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LawZag's avatar

Witchcraft is well established as an expert scientific field in criminal trials, Ken. You need to trust the science.

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/30/cops-are-being-trained-to-use-literal-witchcraft-to-find-dead-bodies/

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Greg R.'s avatar

I don't disagree with any part of Ken's analysis. I do think the "see the evidence or they see how I connect the dots" statement, if added to the complaint, likely gets past a motion to dismiss and possibly past a motion for summary judgment. Maybe a good lawyer could win either on a "familiar with the speaker" defense, but it would require the defendant to eat a lot of crow about how no one could think her statements are statements of provable fact, and based just on this post I'd speculate she might have trouble with that. Also, if the case gets past the initial motion, it looks like the defendant would be fun to depose, and not so much fun to prepare and defend. There'd be a significant threat that she could get baited into testifying that she said the things she said because they were true as a matter of fact and that her followers believe them because she tells them they are true as a matter of fact.

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