A University of Idaho professor is suing a TikTok user for defamation after the creator has wrongly accused her of being involved in the unsolved killings of four college students. The lawsuit says the creator has published dozens of videos tarnishing the professor’s reputation. NBC’s Steve Patterson reports.
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She’s going to sue somebody for saying something you know how many people say something every day this is stupid the law is gone crazy okay
Professor will win
So there is 0.000000001 % chance she is right!
The professor will win!
Anyone how gets dragged by a tiktok frenzy …I hope they have the means to sue tiktok everytime.
Tik Tok User is making false statements and the videos should be removed. What a tool!
Black Lives Matter!
Nigro used tarot cards for views! Lol
Tic toc should be banned
This Tiktoker will pay millions in this lawsuit lol
Be careful NBC reporters. Do not try to report truthful news that NBC wants to suppress from America , or you know what will happen. Welcome back Miguel, we all know you were unfairly treated by NBC for reporting a truthful pelosi story that NBC wanted to hide from the country. A pathetic propaganda tool, operated like a socialist news channel. Sickening. This is the corp media destroying our country.
Is she schizophrenic or something? She’s seriously messed in the head
I can’t wait til someone sues YouTuber Jonathan Lee Ritches investigates. Dude is the worst
I have seen her videos and it is obvious she is doing this for clout. She says she has proof but has yet to say what that “proof” is. Stupid stupid gal.
Get rid of TikTok.
I think tik tok in general should be taken down
What a crazy psycho. Bring back mental institutions
People were saying they should consult with a psychic. This is what that encouraged.
God and all the angels do know who did this. God willing, the perpetrator will be found by the police. They will be guided to evidence.
If the perpetrator doesn’t get caught in this lifetime, they will still face the living God someday. I personally feel they need to get caught *now* and sent to him on an expedited trip, but ultimately any human justice will ring hollow because the crime was inhuman. Only God would know what to do with the perp.
It’s awful to think of the wrong person being caught, so the police are correct to work carefully and thoroughly. Get the actual monster and don’t let them escape because of mishandling.
Everyone gets 15 minutes of fame…too bad her time is almost up!
I doubt this psychic knows about the Alex Jones precident.
Now wouldnt it be crazy she wins suit then later down the line it was true! Just saying but really these tik tokers are getting out of hand if no evidence why even speak on it. Is she holding a paticular grudge I mean am I missing something here. Just randomly pick a person wtf!
I guess Ashley has not heard of someone called Alex Jones. Does she have a $1.5 billion in the bank ?
Hope she bankrupts her.
There are ethics around divination and tarot reading. She completely violated that. It makes card readers look crazy. Shame on her.
TikTok people are the most annoying people
That black woman’s the kind of person that would sell around people for a nickel
Alot of tiktokers will do anything for clout!🤦🏻♀️
take her for all shes got shes fake AF only took 2 secs to know what kind of person this Tik toker is … teachers barely make a living and you jeporadize this for views on tik tok….. so mrs teacher goodluk to you doubt youll need it
maybe a lesson on defamation could of helped stop you from the idiotic situation you put yourself into
Sue that crazy eyed psycho 🤣
Tik tok should take the creator’s video’s down for false information.
Na na na na, na na na na, hey pathetic joke, you’ve been SUED!
The Tik Tok streamer has the face and mannerisms of a mentally unstable person. I wish her well and hope she stops defaming people for clout. Our culture has become greedy and lazy. We have a national mental health emergency. Everyone wants to wake up and get paid for breathing air, even if it means ruining other people’s lives . . .
My Tarot Cards say the professor is going to win the case. 😂
Man I can’t believe people are still that stupid
People on social media think that they can go around defaming people without any consequences. If all she has is a Tarot card reading reading she’s going to lose.
Our leaders do this all the time and never face consequences
That 100% is defamation
If you want to claim you think someone committed murder— you have to state CLEARLY — that it is only your Opinion. There’s a HUGE reason you hear the word “allegedly” in the news so often. Because no one wants a defamation lawsuit, except the people who don’t know how badly it can bite them in the a**…. 🤦♂️
The tarot card reader is a complete psycho. I hope the professor wins in court.
If she really knew how to read the Cards,
they would have told her that she would get sued & Lose ….. BIG!
I hope that TikTok lady will feel long end of “the law” soon enough. Despicable person, capitalizing on what happened.
I heard that the tiktok attention seeker is involved in the george floyd killing, emmet till kidnaping and martin luther kings assasination. I have my fortune telling cards as evidence
These accusations are so irresponsible. I hope the prof wins and sets an example so that other social media characters think twice about behaving like this. It’s a disgrace.
The only thing this lunatic is doing is spreading misinformation that will serve only to muddy the waters and make it harder for the investigators to sort through it and find the culprit!! It will also serve to cause more pain and suffering for the victims families 😑
Gillard is the flaw in the extreme stance the US takes on free speech. She needs to be shut the f up. What she is doing is not only defamatory and harmful, but it’s actually dangerous.
