Court told sexualised fake imagery of Labour MP Jess Asato is a "gross violation"
Published: 28/07/2026
| BBC News
High Court documents have revealed fresh details in the legal action brought by Lowestoft Labour MP Jess Asato against Elon Musk's xAI.
The recently published filings detail how Asato suffered a gross violation of her dignity after X account holders used its chatbot, Grok AI, to generate non-consensual sexual images, including depictions of sexual assault. According to court documents, Asato was targeted after publicly condemning the chatbot in January. The filings show that X initially refused to remove reported posts, claiming they did not breach platform rules. While two videos were eventually taken down, six of 21 flagged posts remain live as late as July.
Asato's legal team argues that xAI continues to prevent the creation of such material, despite the company moving to restrict Grok from generating explicit images of real people and the UK making the creation of sexualised deepfake imagery illegal.
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