00:00There has been a video gone viral with a woman claiming a government minister and MP video
00:06called her and was sexually indecent. She said she ended the call but was contacted again and
00:13offered anything in exchange for silence. The woman said she demanded two apartments and a
00:19vehicle. Exhibits of her live video detailing the ordeal have now circulated on separate platforms,
00:25naming the minister and calling on him and the Prime Minister to explain. In response,
00:31the Ministry of Defence addressed via a statement what it described as a
00:36misleading AI-generated video circulating on social media. The statement says it took note
00:43of the videos making the claim and that the Minister of Defence has been engaged in sexual
00:48misconduct. The ministry says the allegations have been in circulation for the last calendar year
00:53and resurfaced from time to time, mostly on politically aligned social media accounts.
00:59The ministry says, quote, the devices and accounts of the minister have been interrogated
01:04and it has been determined that the source is not the minister. The source has been traced to a
01:09foreign registered account and phone number not associated with the Minister of Defence, end quote.
01:15The ministry assured investigations will continue and appropriate action will be taken in accordance
01:21with the law. It says, quote, the Information Technology Unit of the Ministry of Defence has conducted
01:26investigations and it was determined that these malicious videos in question are being made using
01:32AI video and face swapping software, end quote. It asked that any person receiving calls or messages
01:39from persons purporting to be the minister should report such messages to the Trinidad and Tobago police
01:45service. We contacted the minister himself, who said, quote, I am not an idle man with time on my hands
01:52for such juvenile mischief. The woman herself uploaded a recent video affirming the ministry's position,
01:58saying the incident was AI generated and alleging that scores of others received similar calls.
02:05She said her comments were misrepresented and that others were using her image
02:09and another person's identity. She added that she intends to report the matter to the TGPS.
