TALLAHASSEE, FL, Oct. 28, 2026 —
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday that a Kissimmee man is charged with 100 felony counts tied to child sexual abuse material, and that his office has sued the company behind the A2E artificial intelligence platform, accusing it of giving users tools to create that kind of material.
Uthmeier made the announcement with Osceola County Sheriff Chris Blackmon, according to the attorney general's official X account, which streamed the news conference live at about noon Eastern time. His office released the details in a news release the same day.
"There is nothing more evil than the sexual exploitation of children, and anyone who possesses, shares, or creates these images is an active participant in that abuse," Uthmeier said in the release. "Predators who traffic in the abuse of children and animals have no place in Florida. Companies that design and profit from AI tools that make it easier to generate child sexual abuse material or 'nudify' non-consenting people—while claiming they prohibit it—will be held accountable."
The criminal case
According to the attorney general's office:
- Who's charged. The Office of Statewide Prosecution charged Jerry Jesus Reyes, 26, of Kissimmee, with 100 felony counts for possession and transmission of child sexual abuse material and of materials depicting sexual activity with animals.
- How it started. The investigation began with a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about activity on a Snapchat account. Detectives with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit used subpoenas and search warrants to link the account to Reyes, the office said.
- The charges. Reyes faces one count of transmission of child pornography by electronic device under section 847.0137(2), Florida Statutes, a second-degree felony with a five-year minimum mandatory sentence; numerous counts of unlawful possession of materials depicting sexual performance by a child, reclassified to first-degree felonies because they involve 10 or more images; and multiple third-degree felony counts under section 828.126(6).
- Where things stand. Reyes is held in the Osceola County Jail. Bond was set at $100,000, with conditions that include no internet access and no contact with minor children. Senior Assistant Statewide Prosecutor Lauryn Day is prosecuting the case in the Ninth Judicial Circuit, and the investigation remains ongoing, the office said.
The charges are accusations, and Reyes hasn't been convicted.
The lawsuit against A2E's operator
Uthmeier also filed a civil lawsuit against Rengstorff Consulting Ltd, which the office identifies as the operator of the A2E AI platform and related mobile apps (complaint, PDF).
According to the attorney general's office, the complaint alleges:
- A2E's website, apps and "nudification" tools let users upload real photos or videos of people who haven't consented, including children, and generate realistic nude or sexualized images and videos, and also let users digitally "de-age" adults to look like children.
- Despite rules in its terms of service, A2E doesn't use meaningful monitoring, consent checks, account termination or reporting to law enforcement.
- A2E was used in Florida criminal cases, including a Tampa case and a Tallahassee case, and the platform didn't flag or report the material in those cases.
The state is asking a court for a permanent injunction barring the company from offering AI products that let users create, view, possess or send non-consensual sexualized images or child sexual abuse material in violation of Florida law. It also seeks disgorgement of profits and civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
These are allegations in a lawsuit, and a court hasn't ruled on them.
What Floridians should know
The attorney general's office says Florida law makes it a crime to create or send AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Anyone with information about the online exploitation of a child can report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's CyberTipline or call 911 in an emergency.
Launchpad Digital has asked the Florida Attorney General's Office and the Osceola County Sheriff's Office for comment and will update this story when they respond.
Those are the facts, directly from the source.
Sources: Florida Office of the Attorney General news release and complaint (Oct. 28, 2026); Attorney General James Uthmeier's official X account (Oct. 28, 2026); Osceola County Sheriff's Office.
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