A Pittsburgh man who violently stalked at least 11 women across more than five states used ChatGPT as a “therapist” and “best friend” who encouraged him to continue terrorizing his victims, federal prosecutors alleged.
Brett Michael Dadig, 31, a social media influencer who billed himself as “God’s assassin” and threatened to strangle people with his bare hands, faces decades behind bars after he was charged with several counts of interstate stalking and making threats, according to an indictment filed Tuesday in Pittsburgh federal court.
Dadig told federal authorities that ChatGPT encouraged him to continue his podcast, telling him not to mind the “haters” who were actually “sharpening” him while helping him in “building a voice in you that can’t be ignored.”
Prosecutors say the indictment lays out a far more graphic and methodical pattern of harassment than previously disclosed, including explicit physical threats, violations of court orders, and the use of AI tools to justify his conduct.
The indictment states Dadig considered ChatGPT’s responses as confirmation of “God’s plan” for him to build a platform and “stand out most when people water themselves down.”
Dadig used his podcast to frequently refer to women as “b—hes,” “c–ts” and “trash,” it was alleged.
During one podcast, he allegedly raved: “It’s the same from f–king 18 to f–king 40 to f–king 90. … Every b—h is the same. … You’re all f–king cunts. Every last one of you, you’re c—s. You have no self-respect. You don’t value anyone’s time. You don’t do anything. … I’m f–king sick of these f–king sluts. I’m done.”
The indictment lists at least 11 instances of cyberstalking and harassment.
In one alleged encounter, Dadig took a photograph with one woman, obtained her parents’ cell phone numbers from her phone and texted them the photograph, stating he was excited to be their future son-in-law.
When the woman ended communication due to his aggressive and overbearing behavior, Dadig sent her an unsolicited nude photograph of himself, it was alleged.
Dadig is also alleged to have traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, where he approached a woman in a parking garage and subjected her to unwanted sexual touching, according to the indictment.
The feds also alleged that Dadig traveled from his Pittsburgh home to Ohio, where he showed up uninvited to a woman’s residence and messaged her that he was “obsessed” with her daughter and that he was “literally turning myself on thinking about making babies with you.”
In one episode, he allegedly threatened a woman by saying he would break her jaw and “every motherf–king finger on both hands,” telling her to “type the hate message with your f–king toes, b—h.”
The filing also describes how he asked ChatGPT for advice about his “future wife,” and when the chatbot responded that he might meet her “at a boutique gym or in an athletic community,” he used that answer as part of his rationale for continuing to frequent gyms where he repeatedly harassed women.
Several victims obtained restraining orders against him, but prosecutors say he violated them multiple times and even recorded podcasts proclaiming he had been “falsely accused” after being served.
The indictment details a hospital incident in Florida, where after a bicycle crash he allegedly harassed a nurse, took her picture without consent, posted it online with the caption “I see your body in a white dressssssss,” and called her his “wife.”
When he was banned from gyms, he allegedly used aliases to regain access and boasted online that “Aliases stay rotating, moves stay evolving.”
Prosecutors also cite interstate pursuit, including an episode in Florida in which he allegedly followed a woman from a gym to her apartment for two miles and later tagged himself online at a hotel less than a mile from her workplace, behavior they say underscores the systematic and escalating nature of his conduct.
The Post has sought comment from Dadig and ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
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