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