Hampton police: Man charged in AI deepfake harassment campaign

By: Staff report

Outlets: Seacoast Online

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 699

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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HAMPTON — A Massachusetts man is being held in preventive detention at the Rockingham County House of Corrections, charged with multiple felony counts for allegedly creating and posting an AI‑generated deepfake video to harass another person.

Andrew Courchaine, 28, formerly of Worcester, Massachusetts, is the first person in Hampton charged under New Hampshire’s new deepfake AI law, RSA 638:26‑a, enacted in 2025. Each of the four Class B felony counts carries a maximum penalty of …

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