Former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Darron Lee has hired a criminal attorney after being charged with first-degree murder in Hamilton County, Tennessee, according to a report from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
Florio cited WDEF in reporting that former Hamilton County District Attorney Neil Pinkston will handle the case. No plea has been entered on Lee’s behalf, which is the same as entering a plea of not guilty.
Lee, who was a first-round pick by the New York Jets in 2016, played for the Chiefs’ 2019 team that won a Super Bowl. Kansas City acquired him for a sixth-round pick in 2019.
The case has drawn attention because of evidence that Lee allegedly used ChatGPT for advice on how to deal with an unresponsive person. Lee could face the death penalty, though prosecutors have not said whether they will seek it.
Florio’s report also referenced coverage from Madison Sims of Local3News com, which said the family of the victim, Gabriella Perpétuo, plans to pursue accountability from ChatGPT after filing a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Lee.
“The defendant in this case engaged ChatGPT to cover up a crime,” attorney C. Mark Warren told Sims. “We feel like it’s important that ChatGPT and all AI platforms have guardrails in place where they can engage, but not engage without consequences.”
Florio, who is also a lawyer, wrote about the broader issues raised by AI in a case like this, describing the technology as having a “ready-fire-aim” quality and saying there are “millions of users essentially serving as the beta testers.”
He also pointed to possible liability for companies such as OpenAI, which uses real-life experiences to refine the technology, when serious problems arise.
In Lee’s case, Florio wrote that “if Perpétuo was unresponsive but still alive, Lee’s decision to use ChatGPT for advice on how to handle the situation - and ChatGPT’s willingness to comply with the prompt - may have squandered the last opportunity to save her. Especially if the response from ChatGPT was anything other than, ‘Call 911 right now.’”
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