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The state played Caleb Flynn's A.I. mistress songs at trial.
On Thursday, Sept. 25, 2026, jurors in Caleb Flynn's Ohio murder trial heard A.I.-generated songs he wrote for mistress Alleigha Botner, and texts in which both said they wanted Ashley Flynn dead. Flynn has pleaded not guilty.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
Songs, texts, and witness readings offered by the state are evidence for the jury. They are not findings. A not-guilty plea is not a conviction. Thursday's A.I. ballads and the texts Alleigha Botner read on the stand are part of that trial record. They are not a verdict.
TMZ reported that two A.I. songs using lyrics Flynn wrote for Botner were played back to back during Thursday's hearing. The gallery reacted with rolled eyes and raised eyebrows. The lyrics called Botner "love at first sight," referenced their age gap, and toasted an anniversary.
After the songs, texts between Flynn and Botner were read in which both said they wanted to kill his wife, Ashley. Botner sobbed as she read her text: "I want to kill her, Caleb." She then read his reported response: "That makes two of us." Those are messages offered as evidence. They are not a conviction.
Prosecutors accuse Flynn of shooting Ashley twice in the back of the head and staging a break-in. The defense says there is no evidence tying him to the killing. Accusation and defense argument are not a jury finding. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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