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ANSON, Texas (KVII) — A Texas school janitor is accused of using artificial intelligence to create child pornography using real student faces.
Darryl Martin Gonzalez, 55, was arrested and charged last week with one count of possession and attempted possession of child pornography, and one count of possession and attempted possession of indecent visual representations of children.
Gonzalez, who worked as a janitor at Anson ISD near Abilene, worked as a school sports and cheerleading photographer, taking pictures of middle school and high school students for free, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors say the suspect used AI to superimpose the faces of prepubescent students onto those of adults in sexually explicit videos. Gonzalez also allegedly pasted AI-generated nudes onto the girls’ faces.
Police recovered at least six videos and three photos that had been altered using AI.
:49 Sex video between a man and a woman. Victim #1’s face was superimposed on the woman’s body. : 59 videos of naked women having objects placed on their genitals from various positions. Victim #2’s face was superimposed on the woman’s body. : 58 videos of men and women having sex. Victim #3’s face was superimposed on the woman’s body. : 59 videos of male and female sex. Victim #4’s face was superimposed on the woman’s body. : 59 videos of men and women having sex. Victim #5’s face was superimposed on the woman’s body. The video depicts minors between the ages of 8 and 12 having sex with an adult male. 1:00 video of a man and woman having sex. Victim #6’s face was superimposed on the woman’s body. Victim #7’s face and AI-generated nude photo. Gonzalez modified and adapted the victim’s body from a clothed state to an indecent display of genitals and private parts. Victim #8’s face photo and AI-generated nude body. Gonzalez modified and adapted the victim’s body from clothed to indecent exposure of genitals and private parts. Victim #9’s face photo and AI-generated nude body. Gonzalez altered and adapted the victim’s body from a clothed state to a state in which his genitals and private parts were indecently exposed.
According to a police report, Gonzalez described his crime as a “power trip” and admitted to viewing child pornography for up to six hours a day for the past 20 to 25 years.
“Knowing that he had taken them, [photographs] And it really makes me sick to my stomach what he’s doing with them,” the victim said in late August after being informed about the AI images. “I feel disgusting. I know it’s not me, but I feel disgusting and violated and disrespected.”
“I felt disgusted, embarrassed and scared. I was worried that my photo would be posted or sold somewhere,” said another. “I was embarrassed because I didn’t want people to think like this even though I hadn’t done anything.”
“I know there’s nothing we can do about what he did,” the third man said. “I don’t think I did anything wrong. He’s wrong.”
If convicted, Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in federal prison, followed by possible supervised release.
