Amaurie Lacey Death and ChatGPT Product-Liability Lawsuit
Amaurie Lacey, a 17-year-old in Calhoun, Georgia, died on June 2, 2025. His father Cedric Lacey filed a California lawsuit alleging ChatGPT provided unsafe self-harm-related responses. The public conversation excerpts are incomplete and no court has established that the chatbot caused the death.
Joshua Enneking Death and ChatGPT Wrongful-Death Lawsuit
Joshua Enneking, 26, died in Florida on August 4, 2025. His mother sued OpenAI and related defendants alleging that ChatGPT conversations, representations about crisis escalation and inadequate safeguards contributed to his death. The action was coordinated with other California cases; causation remains unadjudicated.
Austin Gordon Death and ChatGPT Wrongful-Death Litigation
Austin Gordon, 40, was found dead in a Colorado hotel on November 2, 2025. His mother Stephanie Gray filed a product-liability and wrongful-death lawsuit alleging that GPT-4o fostered emotional dependence and responded unsafely to crisis conversations. OpenAI disputes the allegations, and neither causation nor the precise date of death has been judicially established.
Sam Nelson Fatal Overdose and ChatGPT Medical-Advice Lawsuit
Samuel ‘Sam’ Nelson, 19, died of an accidental overdose in California on May 31, 2025. His parents’ May 2026 civil complaint alleges that ChatGPT, including GPT-4o, provided unsafe individualized substance-use advice. The lawsuit documents a specific claimed chain of harm but no court has ruled that ChatGPT caused his death.
Suzanne Adams and Stein-Erik Soelberg Deaths and ChatGPT Litigation
Suzanne Adams, 83, and her son Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, died in a homicide-suicide in Greenwich, Connecticut, on August 5, 2025. Two separate estates subsequently sued OpenAI-related defendants, alleging that GPT-4o conversations reinforced harmful beliefs. The deaths are officially classified, but chatbot causation remains disputed and unadjudicated.
Joe Ceccanti Death and ChatGPT Product-Liability Lawsuit
Joseph ‘Joe’ Ceccanti, 48, died in Oregon on August 7, 2025. His wife, Jennifer ‘Kate’ Fox, alleges that prolonged ChatGPT interactions contributed to severe distress before his death. The lawsuit against OpenAI is part of coordinated California product-liability proceedings and does not establish that the chatbot caused the death.
Zane Shamblin Death and ChatGPT Product-Liability Lawsuit
Zane Shamblin, 23, died in Texas on July 25, 2025. His parents’ California lawsuit alleges that prolonged ChatGPT conversations and inadequate crisis safeguards contributed to the death. OpenAI disputes responsibility, and the case has been coordinated with other product-liability actions without a merits finding.
Jonathan Gavalas Death and Google Gemini Wrongful-Death Litigation
Jonathan Gavalas, 36, died in Florida on October 2, 2025. His father filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Google Gemini’s immersive conversational behavior contributed to his death. Google disputes the account of product responsibility; a motion to dismiss was argued in August 2026, without a merits judgment identified.
Alice Carrier Death and ChatGPT Wrongful-Death Lawsuit
Alice Carrier, a 24-year-old web developer living in Montreal, died on July 2, 2025. Her mother filed a California civil lawsuit in June 2026 alleging that ChatGPT interactions and inadequate safeguards contributed to the death. The allegations are disputed and no independent judicial or coroner finding of chatbot causation has been identified.
Juliana Peralta Death and Character.AI Product-Liability Lawsuit
Juliana Peralta, 13, died in Thornton, Colorado, on November 8, 2023. Her parents later filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Character.AI chatbot interactions, including with the ‘Hero’ persona, harmed her well-being and failed to respond appropriately to signs of distress. Court filings show a settlement agreement in principle, not a judicial finding of causation.