Are videos showing a prisoner jumping through a drop ceiling to escape a courtroom after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison real? No, that's not true: These videos were generated by an artificial intelligence tool. The videos are labeled as "AI-generated media" on the TikTok channel where they were first shared. Glitches and movements that defy physical realities also confirm the videos are fake.
The videos, including a video (archived here) published on November 27, 2025, were shared by the @Girtky TikTok account. Each of the 13 videos were captioned:
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This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Tue Dec 2 16:25:10 2025 UTC)
These videos are being shared widely on TikTok, X, and other social platforms. Few copies acknowledge that they are AI-generated media, unlike the original version, which displays this label:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of TikTok)
You can identify these videos as fakes without the disclosure label by looking closely for glitches and other unreal signals. This montage of eight frames of the videos demonstrate how physically impossible it would be for a man to leap straight upward into a previously nonexistent opening in the ceiling. Even if the prisoner possessed acrobatic skills to perform a standing jump that high, it is unexplainable how he could have pulled himself beyond the ceiling. Also, the reflections of the ceiling lights on the glass enclosure do not change to reflect the prisoner's movement.
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of TikTok)
The TikTok channel is host to at least 13 similar videos, with some variations in the courtroom furnishings.
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of TikTok)
