{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T05:36:15.821Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"louisiana","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":2,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":1,"minors":0,"coreRelations":4,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2025-thibodaux-student-reported-ai-image-abuse-school-consequences","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: August image-creation account and joint district/sheriff victim count.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"AP reports that AI sexual images of students were created and circulated in August 2025; district and sheriff statements counted eight girls and two adults as targets.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: father's help requests, fight, exclusion, mental health and alternative-school account.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The father described bullying, depression and anxiety, while the girl spent ten weeks in alternative school after fighting a boy she believed was involved.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Article body: district response and sheriff charging account.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The district said protocols were followed and disputed the family account; AP reported criminal charges against two boys.","causal_attribution":"The inspected reporting describes this account. Claims remain attributed and causation is alleged; multiple reports of the same victim or police/court account are one independence group."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported bullying, distress and school exclusion for one girl after image abuse","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://apnews.com/article/school-deepfake-nude-ai-cyberbullying-0ead324241cf390e1a7f3378853f23cb","kind":"journalistic","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"original-account-aiid-1315"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["education","privacy"],"unknowns":["The full extent of distribution, precise first creation date and specific apps are unknown.","The competing school-response accounts and criminal outcomes were not resolved independently."],"geography":{"basis":"AP places the school, family and investigation in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Targets are members of the local school community.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"An inspected source describes a concrete person-level adverse experience connected to the specified AI use. Statements remain attributed, private identities are minimized, and unknown dates, counts and technical details are preserved.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"AP attributes the images to AI apps through family, school and sheriff reporting. No imagery, app logs or charging documents were inspected independently.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Louisiana girl reports bullying and school exclusion after AI sexual-image abuse","summary":"AP reported that AI-generated sexual images of a 13-year-old girl and other students circulated in Thibodaux in August 2025. Her father described bullying, requests for help, depression and anxiety. After the girl fought a boy she suspected of involvement, the district excluded her from regular school and she spent ten weeks in alternative school. The district said it followed its protocols and disputed the family's one-sided account. District and sheriff statements identified eight girls and two adults as image-abuse targets; AP reported charges against two boys.","incidentDate":"2025-08-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-12-22","aiSystem":"Unspecified AI image-generation apps","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress","educational_harm"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Reported image abuse affecting ten people, with bullying, distress and school exclusion described for one girl","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":10,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Official district/sheriff statements quoted by AP identify eight girls and two adults as image-abuse targets: ten other people. Distress and educational consequences are documented for one girl and are not assumed for all ten. The target group includes minors and adults; the age metadata remains unknown rather than labelling all ten as minors.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://apnews.com/article/school-deepfake-nude-ai-cyberbullying-0ead324241cf390e1a7f3378853f23cb","primarySourceLabel":"Associated Press, 22 December 2025, original interviews and official responses","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:10:59.922265+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:58:19.367116+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]},{"id":"2026-livingston-parish-louisiana-arrest-in-extortion-case-involving-reported-ai-nude-photos-and-videos","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"one person was being threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless they paid money","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were also sent to numerous family members and friends","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"AI generated photos and videos were created of one of the victims and were sent out to numerous family members and friends","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"assigned to assist in an investigation into threats made by phone and online","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said an investigation into threats made by phone and online involved one alleged victim being threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, and AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims being sent to numerous family members and friends.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement as relayed by three outlets. No victim account, court record or image was inspected. The sheriff's office attributes the creation and sending of this material to the accused."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"more threats were sent to the victims, now threatening to get one of the victim’s employments terminated","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"eventually including a threat to get one victim fired","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said that later threats to the victims included a threat to get one victim's employment terminated.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement as relayed by two outlets. The sources do not say whether the threat was carried out."