I Was Just a Teen When Deepfake Photos of Me Led to Stalking and Harassment

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4.7 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Lorna was just 17 years old when a photoshopped, explicit image of her began circulating online, marking the beginning of a years-long nightmare involving deepfakes, stalking, and online blackmail.

In this episode, Lorna shares how someone used her image to create fake profiles and explicit deepfakes, leading to relentless harassment that spilled from the internet into her everyday life. She opens up about her experience reporting the crime to police, the long road toward justice, and her personal journey of healing.

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0:00.0	In today's episode, you'll hear from Lorna, whose life was forever changed when she became the target of someone who created and distributed deep fake images of her, starting when she was still a teenager.
0:23.6	What followed was years of harassment, stalking, and blackmail, both online and in real life.
0:30.3	Lorna shares the toll this experience took on her, the long fight for justice, and how she eventually found healing.
0:37.0	With that, let's jump into the conversation.
0:39.7	We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming. Okay, Lorna, well, thank you for being here with us today.
0:46.5	Can we get started by you sharing a little bit about who you are and what life looked like for you
0:52.4	growing up? Yeah.
0:56.6	First of all, thank you so much for having me on.
1:01.3	This is my first time doing a podcast and sharing the story.
1:08.9	So hopefully I can do a good job and, yeah, speak clearly for you all.
1:31.0	But my name is Lorna, and I grew up in New England. I was the youngest of three kids. I've told a brothers. And I really have always described my childhood as my happy bubble because it really was. My mom and dad really wanted to give us just a safe and secure childhood. And for them,
1:36.7	that was something they didn't necessarily have growing up. And so it was really important that for us,
1:42.7	they just gave us that stability. And they did a really good job. But with that, I just had a very small world. And so I attended a private school from the time
1:46.3	I was in first grade all the way to my senior year. I had a class of like 15. So you just sort of know
1:53.0	everybody, the good and the bad. And then I had amazing teachers and friends that I still keep up
2:00.1	with till this day.
2:02.0	And so I just really had a fun, awesome childhood.
2:05.3	I think growing up, though, in such a small bubble, which shaped me in different ways.
2:13.5	And it was great again because I think my world was very safe.
2:20.0	But at the same time, I also struggled and it really followed me through adulthood and just understanding that the world
2:27.6	around me wasn't necessarily as safe as I thought it was. And so that was just like a big part of my childhood where I was very
2:37.5	innocent and naive to a lot that followed me to adulthood. And it's just like a big part,
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