A TikToker who was sued for defamation over claims she made in videos about the 2022 University of Idaho murders will soon learn her fate.
Federal jurors are now deliberating just how much money University of Idaho professor Rebecca Scofield is owed after filing a successful civil lawsuit against content creator Ashley Guillard, reported the Idaho Statesman.
Scofield's lawsuit contended that Guillard falsely accused her in several TikTok videos of participating in the murders of four University of Idaho students. Guillard even suggested the professor had been romantically involved with one of her students.
On November 13, 2022, Bryan Kohberger found his way into the Moscow, Idaho, home shared by college students Madison “Maddie” Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, and Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, who were 20.
All four were fatally stabbed, and last summer, Kohberger, 31, pleaded guilty to the gruesome early morning killings, for which he received four life sentences.
Scofield claimed in her lawsuit that Guillard's salacious claims damaged her career and reputation.
The videos received millions of views, and the false claims were shared across the web. Scofield’s attorneys sent Guillard cease-and-desist letters, telling her the accusations were false and harmful. Yet Guillard continued to make more videos.
As a result, Scofield, 40, lost her anonymity and sense of security which left her with severe grief and depression that manifested as chronic headaches and nerve...
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