{"id":128702,"date":"2026-08-04T03:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/128702\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:50:23","slug":"prosecutors-spa-owner-facing-drug-trafficking-charges-used-ai-to-forge-bond-travel-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/128702\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors: Spa owner facing drug trafficking charges used AI to forge bond travel request"},"content":{"rendered":"

CULLMAN, Ala. (WBRC<\/a>) – A former Cullman business owner who was indicted on 20 counts connected to drug trafficking and forgery asked the court to amend her bond so she can go out of state to visit a \u201cprofessional development and networking summit.\u201d However, the district attorney\u2019s office is arguing that she\u2019s a flight risk and alleged the letter provided for the event was not real and was AI-generated.<\/p>\n

In August 2025, Cullman Police were reportedly told about a series of forged prescriptions which had been written and filled at several local pharmacies. The prescriptions were reportedly used to get a range of medications, including controlled narcotics. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe owner of Infusion Wellness Spa, Whitney Cheatham, was indicted on 20 charges related to forgery, drug trafficking and practicing medicine without a license.(WBRC)<\/p>\n

Police launched an investigation which led to a search warrant for Infusion Wellness and Spa, the business connected with the forged prescriptions. <\/p>\n

Arrest warrants were issued from the investigation on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, for Whitney LeAnn Cheatham, 33, of Cullman<\/a>. Cheatham was listed as the owner of the spa on their website. Whitney Cheatham turned herself in on Saturday, Aug. 16.<\/p>\n

Whitney Cheatham\u2019s father, Kelvin Neal Cheatham, also had warrants issued for his arrest. Kelvin Cheatham turned himself in on Sept. 4, 2025<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"KelvinKelvin Neil Cheatham is wanted in Cullman on multiple charges, including drug trafficking.(Cullman Police Department)<\/p>\n

A third person, Kody Ray Smith, was also arrested<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"KodyKody Ray Smith was arrested in relation to the investigation of Infusion Wellness and Spa in Cullman, Ala.(Cullman Police Department)<\/p>\n

Whitney Cheatham was indicted on the following charges on Dec. 4, 2025, according to court documents. <\/p>\n

3 counts of trafficking an illegal drug4 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance Attempt to commit a controlled substance crimeConspiracy to trafficConspiracy to distribute a controlled substanceAttempt to commit a controlled substance crime – trafficking Practicing medicine without a license 5 counts of fourth-degree forgery<\/p>\n

Her bond was set at $1.055 million.<\/p>\n

According to court records, Whitney Cheatham\u2019s bond included a condition that she does not leave the state of Alabama. However, on July 31, her attorney\u2019s filed a motion to amend the bond, stating that Whitney Cheatham is a \u201ccontent creator\u201d and that she needed to travel to Nashville, Tennessee from Aug. 6 to Aug. 10, 2026, for that job.<\/p>\n

The filing said Whitney Cheatham was only requesting to travel for her job and for those specific dates. Prosecutors then filed a response against Whitney Cheatham\u2019s request. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe owner of Infusion Wellness Spa, Whitney Cheatham, was indicted on 20 charges related to forgery, drug trafficking and practicing medicine without a license.(Cullman Police Department)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Defendant is indicted on 20 counts. Three are trafficking counts \u2013 Class A felonies. Two of those carry a mandatory minimum 25 calendar years in prison and a $500,000 fine. The third carries a mandatory minimum of ten calendar years,\u201d read the filing from prosecutors. \u201cA defendant facing multiple mandatory sentences, two of them a quarter-century each, has every reason to run.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court document from prosecutors continued, stating, \u201cthe Court need not guess whether this Defendant would run,\u201d because she allegedly already said she would. <\/p>\n

Prosecutors said at her prior bond hearing they played a recorded call in which Whitney Cheatham told someone else to tell her father, Kelvin Cheatham, to not turn himself in. On the same call, Whitney Cheatham reportedly said if she got out, she was not coming back. <\/p>\n

The motion against amending her bond also claims the letter filed as proof of her invite to the \u201cprofessional development and networking summit,\u201d is \u201cnot what it claims to be.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt names no company \u2013 only \u2018Content House\u2019. It has no address, no phone number, no email, no date, and no signature,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors also noted there was no venue, no hotel, no schedule and no registration. Prosecutors reportedly submitted the document to Pangram, a notable AI-detection service, which they said concluded the entirety of the letter was AI-generated. <\/p>\n

Prosecutors said at a prior bond hearing, they introduced evidence that Whitney Cheatham used ChatGPT to ask how to forge a prescription for narcotics. They allege the letter appeared to be another fabricated document.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Whitney Cheatham has an Instagram account which \u201copenly advertises links to her subscription pornography platforms.\u201d <\/p>\n

On the same day Whitney Cheatham filed a motion to amend her bond so she could travel to Nashville, she posted to her Instagram, telling her followers she was \u201cgetting all hot & ready for the content house\u2026first weekend of August,\u201d and that she could not \u201cwait to play and film something extra naughty while there.\u201d <\/p>\n

In opposition to Whitney Cheatham\u2019s motion to amend bond, prosecutors alleged that the purpose of the trip was to film pornography for commercial distribution. <\/p>\n

The prosecution also asked the court to increase Whitney Cheatham\u2019s bond, stating she fabricated evidence and posed a flight risk. <\/p>\n

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