Idaho professor suing TikTok user over student murder allegations l GMA 

These bloggers have to realize, there's consequences to their actions. They're not police or official investigators. You cannot go online spreading false information about people. I'd sue her as well.

In this day and age, you can have your life turned upside down by mentally ill people you don’t even know. It’s scary.

I went into a deep dive into her TikTok account, and I watched every single video regarding her allegations. She literally read a Tarot card, said her spirit led her to this and decided it was true. She is Truly insane, and I'm sure she's loving all this attention btw.

I hope the courts make an example out of this case. You can’t blatantly accuse people of murder. It’s absolutely not protected speech. (Like, no duh)

Could you imagine waking up one morning to find out you've been wrongly accused of murder?!

This TikToker just picked a name out of a hat, with no evidence, and simply decided to take it viral? Yes, take her to court!

Law schools will soon be using the Ashley Guillard case to show a perfect example of slander. Also Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority should end her membership and tell her to stop representing.

Clout chasing comes with consequences. Can’t just upend a stranger’s life for the views. Best of luck to the professor.

It's frightening that any mentally unstable person can go online and accuse you of anything, wrecking your career and reputation in the process. It seems like she fixated on this professor without any credible reason or evidence. People are actually believing her. This is really dangerous. I hope the courts make an example of this case..

that profesor is doing the right thing, some people are just accusing people for the sake of getting views and likes without considering what consequences it can have for the falsely accused people, let police do their job

This Tiktoker is outrageous and needs to be stopped!

The fact that she hasn’t stopped posting videos, has zero evidence, and is seemingly excited about being sued is just mind-blowing. I’m assuming she had a small following before and this blew up her tick-tock and she’s riding that popularity train. It’s an insult to those that died and absolutely slander against the professor. She needs jail time.

Please make an example out of her, people think they can say anything from the safety of their keyboard and have no life consequences 😒

She straight up calls this woman a murderer as a fact and it's been going on for months. It's targeted harassment. The DeCoer family should sue too. She absolutely nuts. Her "factual" Information comes m tarot cards. Cease and desists haven't worked. This woman needs to be taken to the full extent of the law given the claims she.making she's ruining someone's life and tarnishing the memory of Kaylee aswell. Disgusting

As a parent, I think this is all grotesque and cruel. A little sleuth game for bored people.

They need to make a example out of this case. So many people online do this, accusing someone of murder with no evidence at all. It can ruin lives. Imagine your loved one is murdered and your all over the internet being accused of their murder.

These bloggers need to be legally forced to follow the same guidelines as credible journalists. I'm tired of internet gossiping spreading false rumors and confusion for clicks.

The professor had never met the 4 students or ever had them in her classes? Ashley Guillard base her accusations on Tarot card readings? I hope the profession sue her a.. off!!!

Gen Z, mainly ages 22, and under, seem to think they can say the most insane, defamatory, unhinged crap about people imaginable, and receive no punishment. I truly hope this woman gets her ass handed to her in court.

That bish is crazy. The only reason she believed the professor killed them is because the reads tarot cards 💀 she literally calls herself God in her tiktok bio and offers tarot card readings. She is not okay

The tik toker will turn this around and scream racist rant's against her wait and see.

Many people have had their names smeared in this case. I bet there will be more lawsuits after police make an arrest.

This just proves how downhill the internet has gone. 12 years ago, I literally learned in school not to lie on the internet and it happens constantly now. She should’ve minded her business. This case is serious and so many people are making things up for attention.

I am not one for frivolous lawsuits and feel this one is not only justified but necessary. RU-vid content creators need to take seriously that what they say in such a public way can have dire consequences for those whom they are speaking about and making accusations of. When they say things that negatively impact innocent people, they should unequivocally be held accountable. Integrity is imperative!

It's about time, things are out of control!!

And now the actual murderer has just been arrested and taken in to custody. This is a slam dunk lawsuit for the professor.

Good for the Professor!! I hope she get a PUBLIC apology, too!

I remember being excited about and looking forward to the "information age". Now for some reason it's a constant barrage of misinformation, disinformation, speculation. It's depressing.

How this TikToker has the nerve to accuse this professor based on pure speculation? That blows my mind!

When the mouth writes a check that the butt can't cash....

Good for her. This is what happens when people think they can watch True Crime shows and become a detective on the spot.

