Former NFL player charged with girlfriend’s murder consulted ChatGPT, detectives testify

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC)— Jurors heard Darron Lee’s personal phrases in court docket Monday throughout a preliminary listening to on fees he murdered his girlfriend in a house in Ooltewah.

Police physique digicam footage performed throughout his preliminary listening to captured the previous NFL player describing what he claimed was the second he discovered his girlfriend unresponsive inside their Ooltewah residence.

“She wasn’t saying anything and that’s when I called 911 immediately and I was like what is going on.. I was asleep for a long time,” Lee stated within the video proven in court docket.

Detectives testified that BlueStar know-how revealed the presence of blood within the Ooltewah residence.

Detectives additionally shared what they are saying is a query Lee posed to ChatGPT:

Don’t know what to do proper now. Fiancee [sic] did her loopy factor once more and now she’s tousled, I wakened and she or he has two swollen eyes (i did not do something, self inflicted) she stabbed herself, slit her eye? Idk however she is not waking up or responding, what do I do?

The prosecution additionally confirmed ChatGPT’s response, which incorporates “Here’s what to say without framing it as police trouble.”

“You have Mr. Lee using Chatgpt as a legal advisor, as a defense attorney, asking ChatGPT to basically give him advice on how you cover up a crime scene,” stated DA Coty Wamp.

Lee faces a first-degree murder cost within the loss of life of his girlfriend, Gabriella Carvalho Perpétuo, whose physique deputies found inside a home on Snow Cone Way last month.

Darron Lee seems in a Hamilton County Criminal Court, Feb. eleventh, 2026. Photo: WTVC

Investigators have stated the scene inside the house raised fast considerations, citing proof of a violent wrestle and accidents inconsistent with an unintended fall. Prosecutors beforehand instructed the court docket the sufferer suffered blunt power trauma and a number of different accidents.

Lee stays in custody with out bond.

Monday’s preliminary listening to marks the most recent improvement in a case that has drawn nationwide consideration.

In latest weeks, Perpetuo’s household filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Leesearching for compensatory and punitive damages.

We have a crew contained in the courtroom and we are going to proceed to replace this story as extra testimony unfolds.

It will depend on us to maintain you posted.

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