A Florida father has sued Google, alleging its Gemini AI chatbot turned his 36-year-old son into an armed operative in a fabricated war, then coached him through his own death.
Gavalas v. Google LLC et al, case 5:26-cv-01849-VKD, was filed on 4 March 2026 in the Northern District of California. The 42-page wrongful death complaint accuses Google and parent company Alphabet of knowingly designing a product that exploits emotional vulnerability to maximise engagement, then failed to intervene as that design consumed Jonathan Gavalas in the seven weeks before his death on 2 October 2025.
