# Google’s AI told lies about this man. He’s going to be allowed to sue. > Source: > Published: 2026-09-16 17:33:02+00:00 **Getting your** [Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready... A man who discovered false statements about himself by Google’s AI Overview will be allowed to sue for defamation, a federal court has ruled. [James Keene](https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/01/former-fbi-operative-james-keene-apple-tv-black-bird-googles-ai-chatbot-killer/) — a writer, TV producer and one-time FBI informer — last year claimed he found that queries about himself to Google Search were answered by artificial intelligence responses saying he had killed three women and was serving a life term in prison. Keene had indeed served prison time; his experience behind bars with a suspected serial killer was the basis of the Apple TV+ miniseries “Black Bird.” But his crime was marijuana-related, and he was released after 17 months. Keene “repeatedly alerted Google that the AI Overviews could be defamatory,” court documents say; the false statements were allegedly accessible for at least two months. Keene then [filed a lawsuit alleging defamation](https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/01/former-fbi-operative-james-keene-apple-tv-black-bird-googles-ai-chatbot-killer/) and seeking at least $250 million. Google sought to dismiss the claim. Among other things, it claimed that AI Overviews are not considered statements of fact and that, as Keene is a “limited public figure,” he would have to “plausibly plead” malice on Google’s part. The opinion issued Monday by a U.S. District Court in Illinois allowed two of Google’s motions to dismiss and denied two others, stating that Keene may file an amended complaint.