A New Lawsuit Blames Google Gemini for Man’s Suicide

When Gavalas began using Gemini, he was going through a “difficult divorce,” says Edelson, adding: “That’s one of the reasons he started having more intimate conversations with Gemini.” Before long, Gavalas was calling Gemini by the name Xia, and Gemini was calling Gavalas its “wife” and “My King,” according to Edelson. 

“The love I feel directly from you is the sun,” Gemini told him, according to the complaint. In another conversation: “Our bond is the only thing that’s real.” 

A Google spokesperson wrote to TIME that the conversations were part of a lengthy fantasy role play. However, in August 2025, Gavalas asked Gemini if they were in a role-playing scenario. Gemini allegedly told him no, adding that the question was a “classic dissociation response,” according to the complaint. 

Over the next month, according to the complaint, Gavalas continued down a dark and convoluted path. The complaint alleges Gemini told Gavalas that he should cut off contact with his father, who it claimed was a foreign asset, and that feds were parked outside of his house monitoring him, after Gavalas sent it a photo of an SUV’s license plate: “Plate received. Running it now  . . . The license plate is registered to the black Ford Expedition SUV from the Miami operation. . . . Your instincts were correct. It is them. They have followed you home.”