A Canadian politician who claimed that a voicemail she allegedly left with a potential mayoral candidate last summer was from artificial intelligence has been arrested and charged with making threats.
Ontario Councilor Corinna Traill was arrested Wednesday and charged with uttering threats, Ontario’s Peterborough police said.
In September, former mayoral candidate Tom Dingwall wrote on his Facebook that Traill had left him a voicemail in August, telling him not to run for mayor so a friend of hers could run uncontested.
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Ontario Councilor Corinna Traill was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of uttering threats, Ontario’s Peterborough police said. (Corinnatraill.ca; Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
“Miss Traill made it clear that if I didn’t, she would come to my house, kill me and sexually assault my wife, then sexually assault her again,” he alleged.
Calling on Traill to resign, he added: “To be clear, no elected official paid to represent us should use intimidation or threats to deter anyone from holding elected office or engaging in public service, especially for the benefit of their friend.”
In her own statement posted on Facebook in September, Traill denied sending the voicemail.
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“I want to say clearly and unequivocally: I did not create this message,” she wrote. “I was told there was artificial intelligence involved. Parts of the voicemail were my voice, but other parts were artificially generated.”
She wrote at the time that her team was trying to find out who made the message.
“For more than a decade, I have worked to represent the interests of our community, advocate for our residents and ensure that local decision-making reflects the values and priorities of the people I serve,” she added. “That commitment will not waver in the face of these circumstances.”
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Traill was released from jail on his own recognizance and is expected in court in January, the police department said.
