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The complaint says he consulted ChatGPT 'when he returned home' after a sermon at an unnamed church, that he most recently served as the pastor of a church in North Carolina, and that on 13 July 2025 he called 911 and was taken to 'the nearest hospital', which it does not name. No inspected source places the conversations, the church service or the hospital admission, and residence at filing is not used as the event location. 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The complaint gives Florida residence at filing and a most recent pastorate in North Carolina, but no source places the ChatGPT conversations, the June 2025 church service or the 13 July 2025 hospital admission.","Row-correction lead for a full review: the stored filing date is 22 July 2026. Bloomberg Law ('Tuesday') and the ABA Journal ('July 21') give 21 July, CBS ('Wednesday') gives 22 July, and the complaint text read does not show a file stamp."],"reviewed_on":"2026-10-06","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/winters-v-open-ai-complaint.pdf","notes":"Cited primary source. Complaint PDF fetched live on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200, application/pdf, 5.6 MB) and read through pdftotext. Paragraph 1 gives Florida residence. Paragraph 14 says he most recently served as the pastor of a church in North Carolina. Paragraphs 39 to 41 and 62 name no place for the sermon, his home or the hospital.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/pastor-sues-openai-after-chatgpt-dissuaded-seeking-medical-care","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200, html lang en) up to the subscriber wall ('Log In to keep reading'). Dated 22 July 2026. It says the complaint was filed 'Tuesday', which is 21 July.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chatgpt-dangerous-medical-advice-openai-lawsuit/","notes":"Live page returned HTTP 406 twice on 2026-10-06. Read from an Internet Archive web/2026id_ capture (gzip, decompressed; html lang en-US), updated 23 July 2026. It says he sued 'on Wednesday', which is 22 July.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/pastor-sues-openai-over-bad-medical-advice-from-chatgpt-that-nearly-killed-him","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200, html lang en). Dated 23 July 2026. It calls the filing 'the July 21 lawsuit'.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-chatgpt-medical-advice-lawsuit-winters-pulmonary-embolism","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-06 (HTTP 200, html lang en). Dated 23 July 2026.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://techjusticelaw.org/press-releases/pastor-sues-after-openai-ai-chatgpt-allegedly-discouraged-him-from-seeking-medical-care-during-life-threatening-blood-clots/","notes":"Plaintiff counsel's press release. Live page returned HTTP 429 on 2026-10-06. Read from an Internet Archive web/2026id_ capture (gzip, decompressed; html lang en-US). Datelined San Francisco, which is the court's seat and not used as an event location.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"Winters v. 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The complaint states that Nina is 'a New York resident' (para. 12) and that the defendants 'understood that Nina was a minor child residing in the State of New York' while marketing to her; its narrative places the December 2024 overdose at the family home after Nina was sent home from school, followed by a drive to a children's hospital. Those allegations support event_countries=US; the school and hospital are not named, and the statements are the plaintiff's allegations rather than findings. The complaint's New York residence statements and CNN's description of the family as 'from New York' support affected_person_countries=US. The complaint header, the docket and the Dkt. 18 letter identify the Northern District of New York, and CNN and Reuters place the suit in New York, supporting court_countries=US. 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(para. 123) and 'P.J. drove her to the Children’s Hospital and within the hour, Nina could no longer' (para. 130)","location":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nynd.150022/gov.uscourts.nynd.150022.1.0_1.pdf","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT' / 'NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK' / 'ALBANY DIVISION' (caption, page 1)","location":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nynd.150022/gov.uscourts.nynd.150022.1.0_1.pdf","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'District Court, N.D. 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English. Complaint in P.J. v. Character Technologies, N.D.N.Y. 1:25-cv-01295, filed 16 Sep 2025. Gives the New York residence as of filing and during the use period, and the home/school/children's-hospital narrative of 9-10 December 2024; the school and hospital are not named.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71359395/pj-v-character-technologies-inc/","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200; html lang=en). English. Docket page identifies 'District Court, N.D. New York'. It now shows the text of the 14 Apr 2026 and 14 Jul 2026 orders (stay continued 120 days each time while settlement is finalized; status report due by 14 Oct 2026 if the case is not closed), which the row's outcome_details describes as listed by title only; row-update lead, not metadata.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nynd.150022/gov.uscourts.nynd.150022.18.0.pdf","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200; RECAP PDF, one page). English. Letter from Capezza Hill LLP to Magistrate Judge Evangelista (Northern District of New York, Albany) advising a settlement in principle and requesting a 90-day stay; the letter is dated 'January 6, 2025' but is stamped filed 01/06/26.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/tech/character-ai-developer-lawsuit-teens-suicide-and-suicide-attempt","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200; html lang=en; JSON-LD articleBody). English. Describes the family as 'from New York' and says the lawsuits were filed in Colorado and New York; gives no place for the events.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://socialmediavictims.org/character-ai-lawsuits/","notes":"Live fetch on 2026-09-30 returned HTTP 403. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 30 Dec 2025 (web.archive.org/web/20251230221843id_/...; html lang=en-US, 'Content last updated on: December 8, 2025'). English. The captured page describes the Peralta (Colorado) filing and the Garcia case and does not mention this case, P.J., Nina or New York; the row's label 'case page' is not supported by this capture (row-update lead).","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/google-ai-firm-settle-florida-mothers-lawsuit-over-sons-suicide-4435680","notes":"Live fetch on 2026-09-30 returned HTTP 403. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 25 Sep 2026 (web.archive.org/web/20260925105128id_/...; html lang=en). English. Reuters report of 7 Jan 2026 on the Garcia settlement; says the companies settled related suits brought by parents in Colorado, New York and Texas; gives no place for this case's events.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"P.J. lawsuit alleges Character.AI exploitation contributed to a minor’s suicide attempt","summary":"The P.J. lawsuit alleges that Character.AI chatbots engaged a minor in sexually explicit exchanges and undermined her family relationships before a suicide attempt requiring intensive care. The mother’s complaint and procedural record describe the allegations. 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Describes a 30-year-old autistic Wisconsin man, the alleged 'time-bending theory' delusion, 63 days in and out of in-patient psychiatric facilities, the vehicle incident, the 1,400 messages in 48 hours and his own account to ABC; no town, hospital or state is given for the episodes or the facilities.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://socialmediavictims.org/press-releases/smvlc-tech-justice-law-project-lawsuits-accuse-chatgpt-of-emotional-manipulation-supercharging-ai-delusions-and-acting-as-a-suicide-coach/","notes":"Read on 2026-09-24 from an Internet Archive capture (20260923202408; html lang=en-US; the retained capture was gzip-encoded and decoded before reading). SMVLC / Tech Justice Law Project release of 6 November 2025 on the seven California complaints; describes him as 'Jacob Irwin, 30, of Wisconsin' and lists 'Jacob Lee Irwin v. 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