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"search results and subpoenas from platforms used to send the threats pointed back to","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"search returns and subpoenas from certain suspect platforms used to make these harassing messages and threats started coming back","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"made all the fictitious accounts, AI-generated nude photos/videos, rape threats, and extortion attempts","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats, and the demands for money that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said that subpoenas and search returns from the platforms used to send the messages led back to the woman first believed to be a victim, and that, after an interview with the woman, the sheriff's office learned the woman was the person who made all of the fictitious accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the extortion attempts.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office account of its investigation and of an interview, relayed by three outlets. The accused's own account of the interview is not reported, no court finding is reported and the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending. The accusation is an allegation."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on one count each of unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation and injuring public record, along with five counts of extortion and one count of domestic stalking","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"has since been released on a $150,000 bond","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Online impersonation (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Injuring public record (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Extortion (5 counts)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Domestic Stalking (1 count)","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on the following charges","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:73.134, unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:73.10, online impersonation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:132, injuring public records","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Five counts, LRS 14:66, extortion","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"One count, LRS 14:40.2, domestic stalking","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The accused was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on charges that the three outlets list as one count each of unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation, injuring public record and domestic stalking, and five counts of extortion, and was released on a $150,000 bond.","causal_attribution":"The charges are reported by three outlets from one sheriff's office statement, so they are one chain. No booking record or charging document was inspected. The charges are allegations and the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"allegations that overseas suspects were involved due to past relationships and acquaintances in Greece","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Investigators brought in Homeland Security at one point over allegations that suspects overseas were involved, based on past relationships and acquaintances in Greece","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office said Homeland Security assisted the investigation because of allegations that overseas suspects were involved, based on past relationships and acquaintances in Greece.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office statement. The sources do not say any overseas suspect was identified, and the later finding attributes the material to the accused."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats, and the demands for money that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"that she and another person had reported as victims","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The Livingston Parish News wrote that detectives say the accused created the fake accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the demands for money that the accused and another person had reported as victims.","causal_attribution":"A single sentence in one outlet's rewrite of the sheriff's office statement. The clause saying the accused and another person had reported as victims can attach to the whole list or only to the demands for money, and the record does not choose between the two readings. WBRZ and WAFB do not repeat it, and no source says which reporter received the threats or was depicted."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Anyone else who believes they were victimized in this case","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"The investigation is ongoing","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"This is an ongoing investigation","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The sheriff's office described the investigation as ongoing and asked anyone else who believes they were victimized in the case to contact it.","causal_attribution":"The sheriff's office request as relayed by the outlets. It does not report any further victim."}],"effects":[{"label":"One alleged victim reportedly threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims reportedly sent to numerous family members and friends","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Later reported threat to get one victim's employment terminated","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/marrero-woman-arrested-for-ai-nude-photos-extortion-after-deputies-initially-thought-she-was-victim/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.wafb.com/2026/07/24/woman-arrested-extortion-harassment-case-involving-ai-generated-photos/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/woman-believed-to-be-one-of-the-victims-of-extortion-ai-nude-images-was-actually-behind-them,225313","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"livingston-parish-sheriff-statement-2026-07-24"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["The start date of the threats, the fictitious accounts and the sending of the material is not stated in any of the three outlets. Only the 24 July 2026 announcement is dated, so the event start is unknown and the case is published undated.","The Livingston Parish News says the case began when detectives with the Livingston Parish Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were assigned to assist in the investigation. No source states the age of any victim, so it is not