Overview
- Fernandes said in a Thursday interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung that she has faced hate messages, threats, and panic attacks since going public, adding it felt worse after filing her complaint.
- She accuses ex-husband Christian Ulmen of running fake profiles in her name and sending porn material that made viewers think it showed her, and she says he confessed in December 2024.
- The Potsdam public prosecutor is investigating after Spanish authorities on the Balearic Islands confirmed and forwarded her complaint to Germany.
- Ulmen’s lawyer denies he made or shared AI deepfake videos and has pursued media-law steps against Der Spiegel’s reporting, including a request in Hamburg to block that impression.
- Reporting highlights a wider reckoning over digital identity theft and sexualized abuse, with large demonstrations and calls for tighter laws following the case.