Sex-video case plea planned

A former southern Kentucky college student plans to plead guilty to charges that he tried to coerce a young woman into making a sexually graphic video for him.

Sungkook Kim's attorney has filed a motion asking that Kim be allowed to plead guilty to charges of extortion, illegally accessing computers and using someone else's identification.

However, Kim plans to fight a charge that he possessed child pornography, his attorney, Paul K. Croley II, said in the motion.

The child-porn charge carries a higher potential sentence than the other charges.

Kim, 23, was a student at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg when he allegedly used an electronic device to steal other people's log-in and password information from computers at the school.

Kim told authorities that he looked on a computer that someone had left on in the science lab, found a video clip of a female student having sex with her boyfriend, and saved it to a thumb drive.

Kim allegedly told the woman that if she didn't send him a video of herself masturbating, he would send embarrassing images to her friends and professors.

The woman reported the threat to police, who found child pornography on Kim's computer during a search, according to court documents.

Kim denied possessing child porn, however.

Police arrested Kim in November. The university expelled him and he is being held without bond.

This story was originally published March 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM with the headline "Sex-video case plea planned."