Professor Sues Tiktok User Who Said She Was Responsible For Killings At University Of Idaho: After a TikTok poster broadcasted recordings accusing a professor at the University of Idaho of killing four students in residence off campus one month ago, the professor filed a defamation lawsuit against the poster.
A self-proclaimed internet detective named Ashley Guillard, who has approximately 108,000 followers on TikTok, has published dozens of videos in which she accuses Rebecca Scofield, the chair of the school’s history department, of being the mastermind behind the murders of four students. She claims that she made the accusation based on readings from Tarot cards.
Authorities have not identified a suspect in the case, which has garnered attention on a national scale, but they have hypothesized that the kids were murdered with knives, most likely while they were sleeping in their beds. There is no evidence that has been uncovered that links Scofield to the murders.
In a complaint that was submitted to the federal district court in Idaho on Wednesday, Scofield stated that Guillard’s TikToks were untrue and that she did not comply with two cease-and-desist letters that demanded Guillard take down the videos and issue an apology. Scofield’s allegations were made in the context of Guillard’s alleged refusal to take down the videos and apologize.
Scofield has asked for a trial before a jury and is requesting both compensatory and punitive damages in an amount that has not been determined. According to the complaint, Professor Scofield’s reputation has suffered as a result of Guillard’s fabricated TikToks. They have put her through a great amount of emotion and Portland anguish. She is terrified for her own life as well as the lives of the rest of her family.
She has racked up some expenses, including those associated with the installation of a security system and security cameras at her home. She is concerned that Guillard’s misleading claims may encourage others to harm either her or members of her family.
Scofield stated in the lawsuit that she and her husband were in Portland, Oregon at the time of the murders, and that they checked out of a hotel in the city several hours after the murders took place. According to the complaint, Professor Scofield was not responsible for the deaths of the four students and did not take part in their killings in any manner.
In a series of TikToks posted over the previous week, Guillard recognized the pending legal action, but in one of the videos, she stated that she had not yet been served with the complaint. One of the films contains a quote from Guillard in which he says, “I’m not stopping, so let’s just start there.” Guillard stated in a later post that she was “gleaming with enthusiasm” in anticipation of “presenting my opinions in court” regarding the killings.
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