known whether any victim is a minor.","The victims are not identified or described. The sources do not say which of the people who reported as victims received the threats or was depicted, or whether the one other person who reported as a victim was harmed independently of the accused. The Livingston Parish News sentence that names the second reporter can be read as covering the whole list of material or only the demands for money.","The number of family members and friends who received the material is not stated (the sources say numerous), and whether any payment was made is not reported.","No AI tool is identified and no outlet reports examining the material. The description of the material as AI-generated is the sheriff's office statement.","The account of the interview is the sheriff's office's. The accused's own account is not reported, no court finding is reported, the sheriff's office said future charges may be pending, and the charges are allegations.","No overseas suspect is reported identified after the allegations about acquaintances in Greece.","The three outlets rest on one sheriff's office statement and none reports independent verification."],"geography":{"basis":"The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office investigated the threats and the WAFB dateline reads LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. The sources do not state where the victims live or where the material was sent from. Greece appears only in allegations about unidentified overseas suspects and is not recorded as an event country. A judge set the bond but no court proceeding is described, so no court country is recorded.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Three outlets rest on one Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office statement of 24 July 2026 (one independence group) and all claims are reported. The accused is a private person who has not been convicted and is not named or located by town. The victims are not named or described. No imagery is described beyond its kind. The reporting is thin on the victims' own experience and the case is recorded as the sheriff's office account. The sources do not state when the threats began, so the case is published undated and is outside the 2026 event-year lane.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The sheriff's office described the photos and videos as AI-generated, and the accused was booked for unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos. No outlet identifies an AI tool or reports that the material was examined. The description is one sheriff's office statement relayed by three outlets. The images were not seen by the reviewer.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Livingston Parish, Louisiana: sheriff's office says a woman first treated as a victim made the AI-generated nude photos and videos, rape threats and extortion attempts in an online threats case","summary":"On 24 July 2026 WBRZ, WAFB and the Livingston Parish News relayed a Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana) statement about an investigation into threats made by phone and online. The sheriff's office said one alleged victim was threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were sent to numerous family members and friends, and later threats included getting one victim fired. Homeland Security assisted after allegations that overseas suspects were involved through past relationships and acquaintances in Greece. The sheriff's office said subpoenas and search returns from platforms led back to a woman who had first been treated as a victim, and that after an interview with the woman the sheriff's office learned the woman made all of the fictitious accounts, the AI-generated nude photos and videos, the rape threats and the extortion attempts. The accused was booked on charges that include unlawful dissemination of AI nude photos, online impersonation and five counts of extortion, and was released on bond. The Livingston Parish News says the accused and one other person had reported as victims some or all of what the sheriff's office attributes to the accused. The charges are allegations and no conviction is reported. The AI tool is not identified, the victims are not described and the start date of the threats is not stated.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-07-24","aiSystem":"Unidentified AI photo and video generation tools (sheriff's office description)","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The sheriff's office said one alleged victim was threatened with rape and other bodily harm unless money was paid, AI-generated photos and videos of one of the victims were sent to numerous family members and friends, and a later threat concerned getting one victim's employment terminated. The sheriff's office attributes all of this to the accused. No victim account is reported and the sources do not describe any effect on a victim.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"The Livingston Parish News says the accused and one other person had reported as victims some or all of what the sheriff's office attributes to the accused. The accused is not counted as harmed. The one other person is counted as a person reported as a victim, so the count is a lower bound of 1. The sources use the plural 'victims' without a number and do not say which reporter received the threats or was depicted. Family members and friends who received the material are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/marrero-woman-arrested-for-ai-nude-photos-extortion-after-deputies-initially-thought-she-was-victim/","primarySourceLabel":"WBRZ, relay of the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office statement, 24 July 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T01:09:37.153049+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:44:23.541663+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-aberdeen-mississippi-fee-suit-ai-hallucinated-citations-four-attorneys-sanctioned","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"p. 2: 'the Court was unable to locate certain legal authorities cited within them. Specifically, the Court determined that the following filings contained hallucinatory citations'; p. 3: 'the attorneys admitted that the hallucinatory citations cited by them, and identified by the Court, resulted from unverified AI use.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'In *Withers v. City of Aberdeen*, attorneys for both sides cited no fewer than six entirely fabricated precedents.