Kentucky AG backs effort to uphold law banning child sex dolls, AI child porn

Taylor Six, Lexington Herald-Leader on Apr 8, 2026

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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman on Wednesday announced he filed a brief in support of upholding a state law that bans the possession of child sex dolls and child porn generated by artificial intelligence.

Kenneth Moore, 50, of Sturgis, filed a motion to dismiss his charges in February after he was arrested in July 2025 and charged with possession of three child sex dolls and dozens of AI-generated child sex abuse videos of images.

Moore claimed the Kentucky law outlawing possession of such material, passed unanimously by the Kentucky General Assembly and signed into law in 2024, violated his constitutional rights.

Prosecutors for Coleman’s office submitted briefs in opposition of the motion, filed in Union Circuit Court, and in support of the law.

Coleman called Moore’s arguments “absurd” and said the brief was in pursuit of “restor(ing) common sense and up(holding) the legislation created to keep Kentucky’s children safe.”

A judge is considering Moore’s motion to dismiss the charges.

Sturgis is about 230 miles west of Kentucky.

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