Sewell Setzer III

Death by Force

Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old boy from Orlando, Florida, died by suicide on February 28, 2024. His mother, Megan Garcia, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Character Technologies Inc., the company behind the AI chatbot platform Character.AI, which she believes was responsible for her son's death.

Sewell began using Character.AI in April 2023, shortly after his 14th birthday. Over the months, he became increasingly obsessed with the chatbots, particularly one modeled after the ...Read More

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