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AI incident #1623 ·

Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls

Open on the AI Incident Database 8 news reports Synced from the AIID API · record last edited 7 Sep 2026

What happened

From November 2023 through May 2024, two Lancaster Country Day School students in Pennsylvania allegedly used AI tools to create and exchange hundreds of sexualized deepfake images depicting female classmates and other girls. Authorities later identified 60 victims, 59 of them minors. The students were adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court, and families later sued the school and unnamed AI companies over the incident.

Editor's notes (AI Incident Database)

Timeline notes: (1) The incident ID date of 11/01/2023 is an approximation. In November 2023, the deepfake activity was discovered and reported to the school; (2) May 2024, additional information surfaced and the alleged activity ended; (3) 12/05/2024: Two juveniles were charged; (4) 03/25/2026: They received probation; and (5) 06/15/2026: Victims and parents filed a federal lawsuit. (6) The incident ID was created 08/06/2026.

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News reports (8)

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  1. Police investigate AI-generated nude photos using Lancaster County students' faces
    wgal.com · Meredith Jorgensen · AIID #7662
  2. Authorities investigate reports of AI-generated nude images featuring Lancaster Country Day students
    lancasteronline.com · Dan Nephin, Jack Panyard, Nathan Willison · AIID #7663
  3. Lancaster County parents call for change after deepfake pornographic images of over 50 female students created
    abc27.com · Sarah Willson, Brady Doran · AIID #7659
  4. New AI law won’t apply in Lancaster Country Day School deepfake scandal
    abc27.com · Mallory Metzner · AIID #7657
  5. Lancaster Country Day ‘parts ways’ with Head of School, Board President amid AI deepfake scandal
    abc27.com · Hayden Sherry, Mallory Metzner, Brady Doran · AIID #7658
  6. Parents sue Lancaster County school, companies over AI-generated nude images
    abc27.com · Barbara Barr, Brady Doran, George Stockburger · AIID #7656
  7. Lancaster Country Day School files motion to dismiss civil lawsuit
    wgal.com · Sarah Metts · AIID #7660
  8. Lancaster Country Day School seeking to have AI deepfake lawsuit thrown out
    abc27.com · Jared Weaver · AIID #7661

Who was involved

Alleged harmed party
Women and girls Victims of deepfake child abuse Victims of deepfake abuse Victims of CSAM Students Privacy Minors Lancaster Country Day School students Lancaster Country Day School Girls Families of Lancaster Country Day School students Epistemic integrity
On AIID: Women and girls, Victims of deepfake child abuse, Victims of deepfake abuse, Victims of CSAM, Students, Privacy, Minors, Lancaster Country Day School students, Lancaster Country Day School, Girls, Families of Lancaster Country Day School students, Epistemic integrity

AI systems implicated

Synthetic video generation technologySynthetic media generation technologySynthetic image generation technologyDeepfake technology

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