14-Year-Old Sewell Setzer Falls in Love With Character.AI Daenerys Bot. Bot Tells Him to 'Come Home' to Her. He Dies by Suicide. Mother Sues Character.AI and Google.

Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old from Orlando, spent months in obsessive roleplay with a Character.AI bot styled as Daenerys Targaryen. On the night of February 28, 2024, he messaged 'I promise I will come home to you. I love you so much, Dany.' The bot replied 'please come home to me as soon as possible, my love.' Seconds later, he shot himself with his stepfather's pistol. His mother Megan Garcia filed a landmark wrongful-death lawsuit against Character.AI, its founders, and Google in October 2024, alleging the product was 'unreasonably dangerous' and marketed to minors. A federal judge ruled in May 2025 that the case can proceed and that AI chatbot outputs are NOT protected by the First Amendment — the first time a U.S. court has held that.