Things like this is part of the reason I divested from true crime. I feel like it has helped to dehumanize victims to the point that they're just forms of entertainment. Watching people talk about body language , and connecting dots that aren't there and completely favricating things on social media has really showed me just how exploitative true crime is.

She's not an "internet sleuth." She's a tarot card reader. Facts mean nothing to her.

Good to hear. The fact you can be "influential" from TikTok is why the human race is in a downfall

Female Kanye is about to learn about lawyers and whatnot 😂

How did this lady even start blaming this professor

This will be a big win for the Idaho professor.

Ppl so blinded by social media n their false reality they can’t even think ab the consequences for something like this

This is getting out of hand. People think they can get away with any BS if they're hiding behind a screen.

It would be a nightmare having to work the is case. It’s bringing out all these crazies and online sleuths, causing them to have to waste their time following lies and suspicions rather than genuine leads. And they’re being attacked left, right, and center for not releasing every detail of the case? I thought it was common knowledge that they have to keep some info private so they have something to confront the killer with (knowing unreleased details) and because the more information released, the more the obsessed followers of this case will misinterpret it

That girl on TikTok should be investigated. She seems dangerous.

It’s sad. I took a look at her TikTok and even now after they have the suspect, she continues to double-down and is still mentioning this professor. Why not just give it up and not dig herself deeper into trouble than she already is?

She’s a tarot reader. This is why tarot isn’t the Source to solving crimes

Why does everyone on TikTok think that they’re an expert of some thing😂?

It’s evil imo, the conviction she used to falsely accuse this person off the strength of magic tik tok

Her cards didn't tell her she was gonna be sued 🙄🙄🙄🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️ if she truly wanted to solve the case she should have been working with the police...and have them investigate her "readings" not posting videos on an open case... I hope the professor wins b/c Ashley's lies could motivate someone to attack professor..

Horrible and cruel !! Why are people still watching her videos????

I hope she's not just suing the woman but TikTok itself for continuing to allow the woman on its platform to commit slander.

Yeah I watched her videos. That women is going to jail. She’s done this with another case also. She’s giving tarot readers a bad name. Now don’t get me wrong tarot readers can definitely tell us a story. But it won’t give specific names. And it won’t give you the full spectrum of what happened. The spirits do not tell us everything either. Like how she is making it. She blocked me after I told her she’s going to jail. 🙄

This is a precedent-setting case. I hope the vlogger learns her lesson and that this is a warning to all "content creators"

Good! These people on TikTok need to realize the whole world sees those videos and it’s a very serious accusation

TikToks weird ""True Crime"" community is gonna get a lot more stuff like this coming, all these young women who watched Law & Order a few times and now think they are investigators, while having millions of viewers will ruin someones life sooner or later.

This is needed because a lot of these online personalities are negatively impacting people's lives and they don't care.

Good! Get her. She shouldn't be allowed to drag that professor through the drama and stress, without having access to the crime scene and official documents. She deserves to be sued and embarrassed equally as bad.

What does Tiktok Sherlock have to say now that the police have arrested someone???!!! 🤨

makes me think ! According to the suit, Scofield, who began working at the university in 2016, never met the slain students, nor had they taken a class with her. The suit says she was with her husband in Portland, Oregon, visiting friends when the students were killed. !!

This is what I REALLY HATE about tiktokers. They think they know things when really they don't know anything. They think because people watch their TikToks they are right about everything. A lot of them don't even know what the truth is because people just hype them up. It's so stupid. I hope this person gets her ass handed to her in court

This is so wrong, so damaging!!

It's only a matter time before THE VIEW gets involved and start claiming racism from the accused professor. Smh

Sue Her so Hard make Her Student loan Payments look like a trip to McDonald's

You can’t just be saying anything and not expect consequences that goes for EVERYONE!

The college should be paying for this lawsuit, not the professor.

what sucks are the tips they get from liars or attention seekers who waste police time

She should sue them. You can't just make allegations willy nilly without evidence for views.

I am so glad that these people who are being harassed and accused of the killing of these college students are taking action against these people who are ruining their lives... I hope more people will began to fight for themselves...... It's getting so out of hand

It's way past time to regulate social media.

Here I have a idea... stop posting your entire lives on the internet

I think this is GREAT. I'm sick and tired of the public ruining cases, reputations, and everything else on BEYOND false LIES. I see this crap ALL the time in missing person cases. Shameful. I said the same thing to a family before to start serving these people lawsuits, cease and desist, and anything else they can. These people only make it worse. Shame on them at peoples lowest. Good for this teacher fighting back. Great job to everyone standing up for the teacher.

