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by Sarah Hower
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —
A preliminary hearing for former NFL Player Darron Lee revealed new details about what prosecutors say took place hours before he was accused of killing his girlfriend inside an Ooltewah home.
Prosecutors are now focusing not only on what investigators say happened, but also on what they say Lee typed into a chatbot before deputies arrived.
In newly released body camera video, Lee told deputies he did not know what happened.
Prosecutors presented more than body camera footage in court, introducing messages they said Lee sent to ChatGPT.
A detective read messages prosecutors said were sent the day before Lee called 911.
Another message shown in court read: “She’s not waking up or responding, what do I do?”
Prosecutors also displayed ChatGPT’s response, which included the line: “Here’s what to say without framing it as police trouble.”
District Attorney Coty Wamp told the court that Lee used ChatGPT as a “legal advisor.”
Prosecutors said the exchanges help establish their timeline of events.
Dr. Rick Dierenfeldt, the head of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Criminal Justice Department, said artificial intelligence is progressively being addressed in courtrooms.
Dierenfeldt pointed to a recent federal ruling in which a judge found that conversations with a public AI platform are not protected by attorney-client privilege.
He also warned that user agreements can affect how information entered into AI platforms is treated.
Dierenfeldt said he expects AI-related evidence to become more common in criminal trials.
You can catch up on our previous reporting on Lee's Preliminary hearing here.
This is a developing story.
Depend on us to keep you posted.
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