{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-31T07:58:06.936Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"sports-coach","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","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":1,"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":"2024-southern-alberta-girls-football-coach-pleads-guilty-to-ai-sexualised-images-of-players-sentencing-hearing","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'The suspect was allegedly using AI to manipulate and sexualize images of underage girls, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) said on Friday.'; 'ALERT said the images were shared using the instant messaging app Kik Messenger.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Police allege the accused used AI to manipulate and sexualize photos of underage girls.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"In July 2025 the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) said a junior girls' football coach had been charged with child sexual exploitation offences and alleged that he used AI to manipulate and sexualise images of underage girls; ALERT said the images were shared on the Kik messaging app.","causal_attribution":"Police allegation at the time of charge, relayed by two outlets from one ALERT announcement."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'arrested the suspect on Wednesday'; 'The investigation dates back to last November, but ALERT said the suspect facing charges was only recently identified.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'While the investigation dates back to November 2024, ALERT said the accused was only recently identified as the suspect.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"ALERT said its investigation dated back to November 2024 and that the suspect, arrested in July 2025, had only recently been identified.","causal_attribution":"Police account of the investigation timeline; the dates on which the images were made are not reported."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'A girls' football coach who used artificial intelligence to create sexualized images of some of his players hung his head in court Friday'; 'He eventually pleaded guilty to making, printing or publishing pornography as well as possessing child pornography'; 'as well as transmitting an intimate image without consent.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At a sentencing hearing in October 2026 the coach, who the Canadian Press reports used AI to create sexualised images of some of his players, had pleaded guilty to making, printing or publishing child pornography, possessing child sexual abuse material and transmitting an intimate image without consent.","causal_attribution":"Court report of the pleas; the AI use is stated by the Canadian Press from the hearing, where the agreed statement of facts was read."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'read the agreed statement of facts into the record'; 'and a longtime friend had been sharing the images. They exchanged lewd comments about the girls'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The prosecutor read the agreed statement of facts, which said the coach and a longtime friend had been sharing the images and exchanging lewd comments about the girls.","causal_attribution":"Agreed facts as read in court and reported by the Canadian Press."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It was my face; it was my name. It was me,'; 'The humiliation is real. The fear is real. The betrayal is real. I felt sick. I felt ashamed of something I didn't do.'; 'Every day I wonder if my image is still out there.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"One of the victims told the court that the image used her face and name, that the humiliation and fear were real and that she wonders every day whether the image is still circulating.","causal_attribution":"A victim's impact statement as quoted in the court report."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Hayes urged the judge impose a sentence of two years in prison and three years' probation.'; 'asked the judge to consider a sentence to be served in the community'; 'At the end of the day, there's still a difference in the making of child pornography when it's AI versus when it's real,'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Crown asked for two years in prison and three years' probation; the defence asked for a sentence served in the community and argued that making such material with AI differs from making it with real images.","causal_attribution":"The parties' sentencing positions as reported; no sentence had been reported when this record was reviewed."}],"effects":[{"label":"girls whose photos were sexualised with AI and shared report humiliation and fear","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lethbridge-football-coach-sentence-ai-images-9.7403829","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-31 (HTTP 200). Canadian Press court report carried by CBC News, posted 30 Oct 2026, of the sentencing hearing: guilty pleas, the agreed statement of facts as read by the prosecutor, a victim impact statement, and the Crown and defence submissions.","independence_group":"canadian-press-sentencing-hearing-2026"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/child-exploitation-football-ai-lethbridge-1.7588788","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-31 (HTTP 200). CBC News report of 18 Jul 2025 on the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) announcement of the arrest and charges, quoting an ALERT spokesperson.","independence_group":"alert-police-release-2025"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/11294032/lethbridge-football-ai-child-pornography-alert/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-31 (HTTP 200). Global News report of 18 Jul 2025 on the same ALERT announcement; it depends on the same police release as s2.","independence_group":"alert-police-release-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["privacy","justice"],"unknowns":["When the images were made and how many girls were depicted.","Which AI tool was used.","The sentence, which had not been reported at review.","How widely the images circulated beyond the coach and his friend."],"geography":{"basis":"ALERT, an Alberta police agency, investigated and its spokesperson described the material as created in Alberta; the victims are described as players on girls' teams he coached in southern Alberta; the case is before an Alberta court.","court_countries":["CA"],"event_countries":["CA"],"affected_person_countries":["CA"]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): investigating police said a girls' football coach used AI to sexualise images of underage girls, and the Canadian Press report of his sentencing hearing says he pleaded guilty after using AI to create sexualised images of some of his players, with a victim describing the harm. Two source chains were read: the 2025 police announcement and the 2026 court report. The coach and the victims are not identified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-31"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ALERT, the investigating police unit, said when charging him that the coach used AI to manipulate and sexualise images of underage girls; at the October 2026 sentencing hearing the Canadian Press reports that he used AI to create sexualised images of some of his players, he had pleaded guilty, and his own counsel argued that AI-made material differs from real material. The AI-generated images depicting the girls are the harm (depicted_or_impersonated). The tool is not named.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Southern Alberta girls' football coach pleads guilty over AI-made sexualised images of some of his players; a victim describes the harm at sentencing","summary":"A girls' football coach in southern Alberta pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation offences after using AI to create sexualised images of some of his players, according to the Canadian Press report of his sentencing hearing in October 2026. Alberta's police child-exploitation unit (ALERT) had charged him in July 2025, alleging that he used AI to manipulate and sexualise images of underage girls and saying the images were shared on the Kik messaging app; it said the investigation dated back to November 2024. At the hearing the prosecutor read agreed facts saying he and a friend had shared the images, and one victim told the court of humiliation, fear and continuing worry that her image is still circulating. The Crown sought two years in prison and the defence a community sentence; no sentence had been reported at review.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-07-18","aiSystem":"An unidentified AI tool that police say the coach used to manipulate and sexualise photos of underage girls, some of them his players","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Players' photos were turned into sexualised AI images that the coach shared; a victim told the court of humiliation, fear and continuing worry that the image is still circulating.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"One victim who gave an impact statement is counted. The court report says it 'was one of three victim impact statements' but does not say who gave the other two, and says 'some of his players'; police said they were identifying victims. No total is reported, so the rest are unquantified.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"CA","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lethbridge-football-coach-sentence-ai-images-9.7403829","primarySourceLabel":"CBC News (The Canadian Press), 30 Oct 2026: Alberta football coach faces sentence for making AI sex images","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-31T03:24:56.150259+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T03:24:56.150259+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-sexualised-images","non-consensual-sexual-imagery","minors","sports-coach","guilty-plea","sentencing","canada","depicted-or-impersonated"]}]}