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Vero Beach, Florida, Man Allegedly Used AI Nudification Tools to Create and Distribute Nonconsensual Sexual Images of Former Neighbor

AI Incident Database · article · Sep 2, 2026 · UTC

Vero Beach, Florida, police allege that Peter Solomon Ruma used AI nudification tools to create sexually explicit altered images of a former neighbor without her consent and distributed them through spoofed phone numbers. Investigators found more than 140 altered nude images of the woman on his phone. Ruma was arrested on September 2, 2026, and charged with six altered-depiction offenses, sexual cyberharassment, and stalking.

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incident-report
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reported
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Global

Reported occurrence date: 2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-22T16:03:50.148Z. This is not the publication date.