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Andrea K. Tantaros v. Fox News Network, LLC, et al.
S.D. New York · Mar 27, 2026
Direct answer
What happened in this matter?
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Roe v. Bernabei & Katz, PLLC, 314 F. Supp. 3d 200,209 (D.D.C. 2018)' as analogous authority; Court identified this citation as inaccurate/non-existent. Outcome: Warning.
- Why the court cared
- The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Warning; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
- Why it matters now
- AI will fabricate statutory language as readily as case law — verify every quoted statute against the code.
Why this matter is tracked
Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Roe v. Bernabei & Katz, PLLC, 314 F. Supp. 3d 200,209 (D.D.C. 2018)' as analogous authority; Court identified this citation as inaccurate/non-existent. Outcome: Warning.
Operational lesson
AI will fabricate statutory language as readily as case law — verify every quoted statute against the code.
Record details
New YorkSingle-state evidence scope
CourtS.D. New York
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit2nd Circuit
DateMar 27, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeWarning
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary
What the record establishes about AI use
reported
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
Procedural posture
Warning
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
10 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Roe v. Bernabei & Katz, PLLC, 314 F. Supp. 3d 200,209 (D.D.C. 2018)' as analogous authority; Court identified this citation as inaccurate/non-existent.
- Fabricated: Case Law | In the sur-reply, plaintiff inaccurately cited 'Torres v. City of New York, No. 20-CV-3384, 2021 WL 3725985, at 8 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 23, 2021)' for the proposition that words and threats can constitute actionable violence; Court marked the citation inaccurate.
- Fabricated: Legal Norm | Plaintiff quoted non-existent statutory language in the GMVA, asserting it 'expressly applies to' assault, sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, and other forms of gender-based violence; Court found the quoted statutory language non-existent.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited a non-existent case 'M.D. v. New York State Off For People with Developmental Disabilities, 2023 WL 3404357, at *10 (S.D.N.Y. 2023)' to support that verbal, psychological, and physical abuse are actionable under the GMVA; Court identified it as non-existent/inaccurate.
- Fabricated: Case Law | In her sur-reply, plaintiff inaccurately cited 'Garcia v. Comprehensive Ctr., LLC, No. 21-CV-6945, 2022 WL 2237452, at 4-5 (S.D.N.Y. June 22, 2022)'; Court found the citation inaccurate.
- Fabricated: Legal Norm | Quoted non-existent statutory language attributed to the GMVA; court found the quoted language does not appear in the statute.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Cited a non-existent case presented as supporting that verbal, psychological, and physical abuse are actionable under the GMVA.
- False Quotes: Case Law | Attributed a quoted holding to Roe in support of coverage for 'harassing comments, threats, and gestures of a sexual nature'—court flagged as an inaccurate citation/quotation in the filing.
Show 2 additional discrepancies
- Fabricated: Case Law | Cited Garcia v. Comprehensive Ctr., LLC with specific pages and holdings as support for physical and verbal acts being covered—court identified the citation as inaccurate.
- Fabricated: Case Law | Cited Torres v. City of New York for the proposition that words and threats can constitute actionable violence; court identified the citation as inaccurate in the filing.
Questions this record answers
- What happened in Andrea K. Tantaros v. Fox News Network, LLC, et al.?
- Fabricated: Case Law | Plaintiff cited 'Roe v. Bernabei & Katz, PLLC, 314 F. Supp. 3d 200,209 (D.D.C. 2018)' as analogous authority; Court identified this citation as inaccurate/non-existent. Outcome: Warning.
- Why does Andrea K. Tantaros v. Fox News Network, LLC, et al. matter for legal AI risk?
- AI will fabricate statutory language as readily as case law — verify every quoted statute against the code.
- What does the public record establish about Andrea K. Tantaros v. Fox News Network, LLC, et al.?
- The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded link is a secondary or other public source and should be checked against the docket where available. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
- Which source supports this Andrea K. Tantaros v. Fox News Network, LLC, et al. summary?
- The recorded source is reason.com. It is classified as secondary or other linked source; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.
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