Skyrim Username Mistake Lands Man in Prison for Over a Year

Brandon Klayme spent 18 months in prison after being arrested in 2020 on child pornography charges and sentenced in 2023. A court in Nova Scotia, Canada, declared him innocent in late July 2024. The wrongful conviction stemmed from a single underscore in a reference to The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, which led to mistaken identity.