Statement

STATEMENT
ON LEGAL
ACTION

In support of Jess Asato's legal action against xAI

The Stop AI Abuse campaign is pleased to publish this statement signed by organisations, experts and campaigners supporting Jess Asato's legal action against xAI.

Jess's case is an important step in the fight for accountability following the creation of non-consensual sexualised images using Grok.

The statement below reflects the views of the individuals and organisations who have signed it in support of Jess Asato's legal action.

We are grateful to everyone who has spoken out in support of accountability, justice for victims, and stronger safeguards against AI enabled abuse.

Read the full statement below.

We stand with Jess Asato and her incredibly brave legal action against xAI to deliver justice for the non-consensual sexualised images Grok created of her and back her calls for better safety by design.

We hope that this will be a first step towards accountability for those responsible and that it will open a path to redress for the many, many other victims who have suffered.

Researchers found that in an 11-day period — from the start of December 29th 2025 to the end of January 8th 2026 — Grok generated an estimated 3 million nonconsensual sexualised images of women and children, which were widely disseminated on X, causing untold harm.

To date, there has been no justice for any of the victims. We believe that xAI must be held legally accountable to ensure that no AI tool or social media platform can ever repeat such awful harms against women, children, or anyone.

Signed by

  1. 1Adele Zeynep Walton
  2. 2Hannah Stevens, CEO, Elect Her
  3. 3Professor Olga Jurasz, Director, Centre for Protecting Women Online
  4. 4Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation
  5. 5Helen Pankhurst CBE, Convener, Centenary Action
  6. 6Chris Ashworth OBE, Founder, Click Zero
  7. 7Penny East, Chief Executive, Fawcett Society
  8. 8Tara Steele, Executive Director, Safe AI for Children Alliance
  9. 9Jennifer Nadel, CEO, Compassion in Politics
  10. 10Janaya Walker, Interim Director, End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW)
  11. 11Paul Jones, CEO, FlippGen
  12. 12Danny Stone MBE, Chief Executive, Antisemitism Policy Trust
  13. 13David Parfett, Chair of Trustees, Thomas William Parfett Foundation
  14. 14Professor Clare McGlynn, Durham University
  15. 15Maeve Walsh, Director, Online Safety Act Network
  16. 16Elena Michael, Director, #NotYourPorn
  17. 17Mark Rowland, CEO, Mental Health Foundation
  18. 18Andy Burrows, CEO, Molly Rose Foundation
  19. 19Sanjay Bhandari, Chair, Kick It Out
  20. 20Lyanne Nicholl, CEO, 50:50 Parliament
  21. 21Professor Lisa Sugiura, Lead, Digital Gender Harms Research Unit, University of Portsmouth
  22. 22Ciara Bergman, CEO, Rape Crisis England & Wales
  23. 23Hera Hussain, CEO, Chayn
  24. 24Naomi Miles, CEO, Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation (CEASE)
  25. 25Professor Bryony Hoskins, Chair of Comparative Social Science, University of Roehampton
  26. 26Emma Lingley-Clark, Interim CEO, Suzy Lamplugh Trust
  27. 27Laura Kaun, Head of Public Affairs, Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)
  28. 28Sara Kirkpatrick, CEO, Welsh Women's Aid
  29. 29Andrea Simon, London's Victims' Commissioner
  30. 30Rose Caldwell, CEO, Plan International UK
  31. 31Angie Airlie, CEO, Stay Safe East
  32. 32Red Godfrey-Sagoo, CEO, Rape Crisis South London
  33. 33Estelle du Boulay, Director, Rights of Women
  34. 34Ghadah Alnasseri, Executive Director, Imkaan
  35. 35Professor Ann Kristin Glenster, LOGOS, University of Cambridge
  36. 36Diana Nammi, IKWRO – Women's Rights Organisation
  37. 37Peter Bannister, LOGOS, University of Cambridge
  38. 38Jo Todd, CEO, Respect
  39. 39Gemma Sherrington, CEO, Refuge
  40. 40Bernie Ryan, CEO, Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS)
  41. 41Shonagh Dillon, CEO, Aurora New Dawn
  42. 42Gemma Magee-Herd, CEO, SAHWR
  43. 43Maureen Connolly, CEO, Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid
