Horrified Vicky Pattison reveals she found real deepfake porn of ...

SHOCKED Vicky Pattison has discovered she has been a victim of real image-based sexual abuse - just days after she leaked her own fake sex tape as part of a documentary.

In a horrifying twist of fate, the real, dark content was found in filming the final scenes for her Channel 4 investigation.

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For the show, Vicky Pattison: My Deepfake Sex Tape, the TV personality worked with actors to create a clip of hyper-realistic, deepfake porn featuring her image to fully understand the impact of image-based abuse.

She released it online last Sunday and filmed the fallout for the final scenes of the documentary.

But during an important educational segment about how to remove content, “takedown” experts discovered other graphic content as well as the fake tape.

Shocked Vicky, 37, told The Sun: “I say in the pre-titles of the documentary that I myself have been a victim of sexually explicit, misogynistic abuse online.

“Throughout this documentary, we actually realised that there's content of me online that I was not entirely aware of.

“It's not AI generated but it is dark in content.”

Vicky took the incredibly brave step to consensually create a deepfake tape to throw a spotlight on the problem of deepfake porn because she cares deeply about the rising problem and attacks on women.

The 45 second clip appeared to show Vicky engaged in a sex act first wearing a bra and then later, topless.

In scenes that will air as part of the hard-hitting, immersive documentary, she then worked with a takedown company, who used AI software to “scrape” the internet to find and remove the fake tape.

The technology found 1,700 results about Vicky which threw up deeply concerning content.

Anonymous web users had uploaded images and video clips of them pleasuring themselves over bikini pictures of Vicky.

If she had been naked in these images - whether real or deepfaked - this would be a criminal offence.

If they had been sent directly to her, this would be a sexual offence.

But because she is clothed and the pictures were taken consensually, no crime has been committed in sharing this content online.

However, it is another sick move that falls under the definition of “image-based abuse”.

Other sites included posts about Vicky on forums where men requested if anyone had real leaks.

A third type of content was found on sites known as Explicit Content Aggregators, who had bikini pictures of Vicky alongside links to click through to sick apps where AI could “undress” the images.

These platforms are something Vicky investigates herself earlier in the documentary - bravely putting a snap from her hen do into the app to see how it worked.

Vicky said: “I can't compare my experience to what the victims of this go through, I really can't.

“My heart goes out to the victims of this and I in no way want to diminish that.”

Last week Vicky was criticised for the decision to make her deepfake tape for the project.

It left the I’m A Celebrity winner in bits - because the horrifying rise in attacks of women is something she cares deeply about.

Speaking for the first time about the project, Vicky told the Sun: “It isn't a decision I made lightly, and it is one that I struggled with right until the end. Like right until Sunday night [when she posted it], I struggled with, was I doing the right thing, you know?

“I completely understand that some people might be angry and upset about what we've done and I in no way want to diminish that.

“I would never want to trivialise victims’ feelings.

"I had the privilege of speaking to brave survivors and a lot of them felt like creating the deepfake sex tape was a bold way to shine a much-needed spotlight on the issue.

“My goal with this documentary is to foster empathy and drive action, and to contribute to a larger movement for justice and change, so victims feel supported, understood and empowered to reclaim their voices and control.

“This form of abuse, it's not slowing down. If anything, it's just finding its feet.

“I've made my peace with the way we've chosen to tackle this problem.”

Watch Vicky Pattison: My Deepfake Sex Tape on Channel 4 on Tuesday at 10pm.

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