According to the New York Post, on November 8, a child psychiatrist in North Carolina (USA) was sentenced to 40 years in prison for using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform photos. children’s innocence into images with offensive sexual content.
David Tatum (41 years old) will also be sentenced to 30 years in prison for secretly recording many teenagers, including some of his family members and a patient undressing. The total sentence is 40 years in prison.
David Tatum must be sentenced to 40 years in prison for misconduct.
“It’s horrifying to believe that someone would secretly film children undressing and bathing for sexual gratification. And it’s even more unimaginable when that person is a doctor tasked with helping children.” children overcome difficult mental health situations,” Robert DeWitt, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in North Carolina, said in a statement.
The sentence comes six months after Tatum was convicted of one count of production of child pornography, one count of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
According to evidence presented at trial, the child and adolescent psychiatrist spent five years collecting a trove of child pornography starting in 2016.
That year, he secretly recorded his 15-year-old cousin and underage family members as they undressed and showered at a family vacation home in Maine.
Furthermore, Tatum repeatedly recorded images of a former patient by pointing the camera at her dress during a therapy session.
According to court documents, the girl had turned 18 just five days before the visit — but Tatum wrote in his notes that she was only 17 years old. This shows that Tatum was fully aware that he was filming child pornography.
When self-collected videos were no longer enough, Tatum turned to a website to digitally edit photos of dressed minors to make them pornographic.
Authorities said two of the images that Tatum used AI to modify were from a school dance and a photo celebrating the first day of school. .
According to prosecutors, when arrested in 2021, Tatum had more than 1,000 titles of child pornography, including videos with the phrase “PTHC”, short for Hardcore. recording videos containing explicit forms of pornography). Tatum later admitted his wrongdoing.
In addition to the 40-year prison sentence, Tatum was also ordered to pay $99,000 in fees under the Child Pornography Victims Assistance Act.
After being released from federal prison, this guy will have to be labeled a sex offender for life.
Source: New York Post