Guru Settles Civil Suits In Sweat Lodge Case For $3M
A self-help author imprisoned for the deaths of three people following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony settled civil lawsuits with the victims' families for more than $3 million.
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A self-help author imprisoned for the deaths of three people following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony settled civil lawsuits with the victims' families for more than $3 million.
A charismatic self-help author was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for leading an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that was supposed to offer spiritual enlightenment but instead ended with disoriented participants struggling to breathe and being dragged outside. Three people died.
Attorneys for a self-help author convicted in the deaths of three people following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony are making their case for probation.
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Supporters of a self-help author convicted in the deaths of three people after an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony will have to wait to testify in an effort to convince a judge that James Arthur Ray deserves a lenient sentence.
A judge has rejected a request to call off a mitigation hearing in the case of a self-help author who led a sweat lodge ceremony that turned deadly.
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Attorneys for a self-help author convicted of negligent homicide want a new trial based on what they contend was a pattern of prosecutorial misconduct. Prosecutors say that's unnecessary because any errors they made during James Arthur Ray's trial were unintentional and did not affect the jury's verdict.
Jurors who had just convicted self-help author James Arthur Ray of negligent homicide listened as prosecutors played an audio clip of his words that the defense was certain had not been heard before in court.
When prosecutors in a self-help author's trial argued that the families of three people who died following his sweat lodge ceremony suffered emotional harm, the defense didn't dispute that.
They lost a daughter, husband and mother in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony.
In hindsight, the family of a woman who died in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony said the red flags were obvious -- nearly $10,000 for a weeklong retreat with no refunds led by a self-help author who employed high-pressure sales tactics and had people sign away the risk of serious injury and death.
Jurors in central Arizona have reached a verdict in a self-help author's manslaughter trial.
Jurors have begun deliberating the fate of a self-help author facing manslaughter charges in the deaths of three people at an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony.
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The prosecutor in a self-help author's manslaughter trial says the author senselessly and recklessly snuffed out the lives of three people who were determined to complete a sweat lodge ceremony he led.
Attorneys in a self-help author's manslaughter trial spent Wednesday morning arguing about what the jury can and cannot consider in its deliberations.
A self-help author's manslaughter trial resumes Thursday after a 2-week break.
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The owners of an Arizona retreat where a self-help author's sweat lodge ceremony turned deadly have settled a lawsuit brought by the victims' families and other participants.
A Yavapai County sheriff's sergeant who responded to a deadly sweat lodge ceremony says a self-help author told him someone else was in charge.
The Yavapai County sheriff's detective who led the investigation into a self-help author's sweat lodge ceremony says he did not jump to conclusions as the defense has asserted.
The Yavapai County sheriff's detective who led the investigation of a self-help author's sweat lodge ceremony resumes testimony Thursday.
A woman who called 911 following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony says she believes a self-help author's words convinced participants to stay inside the sweltering structure.
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