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Brazilian court convicts man who admitted using AI to make a fake nude image of a co-worker from her Instagram photos and sharing it at work

A first-instance criminal court in São Paulo state convicted a man who worked at a health facility of distributing a nude image without consent (article 218-C of the Penal Code), according to a report by Diário de Justiça of the sentence released on 31 July 2026. The sentence records that a woman who worked at the same facility learned on 30 May 2025, in a call from the head nurse, that an intimate image attributed to her was circulating among staff, and recognised it as an AI montage made from clothed photos she had posted on Instagram; the defendant followed her account. In his testimony he admitted using artificial intelligence to produce a nude image of her, saying he meant to defend her against a remark about her, and denied sharing it with anyone but the head nurse, who confirmed receiving it from him. The judge held that article 218-C also covers artificially produced nudity and found that two people received the material. The court took into account her reported anxiety crises, psychological treatment and a workplace that had become hostile. The sentence of one year, one month and ten days was set in the open regime and replaced by community service and a payment of one minimum wage; no minimum compensation was fixed because she had filed a separate civil claim. Any appeal is not reported.

AI system
Unidentified image tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
3 August 2026
Event location
Brazil
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or AbusePsychological Distress
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Work · Privacy · Justice
Evidence
AI involvement supported · Causal attribution established · 1 source
6 claims: 6 reported. 3 open questions
People reported harmed
1 person

AI system as recorded: An artificial intelligence tool, not named, that the defendant used to turn the woman's clothed Instagram photos into a nude image

Reported harm

The court found that a fake nude image of the woman, made with AI from her Instagram photos, was sent to two people at her workplace; the sentence records her anxiety crises, psychological treatment and a workplace that became hostile.

Outcome

Resolved

First-instance conviction under article 218-C: one year, one month and ten days in the open regime, replaced by community service and a payment of one minimum wage; the court reduced the penalty for his confession. She has a separate civil damages claim. No appeal is reported.

What remains unknown

  • When the image was made and first shared; the earliest dated fact is her 30 May 2025 call from the head nurse.
  • Which AI tool was used.
  • Whether either party appealed, and the outcome of her civil claim.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: supported. The sentence, as reported, finds that the defendant used an AI tool to fabricate a nude image of the woman from clothed photos she had posted on Instagram and sent it to colleagues; he admitted in testimony using artificial intelligence to produce the image, and the report says he also acknowledged the alteration in her civil case. The tool is not named and the sentence itself was not read.

6 claims: 6 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported A first-instance court convicted a man of distributing a nude image without consent after he used AI to create fake nude images of a woman who worked at the same health facility, from photos she had posted on Instagram, and spread them in her workplace.

Causal attribution. The sentence's finding as the report summarises it.

  • diariodejustica.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'Um homem foi condenado pela Justiça após usar inteligência artificial para criar imagens falsas de nudez de uma médica a partir de fotografias dela publicadas no Instagram e divulgar o material no ambiente de trabalho da vítima'; 'O réu foi condenado pelo crime previsto no artigo 218-C do Código Penal'
Reported She testified that on 30 May 2025 the head nurse called her about the circulation of an intimate image attributed to her.

Causal attribution. Her testimony as recorded in the sentence.

Reported The defendant admitted in testimony using artificial intelligence to produce a nude image of her, said he meant to defend her against a remark, and denied sharing it with others.

Causal attribution. His own account as recorded in the sentence; the court rejected the justification.

  • diariodejustica.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'admitiu ter utilizado inteligência artificial para produzir uma imagem da médica em situação de nudez'; 'com a intenção de “defendê-la” de um comentário'; 'Ele negou, porém, ter compartilhado o material com outras pessoas.'
Reported The judge held that using AI to fabricate the images did not prevent the offence of distributing a nude scene without consent, and found that two people received the material.

Causal attribution. The court's legal holding and finding as reported.

  • diariodejustica.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'O juiz, porém, entendeu que a utilização de inteligência artificial para fabricar as imagens não afastava a configuração do delito de divulgação de cena de nudez sem consentimento.'; 'O juiz reconheceu que duas pessoas receberam o material'
Reported The sentence records that she suffered anxiety crises and psychological distress, sought psychological support and found her workplace hostile.

Causal attribution. Consequences she reported, which the court weighed in sentencing.

  • diariodejustica.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'passou a sofrer crises de ansiedade e abalo psicológico, buscou acompanhamento psicológico e relatou que o ambiente profissional se tornou hostil e emocionalmente insustentável'
Reported The penalty was reduced for his confession to one year, one month and ten days, and no minimum compensation was fixed because she had brought a separate civil damages claim.

Causal attribution. The sentence as reported.

  • diariodejustica.com.br(opens in new tab) supports · Portuguese
    'reduziu a pena para 1 ano, 1 mês e 10 dias de reclusão'; 'já havia ajuizado uma ação cível autônoma de reparação de danos contra o réu'

Sources

1 source inspected. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read in Portuguese on 2026-11-01; translation by the research agent, an AI. Legal-news report dated 3 August 2026 summarising and quoting the first-instance sentence released on 31 July 2026; the sentence itself was not read. Applies to s1.

Event countries: Brazil. Affected-person countries: Unknown. Court countries: Brazil.

The image circulated at a health facility in São Paulo state, Brazil, and a criminal court there passed sentence. The woman's residence and nationality are not stated.

Reviewed for publication 2026-11-01: Published on a first-instance criminal sentence as reported by a legal-news site: the defendant admitted using AI to make a nude image of a co-worker from her Instagram photos, the court found it reached two colleagues, held that the offence covers artificially produced nudity and recorded her psychological harm.

People described

A woman who worked at the same health facility as the defendant

People reported harmed in this case

1 person

0 AI participants · 1 other person harmed

One person: the woman depicted in the AI nude image. The two colleagues who received it are not counted as harmed.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#ai-nude-image#workplace#criminal-conviction#article-218-c#defendant-admitted-ai-use

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APA

NOPE. (2026). Brazilian court convicts man who admitted using AI to make a fake nude image of a co-worker from her Instagram photos and sharing it at work. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2025-sao-paulo-state-court-convicts-man-who-admitted-making-ai-fake-nude-image-of-co-worker-and-sharing-it-at-work

BibTeX

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  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2025-sao-paulo-state-court-convicts-man-who-admitted-making-ai-fake-nude-image-of-co-worker-and-sharing-it-at-work}
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