R. v. Medow

Ontario Court of Justice · ON · Canada · 2025-12-11 · 2025 ONCJ 661

AdmittedAlleged deepfakevideooffered by prosecutionchallenge: authenticity

The accused alleged police body-worn and in-car camera videos were digitally altered deepfakes. The court took notice of deepfake technology but accepted officer testimony that the footage accurately depicted events, found no evidentiary support for manipulation, admitted the recordings, and convicted the accused.

Rules cited: Canada Evidence Act s.31.1

The court's finding, in its words

Officer identification and in-court review supported admission despite judicial notice that deepfake technology exists.

Short verbatim extract (≤25 words) for identification; the judgment is linked below and is the record.

Decision: canlii.org
Read: 2026-09-07 · primary document read
Found via: Damien Charlotin deepfakes lead CSV (CC0), User brief named-case list
Notes: CanLII page could not be independently read by script; text was read from the downloaded lead PDF copy.

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