  44. 44Deborah Denis, Chief Executive, Lucy Faithfull Foundation
  45. 45Michelle Blunsom MBE, CEO, East Surrey Domestic Abuse Services (ESDAS)
  46. 46Jo Choi, Interim CEO, Standing Together Against Domestic Service
  47. 47Frank Mullane MBE, CEO, Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA)
  48. 48Selma Taha, Executive Director, Southall Black Sisters (SBS)
  49. 49Harriet Wistrich, CEO, Centre for Women's Justice
  50. 50Beverley Jones, CEO, Next Chapter
  51. 51Gisela Valle, Director, Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS)
  52. 52Amtal Rana, CEO, Kiran Support Services
  53. 53Jill Caldwell, CEO, Paws for Kids/Endeavour
  54. 54Sam Clifford, CEO, Jewish Women's Aid
  55. 55Sarah Andrew, Legal and Campaign Director, Avaaz Foundation
  56. 56Jill Cooper, CEO, Stroud Beresford Limited (Stroud Women's Refuge)
  57. 57Heather Smiles, Manager, Sutton Women's Centre
  58. 58Debi Coppel, Refuge Manager, The First Step (Knowsley)
  59. 59Nicki Watts, Director, AI Youth
  60. 60Medina Johnson, Chief Executive, IRISi
  61. 61Susie McDonald, CEO, Tender Education & Arts
  62. 62Sharon Brown, CEO, Northumberland Domestic Abuse Services (NDAS)
  63. 63Elisabeth Sheppard, CEO, Gilgal Birmingham
  64. 64Elizabeth Jiménez-Yáñez, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Hibiscus
  65. 65Jo Gough, RISE (Sussex VAWG service)
  66. 66Claire Lambon, CEO, Stop Domestic Abuse
  67. 67Lynne Elliot, CEO, White Ribbon UK
  68. 68Gaby Price, CEO, Women's Aid Luton
  69. 69Charlotte Almond, Staffordshire Women's Aid
  70. 70Katie Freeman-Tayler, Policy and Research Director, Internet Matters
  71. 71Nina Humphries, Director, UK Feminista
  72. 72Shigufta Khan, CEO, The Wish Centre
  73. 73Stephen Kinsella, Founder, Clean Up the Internet
  74. 74Natalie Collins, Own My Life
  75. 75Jeffrey DeMarco, Senior Advisor Online Harms, Save the Children UK
  76. 76Sarah Hill, CEO, IDAS
  77. 77Sophie McGoff, CEO, Women's Aid Leicestershire Ltd
  78. 78Jacqui Kilburn, Head of Training, AAFDA
  79. 79Rory Innes, Founder & CEO, The Cyber Helpline
  80. 80Baroness Gabby Bertin, Lead Reviewer of the Independent Pornography Review
  81. 81Kyla Kirkpatrick, Director, The Drive Partnership
  82. 82Tracey Bleakley, Interim CEO, SafeLives
  83. 83Sam Smethers, CEO, Surviving Economic Abuse
  84. 84Constanze Sen, CEO, Women's Aid Bromley and Croydon
  85. 85Lawrence Jordan, CEO, Marie Collins Foundation
  86. 86Angie Herrera, Director, Latin American Women's Aid
  87. 87Farah Nazeer, CEO, Women's Aid Federation England
  88. 88Soma Sara, CEO, Everyone's Invited
  89. 89Ruth Galwey, National President, BPW UK
  90. 90Ross Hendry, CEO, CARE
  91. 91Alice Piller-Roner, CEO, Woman's Trust
  92. 92Natasha Rattu, CEO, Karma Nirvana
  93. 93Matteo Bergamini MBE, Founder and CEO, Shout Out UK
  94. 94Professor Gina Neff, Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy, University of Cambridge
  95. 95Daniel Guinness, Managing Director, Beyond Equality
  96. 96Liz Mack, CEO, Advance
  97. 97Sarah O'Leary, CEO, Next Link
  98. 98Kyle Taylor, Executive Director, Fair Vote UK
  99. 99David Wright, CEO, SWGfL
  100. 100Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees, Queen's University Belfast
  101. 101Ben Scott, CEO, Reset Tech
  102. 102Vicki Shotbolt, CEO, Parent Zone
  103. 103Henry Tuck, Senior Director, Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)
  104. 104Josephine Jengo-Cowell, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK
  105. 105Dr Elena Sherstoboeva, Lecturer, Essex Law School, University of Essex
  106. 106S. Mona Sinha, CEO, Equality Now
  107. 107Vivienne Hayes OBE, CEO, Women's Resource Centre
  108. 108Professor Miranda Horvath, Director of the Institute for Social Justice & Crime, University of Suffolk
  109. 109Dr Leonie Tanczer, UCL Gender + Tech Lab
  110. 110Ian Dean, Director, Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse
  111. 111Aisha Ali-Khan, Chair, KAWACC
  112. 112Melissa Green, CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes
  113. 113Patrick Ryan, CEO, Hestia
  114. 114Laura Seebohm, CEO, WWIN