Hope she wins and makes that tic toker cry, tictok needs to go it’s a breeding ground for stupid
LAW and ORDER: Tarot Unit
Sadly today it is easy to smear anyone on social media for likes and subs thinking I am safe. I will hide behind freedom of speech. Well …. speech is free … lies are not. You have no right to destroy lives just because you are bored or you want to bust up your social media status..
That chicks attitude says it all my god
Mental illness is a b.
The epitome of a fool and she’s still talking!
You can go on the news and social media outlets to deliberately lie, spread misinformation, attempt to overthrow the government, try to get famous, grift, accuse people of being pedophiles and make any wild accusations you’d like in this country! Our leaders get away with it all the time, maybe everyone should do it. What’s the difference between tarot cards and bibles?! Nothing!
The professor should sue for millions,
Tarot cards. Murder solved by Tarot cards. Dear god, save us from the insanity. Sue her for every penny she’s got, make an example. We are not living in the middle ages when people were burning cats as witches.
How embarrassing for the tarot community.
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Good for the Univ. of Idaho professor for suing the tarot teller 👍
I hope the professorwins
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. These social media investigator wannabes are going to have a rude awakenings in the realm of defamation.
The prof needs to prove damages and unless some miracle comes along, she likely won’t. Plus, thinking this woman has any money to speak of is another issue entirely. I sincerely hope that I am WRONG on both counts.
She’s an AKA? Her sorors better reign her in, especially now that she’s being sued (and rightfully so).
You all know what to do enjoy creating now
Social media has ruined this world.
She ruined her reputation with flat out lies. You’re probably right this girl may not have money to pay but clearing her name is just as important.
That stupid tik tok clown is getting what she deserves
Taking the professor by a landslide anybody who uses the TikTok platform is a moron
The simple answer is Ban her from using TICTOK and if she continues its Jail time ⏲️ for her its just that simple. 💯
Just goes to show the utter lack of intelligence of tiktok users
Doesn’t surprise me, simple minds simple pleasures.
2:07 “…amassing millions of views and likes…” Won’t be surprised if this were their ostentatious motivation… the great lengths that this young generation would go to go viral is one helluva drug. Why wasn’t TikTok also included in lawsuit for allowing some spread unfounded claims on their platform? Or did they fact check those claims?
Tarot Cards… Dear FBI, I have a suggestion…
Lol I have this director of a beauty school who always talked about putting in the universe what you want to take out. All that horoscopes stuff. She sued me and another student for exposing her scam of a school. Fast forward she is now paying attorney fee for her silly lawyer who thought she had a case along with our attorney fee. These people are cray cray.
I consulted a OUIJA BOARD following the shooting deaths of my nephews. Police said it was drug related though they had no evidence of that. We were frustrated. The ouija board gave us a name. We knew the police would laugh at us if we went to them with the name, so we didn’t.
Call this girl is gonna get her self in trouble because she’s clearly not smart enough to realize that that’s actually going to cost her for real.
This Tik Toker is a genuine unadulterated narcissist. Also using tarot cards is a act of the devil. She must be so proud of herself for spreading evil.
I hope they sue all of those weirdos
Freak of nature looking for attention. God, this crap gets old.
Think of those who loved these kids! No excuse for milking some cash off the heartbreak of others.
Crawl back under the proverbial rock.
Good for the professor. As someone that has been the target of nasty rumors please make this stop
Maybe we should all go to her channel and report her. One of the reporting choices are spam or misleading and harmful and abusive videos.
Tiktok investigators have never been correct in their theories. What made her think she’d be the first one to ever be right?
I’m surprised anyone cares about what goes on on tik tok
Its like a special ed room bashing you, would it bother you???
Yes, much more of this, social disinformation punishments.
I thought the burden of proof would be on Ashley Guillard for accusing the professor of committing the crime. Now I see here that the professor has to prove that she didn’t.
This is wild, she basically accusing someone with zero proof
should not have responded to this nut job. tiktok is a cesspool
Til Tok should remove her from the platform.
Let’s see how fast “racism” accusations against the Tik Tokker start flying.
All I need to hear is that she reads cards. We immediately know she’s a sick individual
Her hair is dead find who killed that! 😂
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Cardi B: Okuuuuurrr
Oh, no ma’am. 1908 get ya’ girl!
Self proclaimed psychics should have stayed in the past along with religion
Holding humanity back constantly
Section 230
The videos gave her some clout…that’s why she’s still posting…she doesn’t care about what’s she’s putting the professor and her family through…only cares about her views…what a sad reality of a world
If this Tik Toker doesn’t know about the lawsuit that took place against Alex Jones. She will!
Your a nut case
I have watched my family members over the years believing in tarot card readings and not one have EVER come true.
I guess the Tarot cards didn’t warn her to shut up
Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 1 Corinthians 13:9 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫 No one knows everything but God!