Incident 1432: Purported Pornographic Deepfakes and Fake Accounts Reportedly Impersonated German TV Presenter and Actor Collien Fernandes

Description: Collien Fernandes, a German television presenter and actor, accused her former husband, Christian Ulmen, of carrying out a years-long online impersonation campaign that allegedly used fake accounts and AI-generated pornographic deepfakes resembling her. The allegations include sexually explicit synthetic images and videos presented as if they were hers, while Ulmen's lawyer reportedly denied the claims and said he would take legal action over the reporting.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: (1) 12/02/2025, the reported date on which preliminary proceedings were initiated in Mallorca, giving the case its earliest precise publicly verifiable procedural anchor. (2) 03/19/2026, the earliest public media reporting date that could be substantiated, when Der Spiegel first publicly reported Fernandes's allegations. (3) 03/26/2026, the date of Reuters's wider international report, which helped establish the case as a broader public controversy and linked it to legal-reform pressure in Germany. (4) 03/28/2026, incident ID created.

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Alleged: Unknown deepfake technology developers developed an AI system deployed by Christian Ulmen, which harmed Epistemic integrity and Collien Fernandes.
Alleged implicated AI system: Unknown deepfake technology

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1432
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2025-12-02
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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"My body was stolen from me": Collien Fernandes denounces ex-husband Christian Ulmen
bluewin.ch · 2026

For years, Collien Fernandes was the victim of massive attacks on the internet. Unknown persons created fake profiles in her name, arranged telephone sex and sent pornographic material featuring women who look deceptively like her.

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Collien Fernandes makes serious accusations against Christian Ulmen
zeit.de · 2026
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Actress and presenter Collien Fernandes is accusing her ex-husband, Christian Ulmen, of years of sexual abuse. In an Instagram post on Thursday, the 44-year-old wrote that fake profiles had been created in her name on various online platfor…

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La denuncia en España de una actriz a su exmarido por enviar ‘deepfakes’ sexuales sacude a Alemania
elpais.com · 2026

La actriz alemana Collien Fernandes ha acusado a su exmarido Christian Ulmen, también actor, de haber gestionado durante años cuentas falsas en redes sociales a su nombre y de haber enviado a numerosos hombres vídeos e imágenes pornográfica…

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German deepfake porn case sparks protests and pressure for change in law
reuters.com · 2026

BERLIN, March 26 (Reuters) - Germany's ​government is facing pressure to toughen laws against digital violence after a prominent television actor accused her former husband of ‌posting AI-generated porn resembling her on fake online account…

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