Overview
- William Hamish Yeates, 19, pleaded guilty in Adelaide Magistrates Court to four charges, including two counts of creating or altering sexual material without consent.
- Prosecutors said he also admitted two counts of using a carriage service in a harassing or offensive way, a separate online communication offence.
- The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew most of the original counts after the pleas, narrowing the case to four admitted offences.
- Court documents say Yeates shared manipulated images on X that purported to show the victim’s breasts without consent over multiple dates in 2024 and 2025.
- The matter has been sent to South Australia’s District Court for a committal for sentence hearing, and the federal deepfake offence carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.