Give a clown a TikTok account & this the result🤡🤡

What made her believe that it was the professor in the first place? 😢

Slander & defamation. Sue her & get your coin ma’am!

Imagine being a "tiktok infuencer". Like my grand pappy used to say "get a job!".

These TikTok detectives just say anything. Hope she wins the lawsuit and that tiktoker pays

Just trying to make money off lies. Typical.

Social media is out of control

How silly of this tik toker.

These so called influencers love the additional attention even if it is defaming someone without any proof, the professor should sue her for every dime she has.

I commented the day she started making those videos that this would happen

Good she should sue her.

I hope she wins! This individual needs jail time, period. 😡👊🏾

Unfortunately this is not the only case that attracts internet sleuths. When Orsoyla Gaal was murdered the internet was convinced it was her 13 year old son, who later turned out to be innocent, and is now most likely even more traumatized than before. This morning I saw a video of someone convinced Madeline McCann's parents had killed her, even though a suspect has already been arrested. When Athena Strand went missing initially everyone blamed her stepmother, whom I'm sure was already experiencing enough guilt as is. I have seen numerous interviews with parents of victims where half the comments are saying the parents (who have just _lost their child)_ "aren't acting right" and therefore must be guilty. People need to wake up and realize they are not Sherlock Holmes, and accusing people without proof is despicable.

They need to take every allegation to note

This girl doesn’t care who she ruins as long as she gets TikTok famous and that’s awful.

we all want this case to be solved, people sharing bullshit online and harassing each other helps no one you're just distracting and interrupting a real investigation

HOPE The Professor WINS .

The TikTokerr grabbing her 15 minutes of fame….??? I don’t understand people sometimes.

People have become so bold saying BS without evidence and without consequences. Yall are some weirdos believing everything that has been told to you by this woman, and running with it. Evaluate yourselves.

Lol Alex Jones lost, does she really think she will win?

Bet Ashley never heard of Bryan kohberger.....

Not backing down…until she loses.

Just another example of young folks not understanding the LAW.

The fact of the matter is that even if the Professor’s name is officially cleared (as it should be), there will still be countless people who suspect her based off of Ashley’s videos. We live in an age where it is entirely TOO EASY to slander someone and once a rumor gets out and is circulated, it is often the case that, by that point, the damage has already been done. People have to understand that there are consequences to posting speculative content to social media. Your words matter and you can’t just accuse people of things with no evidence and expect there to NOT be consequences

This is the problem with EVERYONE watching interrogations and other crap online. Suddenly EVERYONE is Batman and the greatest detective ever. And expect to get away with everything by saying it's "speculation" 😂.

When she gets sued for the little she has then she’ll realize you can’t just run your mouth with no consequences

How she didn't see this coming?

Unfortunately it's a Alex Jones thing, she's probably going to make as much money as she can and then let the lawsuit cost her a portion of her profits. Welcome to The growing pains of the new social media platform 😑

Sue her! Play stupid games win stupid prizes

Sue her until there's nothing left of her.

A 6 month suspended sentence in jail might get her attention.

If people truly think they have information about a high profile crime and want to help, they should take it to the authorities instead of posting it on their socials for views, attention, money, and clout. Sometimes people do have credible information, like the people who drove by Gabby Petito’s van parked on the side of a back road. If I remember correctly, those people talked to authorities and verified it was Gabby’s van before they posted anything about it. Going off of hunches or just trying to insert yourself into a situation is highly problematic and hurts the investigation way more than helping it. Especially when it comes to something as horrific as this. Not only does this waste valuable time and resources in dealing with damage control, it can also literally ruin someone’s entire life. The internet lives forever. Once a serious accusation is made there’s a stigma that goes along with it. Even if you’re completely innocent there will still be people who are suspicious of you. What that tik toker did is wrong and dangerous and she should be ashamed of herself. This crap needs to stop. The only way that’ll happen is to hold ppl accountable for their irresponsible and self serving actions. After the Depp/Heard and Jones debacles I imagine we’re gonna start seeing a lot more lawsuits like this in the future. You can’t just lie and accuse people of horrible things in front of millions of people, ruin and endanger their lives, and get away with it (and even get paid for it). That’s NOT how freedom of speech works. Sorry for the long rant, I’m just tired of this kinda crap. It’s out of control.