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SWBTATTReg

(22,183 posts)
1. Well, if she deliberately pointed to a totally innocent person, yeah, sue her and/or others like her,
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 02:17 PM
Mar 12

for making up basically a false accusation. And the police and all who relied upon her 'readings' shouldn't have taken such readings seriously. Must be a mountain of other evidence to be used in arresting, charging, convicting, and sentencing criminals or suspects.

SWBTATTReg

(22,183 posts)
4. In Missouri, we long have had psychics around, especially near the Rolla/west of St. Louis region, at one time, they
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 02:39 PM
Mar 12

seemed to have chased them all out, but then they seemed to come back even more so. I think that they put disclaimers on everything they do too, in their shops or reading parlors, e.g., 'for enjoyment purposes only' disclaimers'. Heck, you can drive West on I-44, and pass quite a few psychic parlors along the way towards Joplin MO from STLMO. I had one friend who wanted to go to a reading (in Rolla), and so I went along for the 'entertainment', of course they never really told you anything concrete. I would never go again, but I got a kick out of it.

I think they're taking advantage of the service men at Fort Leonard Wood, a big base located outside west of Rolla, MO on I-44.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,392 posts)
11. That seems to be her claiming she *ought to* win, not that she has won
Sun Mar 31, 2024, 02:18 PM
Mar 31

She claims she just did it "for the truth", but has continued to claim the innocent professor "might have" done it, even after the charging of someone else.

It looks like malice (and greed - hence the claim for $1m) to me, but I'm not confident US courts will see it provable that it's malice.

I can't find any news item later than that, so I guess this has not yet got to court, or been settled.

JoseBalow

(2,538 posts)
3. "Psychics" are charlatans and con artists
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 02:37 PM
Mar 12

Nobody ever claimed The Amazing Randi's $1million Psychic Prize

The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge was an offer by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) to pay out one million U.S. dollars to anyone who could demonstrate a supernatural or paranormal ability under agreed-upon scientific testing criteria. A version of the challenge was first issued in 1964. Over a thousand people applied to take it, but none were successful. The challenge was terminated in 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge

SarahD

(1,259 posts)
6. Lawsuits will help.
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 03:08 PM
Mar 12

Big judgments. Forfeited assets. Public shaming. These con artists hide behind constitutional religion and freedom of speech protections, so they're immune from criminal prosecution.

Karadeniz

(22,599 posts)
7. There are lots of genuine psychics who have worked with police forces and
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 03:27 PM
Mar 12

been recommended for their beneficial assistance.

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