{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-02T16:34:23.680Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"pasco-county","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"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":"2026-pasco-county-florida-man-charged-voyeurism-ai-explicit-videos-of-wife-family-friends","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was arrested on Friday, Sept. 25 after his wife reportedly found several AI-generated explicit images of herself, friends and family members.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'She found several AI-produced images of herself, friends and family members depicted in various pornographic situations, a PCSO report stated.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The man was arrested on 25 September 2026 after his wife found on his phone several AI-generated explicit images of herself, friends and family members depicted in pornographic situations, according to a sheriff's office report and court documents.","causal_attribution":"Both stations draw on the same sheriff's report and court documents (one record chain); the allegations are unproven and he has pleaded not guilty."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A complaint affidavit identifies three victims, though the names have been redacted.'; 'Investigators found nine AI-generated videos on'; 'dated between Feb. 11 and April 15.'; 'All of the videos depicted the victims in \"various pornographic situations,\" the complaint states.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to WTSP, investigators found nine AI-generated videos on his phone dated between 11 February and 15 April, and the complaint affidavit identifies three victims whose names are redacted. WTSP reports that, according to the complaint, all of the videos depicted the victims in 'various pornographic situations'; the article does not make clear whether that statement covers the AI-generated videos, the bathroom recordings or both.","causal_attribution":"One station's reading of the complaint affidavit; the year of the video dates is not stated and the AI tool is not named."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'She also found videos of family members in their bathroom, showing them using the toilet, undressing and taking showers, unbeknownst to them.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'would place the recording devices at the bottom of the door or in the trash can to catch the victims in their bathrooms using the toilet, taking showers and undressing, court records showed.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The court documents say he placed recording devices in a bathroom trash can and at the bottom of a door to film family members using the toilet, showering and undressing without their knowledge.","causal_attribution":"Covert recording is not an AI action; recorded as the setting of the AI-generated material. The reports do not say whether the AI videos were made from these recordings."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'is charged with 10 counts of 3rd-degree felony digital voyeurism and two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device. He has pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'was charged with nine counts of video voyeurism on a child less than 16 and one count of unlawful use of a two-way device.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"WTSP reports that he is charged with ten counts of third-degree felony digital voyeurism and two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device and has pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial; WFTS describes the charges as nine counts of video voyeurism on a child less than 16 and one count of unlawful use of a two-way device.","causal_attribution":"The two stations give different counts and charge descriptions from the same records; neither version is preferred here."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'to have no contact with any of the victims.'; 'He was booked into the Pasco County Jail, but has since bonded out, court records showed.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'must not be within 500 feet of her or her home.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"He was booked into the Pasco County Jail and released on bond; a judge ordered him to have no contact with the victims, and he must stay 500 feet from his wife and her home.","causal_attribution":"Court records as reported by both stations (one record chain)."}],"effects":[{"label":"a woman, friends and family members were depicted in AI-generated explicit images and videos found on her husband's phone (court documents as reported)","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"family members were covertly filmed in their bathroom by hidden recording devices, according to the same court documents","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/pasco-man-faces-10-voyeurism-131742555.html","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"WTSP (10 Tampa Bay, Tegna) article by Elisabeth Gaffney, read on 2026-10-02 through its Yahoo News syndication because wtsp.com answers HTTP 403 to this host. The page's AI-generated key-takeaways box was not used; only the article text was relied on. Based on court documents (complaint affidavits).","independence_group":"pasco-court-records"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-pasco/pasco-man-charged-with-setting-up-cameras-to-catch-family-members-undressing-pcso","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read live on 2026-10-02 (WFTS Tampa Bay 28, Brian McBride, published 30 September 2026). Cites a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report and court records, the same record chain as WTSP.","independence_group":"pasco-court-records"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used, and whether the AI-generated videos were made from the covert bathroom recordings or from other photographs.","The year of the video dates (11 February to 15 April) and when the images were first made.","The exact charges and counts, which the two stations report differently.","How many people were depicted in total; the complaint identifies three victims and the wife reported images of friends as well as family members.","Whether any images or videos were shared with others.","The case number and the outcome of the prosecution."],"geography":{"basis":"The man lives in Land O' Lakes, Pasco County, Florida, the covert recordings were made in the family home there, and he was arrested by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office and charged in Florida (WTSP, WFTS). The wife and family members live in the same household; where the depicted friends live is not stated.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated) consistent with existing AI sexual-image rows: court documents and a sheriff's report, as reported by two Tampa Bay stations, say a man's wife found AI-generated explicit images and videos of herself, friends and family members on his phone, and he faces voyeurism charges. Both stations draw on the same records, so the claims are marked reported; the man has pleaded not guilty. Neither he nor any victim is named here.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-02"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"WTSP reports from the complaint that investigators found nine AI-generated videos on the man's phone and that his wife found AI-generated explicit images; WFTS reports from a sheriff's office report that she found AI-produced images of herself, friends and family members. No tool is named, and both outlets draw on the same court and sheriff's records.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Land O' Lakes, Pasco County, Florida: a 41-year-old man was arrested on 25 September 2026 on video voyeurism charges after his wife reportedly found AI-generated explicit images of herself, friends and family members on his phone; court documents say he also hid recording devices in the family bathroom","summary":"Court documents and a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report, as reported by WTSP (10 Tampa Bay) and WFTS (Tampa Bay 28) on 30 September 2026, say a 41-year-old Land O' Lakes man was arrested on 25 September after his wife found AI-generated explicit images of herself, friends and family members on his phone. According to WTSP's reading of the complaint, investigators found nine AI-generated videos on the phone, dated between 11 February and 15 April, and the complaint affidavit identifies three victims, whose names are redacted. The complaint, as WTSP reports it, says all of the videos depicted the victims in 'various pornographic situations', without making clear whether this covers the AI-generated videos, the bathroom recordings or both. The documents also say he placed recording devices in a bathroom trash can and at the bottom of a door to film family members using the toilet, showering and undressing without their knowledge. The two outlets describe the charges differently: WTSP reports ten counts of third-degree felony digital voyeurism and two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device, and WFTS reports nine counts of video voyeurism on a child under 16 and one count of unlawful use of a two-way device. He has pleaded not guilty, was released on bond, and is under a no-contact order.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-09-30","aiSystem":"Unnamed AI tool used to produce explicit images and videos depicting the man's wife, friends and family members (complaint affidavit and sheriff's report as reported by WTSP and WFTS); no tool is named","aiProduct":"Unidentified image and video tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The man's wife, friends and family members were depicted in AI-generated explicit images and videos found on his phone, according to court documents and a sheriff's report as reported by two Tampa Bay stations; he is charged with video voyeurism, has pleaded not guilty, and is under a no-contact order.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":3,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"WTSP reports that the complaint affidavit identifies three victims (names redacted) and that, according to the complaint, all of the videos depicted the victims; the wife is reported to have found images of herself, friends and family members, so more people may be depicted. Documented minimum 3. Image and video counts are not person counts.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"US-FL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"pending","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/pasco-man-faces-10-voyeurism-131742555.html","primarySourceLabel":"WTSP 10 Tampa Bay via Yahoo News, 30 September 2026: Pasco man faces 10 voyeurism charges for AI-generated videos of family, friends","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-02T03:12:21.617726+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T03:12:21.617726+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["deepfake","sexual-deepfake","voyeurism","florida","pasco-county","land-o-lakes","criminal-charges","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}