LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. — A Louisiana middle school expelled a 13-year-old girl after she struck a classmate she says created and spread a sexually explicit, AI-generated image of her — a decision now fueling national outrage and a looming federal lawsuit.
According to the family’s attorneys, the fake image circulated among students for weeks, including on the school bus, despite repeated complaints to administrators. The situation boiled over when the girl saw the boy showing the image to others at school and confronted him.
She was expelled. He was not.
Superintendent Jarod Martin ignited fresh outrage after saying a 13-year-old girl victimized by AI-generated nude images was “both a victim and a perpetrator” for fighting back against the classmates who shared them.
The girl was initially hit with an 89-day expulsion, while the boys who circulated the images faced no school discipline.
“Way overboard”
Her father, Joseph Daniels, said the punishment ignored the reality of what his daughter endured.
“Suspension would have been justified in my mind,” he said. “But expulsion was extremely way overboard.”
Lawsuit coming
Baton Rouge attorneys Greg Miller and Morgyn Young said they are preparing a federal lawsuit accusing the Lafourche Parish School District of failing to stop ongoing harassment — and then punishing the victim for reacting.
“The school board’s actions in this case are reprehensible,” Miller said. “They chose to shift the narrative onto a 13-year-old’s reaction after being sexually exploited all day.”
Authorities step in
The school district said it cannot discuss specific disciplinary actions due to privacy laws but confirmed the matter was referred to law enforcement.
Sheriff Craig Webre said one student has been charged with unlawful dissemination of AI-generated images, with more charges possible. The girl is not expected to face criminal consequences.
A growing problem
The case highlights a fast-growing challenge for schools nationwide: the rise of AI tools that make it easy for students to create realistic deepfake images — far faster than school policies can keep up.
As the legal fight unfolds, the case could help define how schools handle discipline when new forms of digital abuse turn victims into supposed rule-breakers — and spark a national reckoning over how far zero-tolerance policies should go.
For the time being, the collective response from school administrators is decades behind the technology available to millions of American children.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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This is very wrong and needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, no ifs ands or buts! This is assault plain and simple, and needs to be addressed at once, by the higher ups in the school system!
A Super A-hole of schools!