The TikToker who accused a College of Idaho professor of being concerned within the murders of 4 faculty college students has blown off a defamation lawsuit over her claims, RadarOnline.com has realized.
In response to court docket paperwork, TikTok star Ashley Guillard, who has the username Ashley Solves Mysteries, has failed to reply to Professor Rebecca Scofield’s lawsuit.
In a brand new submitting, Scofield defined that she had served the TikTok star, however she had failed to reply in court docket. The court docket granted the professor’s movement for default.
The subsequent step for Scofield can be to make a transfer for a default judgment.
As RadarOnline.com beforehand reported, because the manhunt for the assassin accountable for the College of Idaho murders, that took the lives of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, Guillard pointed the blame at Scofield.
She mentioned the professor had “been concerned in a relationship with one of many murdered college students, Okay.G. [Kaylee Goncalves].”
“The statements made about Professor Scofield are false, plain and easy,” Scofield’s legal professional Wendy J.Olson mentioned. “What’s even worse is that these unfaithful statements create questions of safety for the Professor and her household.”
“Additionally they additional compound the trauma that the households of the victims are experiencing and undermine regulation enforcement efforts to seek out the folks accountable so as to present solutions to the households and the general public,” the assertion added. “Professor Scofield twice despatched stop and desist letters to Ms. Guillard, however Ms. Guillard has continued to make false statements, realizing they’re false.”
In response to the lawsuit, the TikTok star mentioned, “I’m not stopping” and questioned why the professor wanted three attorneys to struggle the case, “if she’s so harmless.”
The swimsuit said, “On or about November 28, 2022, Guillard posted six TikTok movies to her account by which she falsely said that Professor Scofield, the chair of the historical past division, was accountable for the 4 college students’ deaths,” the lawsuit mentioned. “Two of the TikToks straight and falsely state that Professor Scofield ordered the execution of the 4 college students. Three of the TikToks both falsely implied or straight said that Professor Scofield had been concerned in a relationship with one of many murdered college students, Okay.G.”
The lawsuit was filed earlier than Idaho police took suspect Bryan Kohberger into custody for his alleged position within the murders.