Don Jr. Asks Courtroom Artist to Make Him ‘Look Sexy’— Like Fake AI Sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried
The eldest Trump son seems to think a viral illustration of the crypto fraudster is real since he showed the artist the image and requested something similar.
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Donald Trump Jr. had an urgent concern after he finished testifying Thursday in the civil fraud case against his father: The eldest Trump spawn wasn’t concerned about his father’s prospects, but rather he hoped the courtroom sketch artist would make him look…different. Veteran court illustrator Jane Rosenberg told Insider that Junior approached her after his testimony and said, “Make me look sexy.”
Not only that, Trump Jr. took out his phone to show her some dubious reference material—a viral illustration of crypto failboy Sam Bankman-Fried with a chiseled jawline and spiked hair, which is actually a fake. “He said, ‘Did you see the one they made of Sam Bankman-Fried? It made him look like a superstar.’ And he pulled out his phone and showed me,” Rosenberg said. “It’s fake. It’s AI.” (Later on Thursday, a Manhattan jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of seven criminal counts including wire fraud and conspiracy.)