More than 20 girls in the Spanish town of Almendralejo received nude images generated with artificial intelligence and made to look like them. The images reportedly spread through WhatsApp groups, leaving the girls distressed and prompting a police investigation and debate about how the law applies to sexual deepfakes.
Images made without the girls’ real bodies
The images were reportedly created with ClothOff, an app described as an “Undress AI” tool. They do not show the girls’ actual bodies. Instead, AI was used to create nude depictions associated with the girls’ identities.
That distinction has not prevented harm. The report says the images caused great distress to the victims, some of whom are as young as 11. A fabricated image can still be shared as if it were real, tying a child’s identity to sexual content without her consent.
Police investigate as legal questions emerge
The national police have launched an investigation. Authorities are considering whether the images in circulation could be considered child pornography, a question that puts the legal status of AI-generated deepfakes at the center of the case.
The images are synthetic, but the reported impact is real. The dispute is whether existing legal categories can apply when an image depicts a child in a nude scene without showing that child’s real body. The source reports that authorities are weighing this question; it does not describe a final legal determination.
Sharing can extend the harm
The pictures were reportedly shared in WhatsApp groups after being made with the app. That path from image generation to group sharing shows how a synthetic image can reach its target and circulate among others, even when it does not document an actual event.
For the girls involved, the lack of a real photograph does not remove the association between their identities and the images. The reported distress underscores that an AI-generated nude can affect a child even when the scene itself is fabricated.
What the case puts in focus
The Almendralejo investigation raises two connected issues: the consequences for children whose likenesses are used in nude deepfakes, and whether those images fall under child pornography rules. The police inquiry and authorities’ consideration of the images’ status are the developments reported so far.
The case also makes clear why the distinction between real and AI-generated imagery matters to the legal debate, while not settling it. The source provides no outcome or ruling. For now, the central facts are that more than 20 girls received the images, the images were reportedly shared in WhatsApp groups, and authorities are investigating.