An incredible model option to promote a shirt. When sailing on the Shein Ultra Fasting Fashion site, some Internet users were able to recognize a family face. That of Luigi Mangione.
The man is accused of having murdered the CEO of Unitedhealthcare, an insurance company in New York on December 4, 2024. Since then, the one that has become a part of the American to Hero is in prior detention prior to the trial waiting for his trial. However, as the BBC identified, it becomes a Shein model, all smiles, dressed in a white shirt with a short sleeve. The article offers just under ten dollars, or 8.59 euros.
If the shot was quickly eliminated, the Chinese company was forced to explain the controversy. Questioned by the BBC, Shein says that “the image in question was provided by a third party provider and was immediately eliminated after its discovery.” The company claims to have “opened an in -depth investigation” and intends to “strengthen its surveillance processes.”
An image modified by AI?
At the moment, no information on the origin of this image has been revealed. Several Internet users evoke the artificial intelligence track. The BBC verifies, using the Amazon Rekognition facial recognition tool, found a 99.9 % similarity score between the false image and a real photo of Mangione that compares in the court.
According to him, the lighting and a bit of the skin a bit too soft prove the track of artificial intelligence (AI). The hand of the hand is also characteristic of the errors of the image generators.
In April, Luigi Mangione declared himself innocent of all federal accusations filed against him for the murder of Ball by Brian Thompson. The murder of the CEO was perceived by some as a brave act of challenging the privatization of medical care in the United States. Therefore, man has become a hero in the eyes of many Americans.
His fans, gathered under the hashtag #FreeLuigi, then began to meet in front of the Palace of Justice during their audience. Anonymous donors have given thousands of dollars to help him defend himself. And some went even further. A myriad of derived products in the image of Luigi Mangione was born in Etsy or Amazon. The Seattle giant was forced to remove several products from its site.
This is not the first time that the fast fashion giant has been pointed out for fraudulent commercial practices. Last July, the company received a fine of 40 million euros for “deceptive commercial practices.” The DGCCRF accused him of having deceived consumers “about the reality of the price reductions granted.”
At the moment, Luigi Mangione’s lawyers have not reacted to the use of their image as Maniquí Shein.
Source: BFM TV