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"In late 2025, legal memoranda filed for both sides in a fee suit against the City of Aberdeen (N.D. Miss.) cited cases that do not exist; the court identified one such citation in the City's summary-judgment memorandum, three in its fee-challenge memorandum and two in the plaintiff's opposition, and the attorneys admitted the citations resulted from unverified AI use.","causal_attribution":"Established by the court's sanctions order on the attorneys' own admissions."},{"id":"c2","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"p. 3: 'Williams admitted to using an AI tool to conduct legal research, and Wilson admitted to using generative AI to draft her respective filing. Neither of them verified the legal authority output by AI before filing their briefs.'; p. 9: 'She explained that she used “First Drafts,” an AI- powered program for drafting legal documents.'; p. 14: 'it had acquired software that was built for in-house legal research.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The plaintiff's out-of-state counsel, Kathleen M. Wilson, drafted the opposition using 'First Drafts', an AI-powered drafting program, and the City's out-of-state counsel, Kathryn Y. Williams, used an in-house AI legal research tool; neither verified the AI output before filing.","causal_attribution":"Admissions recorded and findings made in the sanctions order."},{"id":"c3","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"p. 21: 'Kathleen M. Wilson’s pro hac vice admission in this case is REVOKED.'; 'Wilson is hereby ORDERED to pay a $2,500 fine to the registry of this Court'; 'Williams is hereby ORDERED to pay a $3,500 fine to the registry of this Court'; 'Shauncey Hunter Ridgeway is DISQUALIFIED from further participation in this case.'; p. 22: 'Mark McClinton is DISQUALIFIED from further participation in this case.'; 'send a copy of this Sanctions Order to the Mississippi Bar, the Louisiana Bar, and the Texas Bar.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"p. 20: 'Wilson and Williams are hereby BARRED from entering an appearance in any case before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi for the period of two (2) years'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"On 8 June 2026 the court revoked Wilson's and Williams' pro hac vice admissions, barred both from appearing in the Northern District of Mississippi for two years, fined Wilson $2,500 and Williams $3,500, ordered Wilson to complete an AI ethics CLE, disqualified the two local counsel (Shauncey Hunter Ridgeway and Mark C. McClinton, who signed without checking the citations) with $1,000 fines each, and sent the order to the Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas bars.","causal_attribution":"The sanctions are the court's response to the AI-generated false citations and the failure to verify them."},{"id":"c4","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'Given the pending sanctions issue, this case is hereby STAYED until further order of the Court. The final pretrial conference scheduled on February 19, 2026 and trial scheduled on March 23, 2026 are hereby cancelled'; 'The following pending motions are hereby TERMINATED'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"p. 20: 'The Court is cognizant that upon disqualifying the resident attorneys the litigants are effectively left without representation in this case, and that this can cause hardship for them.'; p. 22: 'the Court will dismiss this case without further notice.'; p. 12: 'The Court was unable to resolve that dispositive motion given the tainted filings, and it effectively inhibited the case from proceeding further.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Because of the sanctions issue the court stayed the case, cancelled the pretrial conference and the 23 March 2026 trial, and terminated the pending summary-judgment and fee motions; after disqualifying all four attorneys it gave both litigants 60 days to find new counsel, acknowledging this could cause them hardship, and warned the plaintiff that the case would be dismissed if no counsel appeared or he did not elect to proceed pro se by 7 August 2026.","causal_attribution":"The stay and loss of counsel follow directly from the sanctions proceeding over the AI-generated citations, per the court's orders."},{"id":"c5","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'directing attorney Kathleen M. Wilson to show cause as to why this Court should not hold her in contempt for her failure to pay the fine'; 'Wilson shall have until September 16, 2026 to (1) pay the monetary fine'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 17 August 2026, after a show-cause order over Wilson's failure to pay the fine, the court extended her deadline to pay it and to complete the CLE to 16 September 2026.","causal_attribution":"Follow-on enforcement of the sanctions order."}],"effects":[{"label":"two attorneys who used AI tools without verifying the output lost their pro hac vice admissions, were barred from the district for two years and fined","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"two local counsel were disqualified and fined for signing the AI-drafted filings without checking the citations","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the case was stayed, the trial cancelled and both litigants left without counsel, with the plaintiff's case facing dismissal if no new counsel appeared","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181.123.0_1.pdf","kind":"court_order","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Sanctions Order, ECF 123, filed 8 June 2026 (Senior Judge Sharion Aycock), 23 pages; full text read via pdftotext on 2026-09-29 (RECAP copy on CourtListener).","independence_group":"msnd-court-record"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181.120.0.pdf","kind":"court_order","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Order staying the case, ECF 120, filed 4 February 2026; one page, read in full on 2026-09-29.","independence_group":"msnd-court-record"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181.133.0.pdf","kind":"court_order","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Order of 17 August 2026, ECF 133, extending one attorney's deadline to pay the fine and complete the CLE; one page, read in full on 2026-09-29.","independence_group":"msnd-court-record"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/technology-science/artc-courtroom-hallucinations-lawyers-cite-precedents-dreamt-up-by-ai-as-clients-sabotage-their-own-cases","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"i24NEWS aggregate piece (Sep 2026) read on 2026-09-29 from the Internet Archive capture of 10 Sep 2026 (the live page is a