Back in January, FTVLive told you that popular WTVF (Nashville) Chief Meteorologist Bree Smith exited the station very quickly.

While we never got any details from the station, Smith was dealing with a deepfake AI issue.

Smith revealed in front of the state legislature that she was the victim of deepfake AI scammers, who created semi-nude images of her and would mass-message her fans on social media promising explicit photos and sexual acts if they subscribed to a paid profile.

"When I asked my employer for help, I was told that nothing could be done, it was not illegal and I had no recourse," Smith told the state House Criminal Justice Subcommittee.

"I felt humiliated and scared. I didn't know what to do or how to fight it, and I didn't know how to protect the viewers and the people that trusted me online from being subject to this kind of extortion."

WTVF station manager Richard Eller told The Tennessean in a statement that WTVF "wholeheartedly" shares Smith's frustrations and tried hard to stop impostors, to no avail. "We did everything in our power to help her, seeking expert advice to make sure we were doing all we could," Eller wrote.

"We exhausted our options with the social media platforms to try to get them to take action, reported the situation to Metro Police, and launched an investigation through our corporate security team. Nothing worked."

What also makes this interesting is the fact that Smith’s testimony was widely covered across the state, including by WTVF’s competitor WSMV.

You want to know where we didn’t see the story? On WTVF, Smith’s old station.