Teen Victim of Fake Nudes Ends Up Getting Expelled

A Louisiana school board has upheld the expulsion of a 13-year-old girl who struck a boy after he circulated AI-generated nude images of her—a decision that has sparked intense public criticism and renewed debate over how schools should respond to deepfake abuse.

According to the family’s attorneys, the eighth-grader told staff at Sixth Ward Middle School in Thibodaux on Aug. 26 that she was being bullied with fabricated images, but she was not permitted to call her parents, NOLA.com reports. Later that day, while riding the bus home, several boys were allegedly passing the images around. The girl hit one of them, leading to her expulsion. Her family appealed the punishment.

At a meeting last week, the Lafourche Parish school board voted to uphold the expulsion but allowed the student to return to class on Monday under probation. By then, she had already been out of school for more than two months. Under district policy, students returning from expulsion typically enter on probation after 45 days and must wait another 45 days before regaining eligibility for sports and other extracurricular activities.

Some board members defended the decision, arguing that physical violence cannot be excused and noting that the girl could have faced an assault charge. But her father argued that the discipline was excessive for a child with no prior behavioral issues, adding that the situation might have been avoided if school officials had acted promptly.

“Not only did they fail to stop it, they put her on the bus with the perpetrator,” the family’s attorney told WAFB. The family is now considering legal action against the district.

The incident has brought broader attention to the rise of deepfake technology in schools, with some policymakers calling for greater accountability from the companies that create and distribute these tools.

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