JavaScript shell). It mentions the case in two sentences; its count of 'no fewer than six' fabricated precedents matches the order's list and is not an independent check.","independence_group":"i24news"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["work","justice"],"unknowns":["Which underlying model the 'First Drafts' program and Williams' research tool used; the order names neither vendor's model.","Whether the Mississippi, Louisiana or Texas bars opened disciplinary proceedings, and whether Wilson paid by 16 September 2026.","Whether the litigants retained new counsel by 7 August 2026 and what became of the case.","The dates of the other tainted filings Wilson drafted in this case (ECF 123 p.11); they may predate 5 November 2025."],"geography":{"basis":"Federal case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (Aberdeen Division); the order describes the attorneys as licensed in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published from the court's own sanctions order and related docket orders, which record the attorneys' admissions of unverified AI use and the resulting sanctions, stay and loss of counsel. Attorneys are named as they are in the public order; the plaintiff, a private litigant, is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The sanctions order records the two drafting attorneys' admissions that their filings were produced with AI tools (Wilson: 'First Drafts', a generative drafting program; Williams: an unnamed in-house AI legal research product) and finds that their unverified reliance on the output produced the fabricated citations.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Fee suit against the City of Aberdeen (N.D. Miss.): four attorneys on both sides sanctioned after AI tools produced fabricated case citations; trial cancelled and both litigants left without counsel","summary":"In a fee dispute between a Louisiana attorney and the City of Aberdeen, Mississippi, briefs filed for both sides in late 2025 cited six cases that do not exist. The attorneys admitted the citations came from unverified AI use: the plaintiff's out-of-state counsel, Kathleen M. Wilson, drafted her filing with an AI drafting program called 'First Drafts', and the City's out-of-state counsel, Kathryn Y. Williams, used an in-house AI legal research tool. Senior Judge Sharion Aycock stayed the case and cancelled the March 2026 trial, then on 8 June 2026 revoked both attorneys' pro hac vice admissions, barred them from the district for two years and fined them $2,500 and $3,500, and disqualified and fined the two local counsel who had signed the filings. Both litigants were left without counsel and given 60 days to find new representation.","incidentDate":"2025-11-05","incidentEndDate":"2026-06-08","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"range","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-06-08","aiSystem":"'First Drafts', an AI-powered legal drafting program (plaintiff's counsel), and an unnamed in-house AI legal research software product (City's counsel); underlying models not stated","aiProduct":"First Drafts and unidentified legal research tool","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["professional_harm","legal_harm","financial_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Per the court's orders, two attorneys who filed AI-generated fabricated citations lost their pro hac vice admissions, were barred from the district for two years and fined $2,500 and $3,500; two local counsel who signed the filings were disqualified and fined $1,000 each; the case was stayed with its trial cancelled, and the plaintiff was left without counsel under threat of dismissal.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"established","participantUsersAffectedMin":2,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Sanctions Order (ECF 123). Participant users: Wilson and Williams, the two attorneys who used the AI tools and were sanctioned (2). Others harmed through their use: the two local counsel disqualified and fined (Ridgeway, McClinton) and the plaintiff, an individual whose case was stayed, whose trial was cancelled and who was left without counsel (3). The City of Aberdeen is an organisation and is not counted; no other person's harm is stated.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-MS","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181/gov.uscourts.msnd.50181.123.0_1.pdf","primarySourceLabel":"Withers v. City of Aberdeen, No. 1:24-cv-218-SA-RP (N.D. Miss.), Sanctions Order, ECF 123, 8 June 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:10:31.680119+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:55.045067+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["work","justice","legal-profession","sanction","fabricated-citations","pro-hac-vice","own-use","mississippi"]},{"id":"2026-baton-rouge-pierre-part-man-ai-nude-images-deepfake-video-coworker-warrant","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'During one of those commutes, she told police'; 'She also told investigators he showed her an artificially generated video depicting the two of them engaging in simulated sexual intercourse.'; 'The woman told police the sexual activity shown in the video never happened'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'The victim told police that the sexual activity never happened and that she did not consent to the creation or use of her likeness in nude or sexually explicit images or video.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The woman said that she never consented to the creation or use of her likeness in these images and video.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to the arrest warrant, while the two commuted to work together, the accused showed the woman on his phone several artificially generated images depicting her nude and an artificially generated video depicting the two of them in simulated sexual intercourse; she said the depicted activity never happened and that she did not consent to the creation or use of her likeness.","causal_attribution":"Police warrant based on the woman's report; one reporting chain. The allegations have not been tried."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Investigators said they reviewed the material and found AI-generated nude images of the woman, along with other images showing her and'; 'She used her own phone to record what he was showing her and later gave that evidence to police.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'He later claimed to have deleted the images and videos from his cellphone and from the cloud services of the website the images were generated on.