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FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) \u2014 The fallout continues after the revelation from the Forsyth County Sheriff\u2019s Office that an assault that allegedly happened at Tanglewood Park did not take place there. <\/p>

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It has called into question other details of the investigation, including a widely circulated AI sketch disseminated by the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

FOX8 is no longer showing that image because the sheriff\u2019s office told reporters not to use it.<\/p>\n

Image Takes Toll<\/h2>\n
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Whitsett man speaks out after AI suspect sketch resembling him released (WGHP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

The widely circulated image took a toll on a Whitsett man and his reputation. Brandon Brown says he first saw the image on July 2 on Facebook<\/p>\n

He says his family teased him, as the suspect image depicted a bald, white man with a beard and earrings.<\/p>\n

That image had investigators knocking at his door on July 6, which was six days after the alleged attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst thing anyone can point out is that I\u2019m bald. I think the second thing was the beard, and I have an earring on one side,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

When Brown was shown the AI-generated suspect sketch by his wife of the person the FCSO was looking for in an alleged attack, he thought he had similar features.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe officers did tell me \u2026 that\u2019s not on the sketch is a cross tattoo on one of the arms, and I have a cross tattoo on both of my arms,\u201d Brown said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown says he was caught off-guard.<\/p>\n

They inspected him and questioned him, and he was seriously concerned as to what would happen next.<\/p>

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\u201cThese are serious allegations \u2026 You don\u2019t have to be guilty of something for someone to form an opinion of you from tips and allegations,\u201d Brown said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Deputies cleared him before they left his home that day. After the sheriff\u2019s office told reporters to no longer use the AI-generated image on Wednesday, he felt better but couldn\u2019t shake some lingering questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fear of what could happen to me. What is happening to others? Because I am assuming I am not the only one,\u201d Brown said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Innocent People Were Being Looked At\u2019<\/h2>\n

According to Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O\u2019Neill, Brown wasn\u2019t the only person under a cloud of suspicion.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoors were knocked on. People were interviewed. I can also tell you that a composite was put out there about what everyone thought the alleged attacker was going to look like, which then, of course, members of the public were calling in, and innocent people were being looked at,\u201d O\u2019Neill said.<\/p>\n

Brown hopes the experience, which not only affected him but also his entire family, could serve as a lesson in using AI-generated images in criminal investigations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow is it going to affect us \u2026 now and in the future?\u201d Brown said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown says he felt like the sheriff\u2019s office released the AI sketch prematurely and is urging them to be more cautious.<\/p>\n

Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough also confirmed during Wednesday\u2019s press conference that the sketch was created by the victim, and she submitted the image to the FCSO.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the sheriff\u2019s office says that when there is an incident with no other witnesses besides the victim, any details circulated are victim-provided.\u00a0<\/p>

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