Beautiful referee banned for life.. Unexpected reason

 Due to an artificial intelligence sex scandal

The Turkish Football Federation imposed a life ban from practicing any football-related activity on young referee Elif Karaarslan, after she allegedly appeared in a "sexual" clip with a match supervisor three times her age.

Referee Karaarslan (24 years old) and Orhan Erdemir (61 years old) were suspended from practicing any football-related activity, and their appeal against the decision was rejected.

Injury and suspension from playing

Karaarslan has officiated matches in Turkey since an injury forced her to stop playing football with Besiktas.

The British newspaper "The Sun" reported that the sanctions came after the emergence of a "sexual" clip allegedly involving the duo.

Karaarslan said: I will have a long road ahead of me legally, but I will overcome it in the strongest and most solid way. I look forward to your full support and love in this case.

Crying, screaming and good

She added: Crying, screaming and sadness are not things I would have done. This is not me, I will stick to my case until the end. I am just one of many people who are being harmed.

A lawyer representing Karaarslan released a statement on social media claiming the video was created using artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence clip

“A video has been circulated on social media, it is not the original video and was created entirely through artificial intelligence from someone else’s social media account and has nothing to do with my client in any way,” the statement read.

Erdemir, who was a FIFA referee between 1999 and 2002, believes his reputation has been destroyed by the case.

“My career as a referee and umpire, which I have proudly maintained for over 30 years without a single stigma, has been turned upside down,” Erdemir said.

Karaarslan is popular on social media, with 363,000 followers on Instagram.