ELIF Karaarslan is the stunning referee accused of being at the centre of a sex tape scandal that shocked Turkish football.
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The female official has been slapped with a lifetime ban after allegedly appearing in an X-rated clip with a referees' official nearly three times her age. She claims the video was made with AI.
will stand by my cause until the end. I am just one of many who are being harmed - I hope I am the last."
Elif's legal team has suggested the video has been fabricated using AI.
Her lawyer said in a statement: "A montaged video was published on social media, created entirely through AI from someone else's social media account."
They added: "Taking into consideration this montage video, created with malicious and deliberate intentions, poses a threat to anyone facing similar accusations in the future."