Ashley Guillard could be required to pay out $10 million for her defamatory comments
A federal jury awarded a University of Idaho professor $10 million after a TikTok psychic falsely accused her of playing a role in the grisly murder of four students.
The recent decision in favor of Professor Rebecca Scofield follows accusations made by Ashley Guillard in 2022.
Guillard (pictured) posts videos on social media website TikTok where she claims to solve murders using tarot cards and other psychic methods. Her videos have racked up millions of views, according to the lawsuit. She calls herself a “clairvoyant” and is “blessed with the ability to access and interpret information from the universal consciousness,” according to her website.
She accused Scofield of having an affair with one of the students murdered and then orchestrating the murders to cover up what happened.
Scofield never met the students who were killed and there is no reason to believe she played any role.
Since the gruesome murders in 2022, police identified Bryan Kohberger as the main suspect.
As the Idaho State Police reports:
On December 30, 2022, Bryan Kohberger was arrested and later charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. Following his conviction, the case was fully adjudicated on July 23, 2025. He pled guilty and was sentenced to four fixed life terms to run consecutively without the possibility of parole, as well as a fixed term of 10 years for the burglary.
The case generation significant national attention, including several documentaries.
The murder also prompted a related lawsuit against Washington State University, as The College Fix recently reported.
Kohberger was a Ph.D. student in criminology and a teaching assistant at WSU, located not far from Moscow, Idaho, where the crime was committed.
The victims’ families accused the public university of ignoring warnings about Kohberger.
The lawsuit alleges WSU had “substantial control” over the perpetrator because he was a student, employee, on-campus resident, and resource user. Despite the complaints, campus officials did not investigate or discipline him.
“This effort is not about vengeance or speculation,” the families’ attorney stated in a statement to the public. “This is about ensuring that institutions entrusted with the safety of young people take threats seriously and act decisively when warning signs are present.”
