Mendones v. Cushman & Wakefield

Superior Court of California, Alameda County · CA · United States · 2025-09-09 · 23CV028772

SanctionAI-generated material submittedmixedoffered by plaintiffchallenge: sanctions

Plaintiffs filed videos, photographs, and message screenshots supporting summary judgment. After an order to show cause, the court found several submissions were GenAI deepfakes or materially altered, rejected unreliable metadata and explanations, struck the complaint, dismissed with prejudice, and declined criminal referral.

Rules cited: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 128.7

The court's finding, in its words

The Court finds that exhibits 6A and 6C are products of GenAI and do not capture the actual speech and image of Geri Haas.

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Decision: damiencharlotin.com
Read: 2026-09-07 · link only — not yet readprovisional
Found via: Damien Charlotin deepfakes lead CSV (CC0), User brief named-case list
Notes: No court-hosted copy was located; Reason/CDN copy and lead PDF were read. The order includes media links that are intentionally not reused.

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