The mum of two, 32, told cops the attacker was a stranger but she was able to take a photo of the suspect as he sat on the couch in her apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida
A woman has been arrested for making a false allegation of sexual assault — against an AI image of a man. Brooke Schinault claimed a man had barged into her home, knocked her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.
The mum of two, 32, told cops the attacker was a stranger but she was able to take a photo of the suspect as he sat on the couch in her apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida.
But when cops looked at the photo, they realised it was AI generated via ChatGPT, according to an arrest report. Police said the photo was found in “a deleted folder dated… days before she alleged the sexual battery took place.”
She was arrested on charges of falsely reporting a crime, a misdemeanour offense. Schinault spent one night in Pinellas County Jail before being released on a $1,000 bond.
Cops were called to her apartment on October 10, police said. An arrest report states it was the second time she’d called the police to report that an unknown man had assaulted her on October 7.
Multiple officers and forensic technicians responded to the scene, the arrest report states. But an examination revealed the photo was not genuine. Police and court documents do not include a motive for the incident.
In a recent post on her Instagram page, Schinault noted that October is domestic violence awareness month and that she had for years been in an abusive relationship, Smoking Gun reports.
The false report of a crime is classified as a first degree misdemeanour in Florida, where the offense carries penalties of up to a year in jail or 12 months of probation, and a $1,000 fine.
Her arrest comes days after it was reported a teenager in Florida was facing charges of faking his own kidnapping and shooting himself in the leg.
Caden Speight, 17, was arrested and charged on Tuesday with presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime and possessing a firearm as a minor.
Police say Speight bought equipment at Walmart and searched on ChatGPT about “Mexican cartels” and “collecting his blood without causing pain.” He then sent a message to his family group chat which read: “I need help being shot at.”
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