The fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students captured the attention of many social media sleuths. One TikTok user has been accusing a University of Idaho professor of orchestrating the killings.
Now, friends of the professor are raising funds for her legal fees.
TikTok influencer Ashley Guillard is a self-proclaimed “psychic” who claims to solve crimes. She’s accused professor Rebecca Scofield of being involved in last fall’s quadruple homicide in Moscow, which the Moscow Police Department has refuted.
Stefanie Ramirez is a close friend of Scofield. When the social media accusation news broke, she said she couldn’t believe her friend was being blamed.
“When it comes to your friends or your family, you want to help in some way,” said Ramirez, who set up a GoFundMe to raise money to cover Scofield’s legal fees. “This is the most obvious way we can help.”
In December, Scofield filed a lawsuit against Guillard for defamation.
Ramirez said Scofield’s legal expenses continue to mount.
That’s why Ramirez and her colleagues at the University decided to set up the fundraiser to help. “We recognize how this could happen to any one of us,” she said.
As professors in academia, Ramirez said she and Scofield have public-facing positions.
“It is not okay for anybody to randomly choose a name off of a website and accuse them of the most heinous things,” said Ramirez.
In academia, reputation is everything, Ramirez said. Scofield has two young children, and Ramirez said the...
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