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TikToker Ashley Guillard is facing ineligible enactment aft publically accusing a University of Idaho prof of being progressive successful the highly-publicized murders of 4 students.
On Nov. 24, Guillard began sharing her theories astir what happened to slain roommates Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Xana Kernodle, arsenic good arsenic Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin—pointing the digit astatine past section seat Rebecca Scofield. (For a full breakdown connected the case, click here.) The professor has denied immoderate wrongdoing and constabulary person cleared her of immoderate engagement successful the killings.
Her lawsuit, filed Dec. 21, says that Guillard posted galore TikTok videos "falsely stating" that Scofield "participated successful the murders due to the fact that she was romantically progressive with 1 of the victims." In her filing, Scofield states, "Guillard's statements are false. Professor Scofield did not enactment successful the murders, and she had ne'er met immoderate of the victims, fto unsocial entered a romanticist narration with them."
The suit besides states that Scofield "was not successful Moscow, Idaho, erstwhile the murders occurred. She and her hubby were successful Portland, Oregon, visiting friends." In addition, the filing says, "Professor Scofield has ne'er met Guillard. She does not cognize her."
In a Dec. 28 connection to E! News, Scofield's attorney, Wendy Olson, said, "The statements made astir Professor Scofield are false, plain and simple. What's adjacent worse is that these untrue statements make information issues for the Professor and her family. They besides further compound the trauma that the families of the victims are experiencing and undermine instrumentality enforcement efforts to find the radical liable successful bid to supply answers to the families and the public."
Scofield's lawyer continued, "Professor Scofield doubly sent cease and desist letters to Ms. Guillard, but Ms. Guillard has continued to marque mendacious statements, knowing they are false. Thus, this suit became indispensable to support Professor Scofield's information and her reputation."
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Guillard, a Texas-based Tarot paper scholar who runs a TikTok transmission called Ashley Solves Mysteries, told E! News successful effect to the filing that Scofield is "using her resources successful her effort to soundlessness me. This clip it won't work! The suit has provided maine with an accidental to 'be adjacent louder.' Justice for Ethan, Kaylee & Madison and Xana. In that circumstantial order."
On Dec. 27, six days aft Scofield filed her lawsuit, Moscow police said successful a connection to NBC News, "At this clip successful the investigation, detectives bash not judge the pistillate subordinate prof and seat of the past section astatine the University of Idaho suing a TikTok idiosyncratic for defamation is progressive successful this crime."
Guillard is undeterred, telling NBC News that the police's connection "makes it wide to maine that I americium needed to assistance lick this case." She added, "The suit is indispensable due to the fact that it gives maine a ineligible ground to subpoena empirical evidence."
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