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Investigators say they reviewed the material and found AI-generated nude images of her and other images showing her and the accused in sexual situations; in texts quoted in the warrant he said he had deleted the material from his phone and from cloud storage linked to the website used to create it.","causal_attribution":"Investigators' account in the warrant as reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'on one count of unlawful deepfakes.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'on one count of unlawful deepfakes, Baton Rouge Police said.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"A warrant was issued for the man's arrest on one felony count of unlawful deepfakes under Louisiana law.","causal_attribution":"Police statement and warrant as reported; the warrant itself was not read."}],"effects":[{"label":"shown AI-generated nude images of herself and a simulated sex video of herself with a co-worker, made without her consent","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.wafb.com/2026/09/28/louisiana-man-accused-creating-sexual-deepfakes-co-worker-showing-them-her/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (WAFB, Gray Media, 28 September 2026); the Fox 8 page carries the same copy. Reports the arrest warrant.","independence_group":"baton-rouge-police-warrant"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/pierre-part-man-accused-creating-221659066.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29: Louisiana First (Nexstar) story syndicated on Yahoo. Reports the same warrant.","independence_group":"baton-rouge-police-warrant"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/ai-nude-pictures-coworker/article_cb013452-bda0-4792-beb3-48dc069da18a.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (The Advocate). Reports the same warrant and Baton Rouge police statement.","independence_group":"baton-rouge-police-warrant"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.wbrz.com/news/baton-rouge-man-wanted-for-allegedly-creating-ai-nude-images-of-co-worker","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-09-29 (WBRZ). Reports arrest records; calls the Pierre Part man a Baton Rouge man in its headline.","independence_group":"baton-rouge-police-warrant"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work","privacy","relationships"],"unknowns":["Which tool or website was used to create the images and video.","Whether the material was shared with anyone other than the woman.","Whether the man has been arrested and how he responds to the accusation.","When the commute on which the material was shown took place."],"geography":{"basis":"The Baton Rouge Police Department investigated and the arrest warrant was filed in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (WAFB); the woman reported to Baton Rouge police. The location of the commute is not stated beyond Baton Rouge police jurisdiction.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): according to a police arrest warrant reported by four Louisiana outlets, a man made AI nude images and a simulated sex video of a co-worker and showed them to her. The account is one reporting chain from the warrant; the accusation is untried. Neither the woman nor the accused is named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The arrest warrant, as reported by four outlets, describes artificially generated nude images and an artificially generated video of the woman, and investigators say they found AI-generated nude images of her; the accused's texts refer to a website used to create them. The tool is not identified and no forensic finding is reported beyond the investigators' review.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Baton Rouge, Louisiana: police obtained an arrest warrant for a 55-year-old Pierre Part man accused of using AI to make nude images of a female co-worker and a simulated sex video of the two of them, and showing them to her on his phone during a shared commute","summary":"According to a Baton Rouge Police Department arrest warrant reported by WAFB, Louisiana First (Nexstar), The Advocate and WBRZ, a woman told police on 8 September 2026 that a 55-year-old co-worker from Pierre Part, with whom she had been commuting to and from work, showed her on his phone several artificially generated images depicting her nude and an artificially generated video depicting the two of them engaging in simulated sexual intercourse. She told police the depicted sexual activity never happened and that she never consented to the creation or use of her likeness; she recorded what he showed her on her own phone and gave the recording and text messages to police. Investigators say they found AI-generated nude images of her and other images showing her and the man in sexual situations, and that in texts he said he had deleted the material from his phone and from cloud storage connected to the website used to create it. The woman also told police he had previously expressed romantic or sexual interest in her. A warrant was issued on one felony count of unlawful deepfakes under Louisiana law. The tool used is not named and the accusations have not been tried.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-09-28","aiSystem":"An unnamed image- and video-generation website that the accused reportedly used to create nude images and a simulated sex video from a real woman's likeness (arrest warrant as reported); the tool is not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the arrest warrant as reported, a woman was shown AI-generated nude images of herself and a simulated sex video of herself with a co-worker who had made them without her consent (Baton Rouge police warrant via WAFB, Louisiana First, The Advocate and WBRZ).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman, the depicted co-worker who reported the images to police (arrest warrant as reported). Exact 1.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-LA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.wafb.com/2026/09/28/louisiana-man-accused-creating-sexual-deepfakes-co-worker-showing-them-her/","primarySourceLabel":"WAFB, 28 September 2026: Louisiana man accused of creating sexual deepfakes of co-worker and showing them to her","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T03:21:38.680185+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:26.415813+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfakes","non-consensual-intimate-imagery","workplace","louisiana","baton-rouge","criminal-charges","unlawful-deepfakes","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}