Several Female Idols Reported Victims in "Nth Room" Due to Deepfake Pornography
Sources say that in the "Nth Room" controversy, several female celebrities have been victimized.
"One Night of TV Entertainment" took on the scandal wherein they disclosed that there were several victims that involved female idols whose pictures were used to create deep pornography, or where machine learning technologies are used to manipulate graphics and replace the image of an adult female actress in the video with the face of a female celebrity.
Correspondent Hwang Duk Hyun revealed to the audience the number of female idol victims is very high, saying, "These are clips and photos made professionally such that the content will damage their career. The labels of the celebrities involved are now informed about the circumstance. They are also very surprised and awaiting the investigation to continue seeing if this issue can be solved."
It was previously reported that Cho Joo Bin, the main perpetrator of the "Nth Room" controversy, claimed that some of his sex-slaves are famous female celebrities in South Korea.
Cho Joo Bin talked to a number of 10 celebrities in the chat logs, recorded from December of 2018 until January this year.
Police previously reported that at least 74 young girls in their teens and 20s were forced by Cho Joo Bin to film pornographic films and used illicit images of idols in the Telegram application to lure consumers to pay for membership.
Cho Joo Bin, who divided the Telegram chat rooms into three separate groups, also continuously offered users a chance to pay 1.5 million won ($1200 USD) to access the higher-ranking rooms where they could watch celebrity videos.
Whenever some viewers questioned if there were actually videos of personalities, Cho Joo Bin regained their trust by disclosing the residence number, address, and other personal details of the celebrities.
Cho Joo Bin, according to a chat log collected by Seoul Shinmun, held Q&A discussions based on the female celebrity "slave."
In the chat, he said that there was a famous "slave" who just couldn't defy him and that if they paid the membership for the chat room, they would post a video of a young star in their teens. He said something about a number of 10 stars in the chat logs.
The suspect also said he had "trained" a teen singer properly, bringing a client to a private room to give them a teaser of seven seconds. In addition, he reported having previously begun videos of another female idol.
Cho Joo Bin used videos of popular celebrities and stars to lure in clients expecting they would see a celebrity in their teens and 20s, according to a source who had once engaged in the "Nth Room. As to whether or not the statements of the perpetrator are credible, police have stated they will have to carry out further investigations.
The well-known celebrities 'organizations reported in the chat logs emphasized that they know nothing of this incident.
