Sydney cafe Stoneground Bakery has issued an apology after it shared an “insensitive” AI-generated post of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein visiting its shop in Hunters Hill.
The post was shared on Stoneground Bakery’s official Instagram account earlier this week, and featured multiple celebrities inside the cafe in an attempt to highlight how busy the business had been over the weekend.
“POV: It was a really busy weekend,” the caption read, alongside fake renderings of supposed cafe patrons including Sydney Sweeney, comedic character Borat, influencer Tammy Hembrow and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
In its post, an AI version of Epstein was seated at one of Stoneground Bakery’s tables and seen pouring sauce over one of its dishes.
The post has since been removed from Stoneground Bakery’s Instagram page.
Reacting to news of the post, one person wrote, “you couldn’t make this up, not funny,” while another said “we all find [Epstein] abhorrent”.
In a statement provided to PEDESTRIAN.TV, Stoneground Bakery said the post, created by Sydney-based marketing agency Élever Media, was the result of a “breakdown in our processes”.
“We acknowledge that the Instagram post featuring an AI-generated image of Jeffery Epstein at the Stoneground Bakery was in bad taste and insensitive,” the statement read.
“On behalf of Élever Media and Stoneground Bakery we are deeply sorry for that.”
The cafe added that it “very quickly” deleted the post after it was first shared.
It comes as the US’ House Oversight Committee continues to release files relating to Epstein as part of its ongoing push for greater transparency about his crimes, nearly seven years after his death in prison.
Earlier this month, a federal judge released a possible suicide note written by Epstein and discovered by his cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione.
Lead images: Paolo Bevilacqua/Google Reviews and Stoneground Cafe/Instagram
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