Summary
William Hamish Yeates, 20, pleaded guilty in April to two counts of creating sexual material transmitted without consent and related carriage‑service offences after using photos from a teenager’s social media to create highly degrading and humiliating AI-generated images and videos. The material, which included offensive captions, was distributed online on platforms including X and the site Ero Me, and the victim required ongoing psychological support.
In the South Australian District Court Judge Anne Barnett sentenced Yeates to two years and three months’ imprisonment, suspended on condition he enter a three‑year, $500 good‑behaviour bond; the judge ordered he pay the victim’s medical expenses and forfeit a seized phone and laptop. The reporting identifies the visual manipulation as deepfake/AI‑generated non‑consensual sexual imagery and notes this was the first prosecution under new federal deepfake laws introduced in 2024.