# New Jersey prosecutor arrested for AI child abuse material

> Deputy attorney general Brian Richard Fitzgerald was charged with making and distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material using real minors' photos from social media.
- Title: New Jersey prosecutor arrested for AI child abuse material
- Summary: Deputy attorney general Brian Richard Fitzgerald was charged with making and distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material using real minors' photos…
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- Source: Ars Technica — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/thegentlemanpervert-producing-ai-csam-is-a-nj-prosecutor-say-cops
- Published: 2026-10-16T20:20:07+00:00
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- Topics: brian richard fitzgerald, new jersey, ai-generated csam, child sexual abuse material, deputy attorney general, discord, bucks county detectives, technology, science
## Prosecutor arrested for AI abuse material
New Jersey's deputy attorney general Brian Richard Fitzgerald, fifty-one, was arrested Thursday on felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material, Bucks County Detectives said.
## How investigators found him
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip in July that a Discord user shared an illicit image.Cops used digital forensics and subscriber records to track the account to Fitzgerald's home address.
## Evidence recovered at his home
Police found prompts and scripts used to create AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Discord chat logs showed Fitzgerald, under username thegentlemanpervert underscore twenty one sixty underscore zero seven eight three three, admitted making multiple illicit…

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## What Fitzgerald was accused of doing
Fitzgerald used AI to transform photos of real minors from social media into sexualized images, then distributed them on social media.
## State's top prosecutor responds
New Jersey district attorney Joe Khan said the state views AI CSAM as equally harmful as CSAM itself.Khan stated: No one is above the law, least of all someone entrusted with upholding it.

> No one is above the law, least of all someone entrusted with upholding it.
## Key takeaway

New Jersey deputy attorney general Brian Richard Fitzgerald was arrested Thursday on felony charges related to AI-generated child sexual abuse material after investigators traced a Discord account to his home.