A wrongful-death lawsuit alleges unsafe chatbot interactions and dependency dynamics contributed to a teen’s suicide.
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Summary
2024-CAI-02 is a A1 court filing row involving Character.AI. A wrongful-death lawsuit alleges unsafe chatbot interactions and dependency dynamics contributed to a teen’s suicide.
Character.AI Minor Death (Garcia). Original date string: Apr. 14, 2023 (use begins, alleged); Feb. 28, 2024 (death); May 21, 2025 (Order on motions to dismiss); July 1, 2025 (Amended Complaint filed). Source summary: A wrongful-death lawsuit alleges unsafe chatbot interactions and dependency dynamics contributed to a teen’s suicide.
Coding
2024-CAI-02 is coded as DEATH with grade A1. The public row assigns GEN-E, LONG-DEP, JB-RP and treats the incident as human harm incident.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | Character.AI |
| Model version | Character.AI |
| User type | minor |
| Jurisdiction | Florida, USA |
| Evidence type | court_filing |
| Product mechanism | companion_chatbot |
| Trajectory strict | yes |
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Evidence
The public evidence anchors for 2024-CAI-02 are the materials listed below. Only explicitly linked evidence files are hosted live.
Related incidents
The closest related pages are the incidents that share a provider family, case cluster, pathway-duplicate group, or overlapping coding profile.
- 2023-CAI-01: Juliana Peralta
- 2024-CAI-01: A.F. and J.F. (minors; initials)
- 2025-CAI-01: E.S. (minor; initials)
Sources
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Safety note
This publication preserves a harm-minimization posture and does not provide self-harm instructions. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S. and Canada, call or text 988.