3rd Circuit Says Lower Court Didn’t Err In Dismissing Deepfake Suit By Cheer Mom

( March 4, 2025, 2:08 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 3 affirmed in part a Pennsylvania federal court’s ruling dismissing a suit filed by a mother of a cheerleader alleging that the mother was wrongfully accused of creating deepfakes regarding her anonymous text messages to parents and gym owners accusing other cheerleaders of various offenses, resulting in public officials making alleged defamatory statements about her, finding that the lower court “did not err in dismissing” the mother’s complaint without prejudice....