LOS ANGELES—A federal district judge in California sanctioned attorneys and their law firm for using artificial intelligence in at least four filings in a case they brought against the parent company of OnlyFans.com, AVN has confirmed.
Dated December 12, U.S. District Judge Fred Slaughter imposed a $10,000 fine on the firm Hagens Berman and Arizona-based partner Robert Carey.
Celeste Boyd, a co-counsel for this case, was fined $3,000. Carey led a lawsuit on behalf of a class of plaintiffs accusing OnlyFans' parent company, Fenix International Limited, and so-called "chatter" agencies that help content creators deal with high user volumes of violations of federal consumer fraud and racketeering statutes.
The case was dismissed at the urging of attorneys representing Fenix and OnlyFans. But Judge Slaughter granted Hagens Berman leave to refile the case in early January, so long as artificial intelligence hallucinations are not used in the amended complaint.
A widespread practice among adult content creators with large followings is to hire teams to impersonate them, to keep up with users and maximize revenue. These are "chatters." Carey recruited a few plaintiffs through his "Save the Fans" campaign, which was advertised across social media websites such as X, per AVN reporting.
The OnlyFans attorneys maintained that the plaintiffs should not be permitted to refile updated and corrected filings.
They also maintain that the case should be dismissed in its entirety. Note that the proposed class action accuses OnlyFans of tricking users into believing they are directly chatting with content creators when they are actually messaging with third parties, resulting in the sharing of personal information with strangers.
