Pikesville High School

Eric Eiswert had sued Baltimore County Public Schools and Dazhon Darien after an audio clip made it sound like Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Jan Marshall Alexander sentenced Dazhon Darien, 32, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School who split his time between Baltimore and Houston, to serve four months in the Baltimore County Detention Center.

Dazhon Darien is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Aslan concluded in the case of Dazhon Darien that there was no combination of conditions that could adequately assure the safety of the community.

Dazhon Darien is charged with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.

Eric Eiswert’s lawsuit also names Dazhon Darien, the man accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate him.

Former Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert is fighting a subpoena for his personnel file, a request that his attorneys describe as an attempt to "harass, embarrass, and otherwise further retaliate against him."

Details about Dazhon Darien's troubled work history were listed in a national database.

Principals could handle kids creating fake social media pages to impersonate someone. “But then the deepfake issue took it to a whole other level,” one said.

County leaders question the integrity of the schools’ hiring process and wonder who else slipped in under false pretenses.

Before he arrived at Pikesville High School last year, Dazhon Darien appear to have held jobs in at least five states.

“AI and its easy availability is relatively new,” Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said in an interview. “And it usually doesn’t take very long for the bad guys to come up with ideas.”

To Pikesville High School students, the former athletic director’s arrest feels like justice.

Baltimore County Police charged Dazhon Darien, Pikesville High School’s former athletic director, in connection with the incident.

Audio purporting to be Pikesville High School principal Eric Eiswert was almost certainly faked using artificial intelligence.

While public officials denounced the remarks in the recording, users on social media questioned whether it was actually Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert making the racist and antisemitic comments.

A union leader says the principal did not make the racist and antisemitic comments in an audio recording circulating on social media.

Police identified the woman Saturday as 45-year-old Lakisha Wheeler.

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