CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WTVC) — Jurors heard Darron Lee’s personal phrases in courtroom Monday throughout a preliminary listening to on fees he murdered his girlfriend in a house in Ooltewah.
Police physique digicam footage performed throughout his preliminary listening to captured the previous NFL player describing what he claimed was the second he discovered his girlfriend unresponsive inside their Ooltewah house.
“She wasn’t saying anything and that’s when I called 911 immediately and I was like what is going on.. I was asleep for a long time,” Lee mentioned within the video proven in courtroom.
Detectives testified that BlueStar know-how revealed the presence of blood within the Ooltewah house. Photo: WTVC
Detectives testified that BlueStar know-how revealed the presence of blood within the Ooltewah house.
Detectives additionally shared what they are saying is a query Lee posed to ChatGPT:
Don’t know what to do proper now. Fiancee [sic] did her loopy factor once more and now she’s tousled, I get up and he or she has two swollen eyes (i did not do something, self inflicted) she stabbed herself, slit her eye? Idk however she is not waking up or responding, what do I do?
The prosecution additionally confirmed ChatGPT’s response, which incorporates “Here’s what to say without framing it as police trouble.”
“You have Mr. Lee using Chatgpt as a legal advisor, as a defense attorney, asking ChatGPT to basically give him advice on how you cover up a crime scene,” mentioned D.A. Coty Wamp.
Lee faces a first-degree murder cost within the loss of life of his girlfriend, Gabriella Carvalho Perpétuo, whose physique deputies found inside a home on Snow Cone Way last month.
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Darron Lee seems in a Hamilton County Criminal Court, Feb. eleventh, 2026. Photo: WTVC
Investigators have mentioned the scene inside the house raised quick considerations, citing proof of a violent wrestle and accidents inconsistent with an unintended fall. Prosecutors beforehand instructed the courtroom the sufferer suffered blunt power trauma and a number of different accidents.
Lee stays in custody with out bond.
Monday’s preliminary listening to marks the most recent growth in a case that has drawn nationwide consideration.
In current weeks, Perpetuo’s household filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Lee, looking for compensatory and punitive damages.
We have a crew contained in the courtroom and we’ll proceed to replace this story as extra testimony unfolds.
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