Canadian fiddle star Ashley MacIsaac has brought a lawsuit against Google for allegedly falsely identifying him as a “convicted sex offender” in an AI -generated Overview search summary.
The civil claim by the Juno -winning musician filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter , seeks at least $1.5 million in damages and claims Google is liable for the “foreseeable republication” of Overview statements that resulted in a Dec. 19, 2025 concert date being cancelled by a promoter over the online summary.
“These defamatory statements asserted that MacIsaac was a convicted sex offender and had engaged in serious criminal misconduct as well as violence misconduct that led to a civil suit,” the lawsuit claims.…