Web sleuth Ashley Guillard DOUBLES DOWN on accusations against prof Rebecca Scofield in Idaho murders
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: A TikTok true crime sleuth who faced a defamation lawsuit, stands by her claims that a University of Idaho professor of gender and sexuality is involved in the brutal murders of four students last month. Ashley Guillard was named in the lawsuit filed in Idaho by Professor Rebecca Scofield. The Texan uses tarot cards and other readings to help her make claims regarding true crimes. Even the police authorities have backed Scofield as they said she had nothing to do with the killings and that they've confirmed she was in Oregon when the gory crime took place.
The crime related to the vicious slayings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; and Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, inside the home they rented just off campus, still remains unsolved after more than a month. Scofield said she never met any of the victims in the lawsuit. She sued Guillard for failing to remove the videos in which the sleuth alleged that the professor planned the murders as she was in a relationship with Kayla Goncalves. However, despite the police saying they don't believe there's a connection, Guillard is refusing to back down.
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"When I go to court and they see the evidence or they see how I connect the dots, then they'll make a decision as it pertains to whether they want to continue to live in blinders or believe it. If they don't, I don't care," Guillard told NewsNation. Scofield's attorney sent a statement responding to the interview, saying, "The statements made about Professor Scofield are false, plain and simple. What's even worse is that these untrue statements create safety issues for the professor and her family. They also further compound the trauma that the families of the victims are experiencing and undermine law enforcement efforts to find the people responsible in order to provide answers to the families and the public."
The tarot card reader had addressed the lawsuit in several videos, saying Scofield will "regret" it. With apparently no evidence, Guillard blamed Scofield for carrying out the killings with the aid of another student as Goncalves was trying to break up with her and "keep from making the relationship public." She began mentioning Scofield in a video on November 24.
Guillard also boasts in her profile that she has solved the murders of rappers Kirshnik Khari Ball, Takeoff as well as Shanquella Robinson and Kevin Samuels. Scofield says in the lawsuit that none of the four victims of the horrific killing were in any of her classes. The professor was not even in Moscow on the day of the murders but was in Oregon with her husband visiting friends. She said that she does not even recall meeting any of the students.
According to Daily Mail, at one point, Guillard alleged, "I don't care what y'all say, Rebeca Scofield killed [the victims] and she was the one to initiate the plan..." The fortune teller was asked to remove the video only after it was watched by thousands but Guillard failed to act.
"Rebecca Scofield is going to prison for the murder of the 4 University of Idaho students whether you like it or not", Guillard relentlessly alleged in another video. Guillard, who goes by the moniker Ashley Solves Mysteries on her TikTok profile, has over 105,000 followers and has achieved 2.6 million likes. She claims herself to be a god in her bio section.
Scofield said that she received numerous online threats as a result of Guillard's videos and now she fears for the safety of her family. In a video posted on December 22 titled, "Rebeca Scofield will regret this lawsuit" Guillard says, "You just don't get it, I've been against people big and small, corporations and giants, systemic policies and racism and won." She added, "They all regret coming against me. All of them. Now Rebecca will be added to that list of regretful people."
On her Facebook account, Guillard says that she is an army veteran having served as an HR Sergeant in the US Army, between 2003 and 2007. She also says that she attended Troy University and Columbus State University. She is from Chicago and now lives in Houston having previously lived in Atlanta. Guillard has written books with titles such as Live in Fantasy Land and The War on Your Money.
'There's a lot of people who... want to be involved on the internet. We are the official source of information", Moscow Police Chief James Fry told KTVB on Wednesday, December 21. Scofield is an assistant professor of history at the University of Idaho according to an online profile. The bio says, "She is interested in how popular ideas about the West play out in people's everyday lives." Scofield was working on the Gay Rodeo Oral History Project at the time the profile was written. Another section reads, "Her other work covers topics such as country-western icons like Dolly Parton and mechanical bull riding." The professor has a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard.