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AlaskaGrl:
James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Guru, it was announced today will be on Court TV's In Session program, so the Trial will be televised.... I looked around online but don't see a date for it yet the Lawyers are still working on getting the case ready and his Lawyers are trying to keep a couple of the prosecution’s proposed expert witnesses from testifying in the upcoming trial.  I just heard about the trial coming to In Session today so thought I'd let everyone know.  If you hear more info post it here.

Linda.

critter - a white non-ndn person:
Well, not exactly trial date news.. but ..

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-6186963-504083.html

James Arthur Ray Employees Rat Out Self-Help Guru, Get Immunity from Sweat Lodge Deaths

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (CBS/AP) Megan and Josh Fredrickson, who worked for self-help guru James Arthur Ray, told police they had no reason to be alarmed when participants in a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony began vomiting and passing out, because Ray told them such responses were to be expected, according to documents released Friday.

Investigators conducted a lengthy interview with the Fredricksons in mid-January on condition that nothing they said would be used against them, in the case stemming from the deaths of three sweat lodge attendees last October. The couple went to work for Ray in 2005 at his Carlsbad, Calif.-based company — James Ray International — and took part in the retreat near Sedona, Ariz. that led to Ray being charged with manslaughter.

Megan Fredrickson said people who were vomiting, unresponsive and unconscious raised no red flags with her because Ray had explained those responses were possibilities. She told authorities that her experience with sweat lodges was limited to the ones led by Ray, and she never took it upon herself to research them or find out why people would pass out.

"Ultimately the plan is we never really had a plan for the extent of what happened," said Josh Fredrickson. "Call paramedics, I think is the plan." The staff never was instructed to call 911, he said, but Ray appreciated that someone had done so.

Prosecutors contend Ray recklessly crammed participants into a 400-square-foot sweat lodge and chided them for wanting to leave, even as people were vomiting, getting burned by hot rocks, and lying lifeless on the ground. Public records show a pattern of illnesses at prior Ray-led events that he largely ignored.

Ray has pleaded not guilty to three counts of manslaughter. He is being held in a Yavapai County, Ariz., jail on a $5 million bond.

critter - a white non-ndn person:
Found this..

http://healing.about.com/b/2011/01/21/sweat-lodge-tragedy-time-line.htm

HU$H - Financial Records Barred from Sweat Lodge Trial
Friday January 21, 2011
Newest Updates:
The trial judge, Honorable Warren R. Darrow, ruled against prosecutors discussing James Arthur Ray's financial status in upcoming court case. The court date for the manslaughter charges has been set for Feb. 16 in Camp Verde.

AlaskaGrl:
James Arthur Ray objects to Rick Ross Expert Testimony on Cults and Programming as it explains
how Large Group Awareness Training, LGT, causes people to ignore common sense. 

Below is a much shortened link to a .PDF document.
http://tinyurl.com/4a5brp6


(Please post other material on this case should you run across it)

Linda.

critter - a white non-ndn person:
Jury selection begins in Arizona sweat lodge case

Associated Press - February 16, 2011 5:14 AM ET

http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=14039182

CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) - Jury selection begins Wednesday in the trial of a motivational speaker accused in the deaths of 3 people in Arizona.

James Arthur Ray has pleaded not guilty to three counts of manslaughter, stemming from a sweat lodge ceremony he led near Sedona in October 2009.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys have spent the past few weeks narrowing the list of potential jurors.

Prosecutors contend Ray recklessly crammed more than 50 people inside a sweltering sweat lodge and admonished them for wanting to leave.

Ray's attorneys say the deaths were a tragic accident and Ray is not to blame.

Opening statements are set for March 1 in Camp Verde.

The judge overseeing the case has not ruled on a motion to move the trial out of Yavapai County.

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