{"id":244499,"date":"2026-06-05T14:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/ashlee-jenae-died-by-suicide-consulted-chatgpt-about-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:32:30","slug":"ashlee-jenae-died-by-suicide-consulted-chatgpt-about-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/ashlee-jenae-died-by-suicide-consulted-chatgpt-about-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashlee Jenae Died by Suicide, Consulted ChatGPT About Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In April of this year, influencer Ashlee Jenae tragically passed away at a luxury resort.<\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of questions about the newly engaged beauty\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have concluded that she died by suicide after months of suicidal ideation.<\/p>\n<p>They also found that she had consulted ChatGPT for information on ending her life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"The ChatGPT app by OpenAI in 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-556550 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0605_chatgpt_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The ChatGPT app by OpenAI in 2026. For the millions of us who\u2019ve never used it, this is what it looks like.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-died-by-suicide\">She died by suicide<\/h2>\n<p>When Jenae went to the luxury resort in Tanzania, she did not go alone.<\/p>\n<p>The influencer \u2014 whose real name was Ashly Robinson \u2014 was there for a birthday getaway with her fiance, Joe McCann.<\/p>\n<p>That birthday trip then turned into an engagement trip after McCann proposed and she said yes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tanzania Police, a hotel employee found Jenae unconscious in her room. The employee had first tried the door, but gotten no response.<\/p>\n<p>She was found hanging from the clothing rail of her closet, using the belt from a robe that the hotel provided.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Late Influencer Ashlee Jenae Cause of Death Revealed as Investigation Closes\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wYyWATOMqkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jenae was rushed to the hospital, but ultimately passed away on April 9.<\/p>\n<p>Her immediate cause of death was cerebral hypoxia, brought on by strangulation and suffocation.<\/p>\n<p>However, when it came to manner of death, investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheChanzo\/status\/2062569735636516939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> that she had died by suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Zanzibar determined that she suffered from suicidal depression.<\/p>\n<p>This painful news comes after some cast suspicions upon McCann following an alleged disagreement during the vacation. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJ17PhDpcib\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-much-valium-would-kill-me\">\u2018How much Valium would kill me?\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Zanzibar Deputy Director of Criminal Investigation Zuberi Chember has also revealed another detail about the influencer\u2019s tragic passing.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her death, Jenae asked ChatGPT, an LLM \u201cAI\u201d program, for advice on ending her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much Valium would kill me?\u201d she apparently asked the slop program in March.<\/p>\n<p>Other messages that Jenae had sent to family and friends indicated depression.<\/p>\n<p>Some texts, Chembera shared, even read like farewell messages. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ashlee Jenae, Dead at 31: Everything We Know About the Influencer&#039;s Untimely and Mysterious Death\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DC62Ezva0Qg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This finding by investigators puts Jenae\u2019s death on a growing list of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deaths related to \u201cAI\u201d chatbots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether someone in the throws of AI psychosis murders a relative, someone uses a chatbot to plan a mass shooting, or asks a chatbot for advice on ending their life, these devices write <em>almost<\/em> like people, but lack the mental capacity to help someone get help.<\/p>\n<p>These clankers would have blood on their hands if they had hands. Their creators \u2014 the \u201cinnovators\u201d in charge of companies creating these slop machines \u2014 do, in fact, have hands.<\/p>\n<p>It will probably be years before people in power have the moral fortitude and the courage to end this useless, pernicious tech instead of helping them to push into every sector of life in search of a paying market.<\/p>\n<p>For now, perhaps Jenae\u2019s grieving family can take legal action. Sometimes, a lawsuit is the closest that we come to getting justice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/ashlee-jenae-died-by-suicide-asked-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes In April of this year, influencer Ashlee Jenae tragically passed away at a luxury resort. 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