Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin is featured in The New York Times opinion piece, “Deepfake Nudes Are Haunting America’s Teens,” published April 8, 2026. The article examines the growing crisis of AI-generated sexually explicit deepfake images targeting minors and the significant emotional and reputational harm they can cause.
The piece highlights the recently filed class action lawsuit by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of teenage victims in Tennessee, in which plaintiffs allege that xAI’s Grok tool was used to generate nonconsensual sexually explicit images based on real photos of underage girls. It also underscores the devastating real-world consequences for victims, including acute anxiety, social fallout, and fear of participating in everyday activities such as attending school. Once such images are created and shared online, the lasting loss of control victims may face can be profound.
As noted in the article, Annika emphasized that broader industry action is needed to address the issue, expressing hope that the industry will root out the problem because individual cases alone are not enough to fully address it.
Read the full article in The New York Times.
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