sweat lodge
Guru’s Attorneys Ask Judge to Compel Disclosure
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. (AP) — Attorneys for a self-help guru charged with manslaughter are asking a judge to compel the disclosure of information they say medical examiners used to determine causes of death in the case.
A judge is expected to hear the motion Tuesday that prosecutors say lacks legal merit. They further contend the information [...]
Prosecuters Seek Gag Order in Sweat Lodge Case
FLAGSTAFF (AP) — Attorneys for a motivational speaker charged in the deaths of three people during an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony wasted no time going on the offensive after his arrest last week.
James Arthur Ray’s lawyers appeared on “Larry King Live” and granted interviews to other national media outlets to counter prosecution claims that he [...]
Sweat Lodge Leader Ray Arrested, Charged
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have charged motivational speaker James Arthur Ray with three counts of manslaughter for deaths that happened after a sweat lodge ceremony he led in northern Arizona last year.
Ray was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his attorney’s office in Prescott on an indictment and was to be booked into the Yavapai County [...]
Defense Lawyers Say No Crime In Fatal Sweat Lodge Ceremony Near Sedona
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The deaths of three people following a sweat lodge ceremony in northern Arizona were a tragic accident — not the result of criminal negligence, said attorneys for the self-help guru who led the ceremony.
Lawyers for James Arthur Ray outlined their defense in letters to prosecutors that were released on Wednesday. The [...]
Sweat Lodge Death Update
FLAGSTAFF (AP) — Authorities had hoped to turn over their investigation of the fatal sweat lodge ceremony in northern Arizona to prosecutors last month, but continue to ponder what, if any, charges the self-help guru who led dozens into the makeshift structure might face.
The Yavapai County sheriff’s office said investigators determined quickly after the [...]
Leader of Fatal Sedona Sweat Lodge Cancels Seminars
PHOENIX (AP) — Motivational speaker and author James Arthur Ray is canceling his remaining 2009 seminars in the wake of three deaths that occurred after a sweat lodge ceremony he led this month in northern Arizona.
Ray announced on his blog on Thursday that he needs to dedicate all his “physical and emotional energies” to bringing [...]
Sweat Lodge Victim’s Family Holds Ray Responsible
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The daughter of a Prior Lake woman who died after an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony said she wants the man who led it behind bars.
Authorities are investigating the Oct. 8 ceremony at a retreat near Sedona, led by motivational speaker James Arthur Ray. Three participants died and 18 were hospitalized after the [...]
Third Sweat Lodge Victim Passes Away
Flagstaff (NAZ Today)- During the afternoon of October 17, 2009 the Yavapai County Sheriff’s office received word from the Flagstaff Medical Center that 49-year-old Lizbeth Neuman had passed away. Lizbeth becomes the third victim to die from the retreat which was hosted by James Arthur Ray at the Angel Valley Resort in Sedona. Lizbeth Neuman [...]
Some Angel Valley Resort Patients Still Hospitalized
SEDONA (NAZ Today)– The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is increasing the number of people working on the Angel Valley Resort sweat lodge investigation. Yavapai County Sheriff’s spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn says that the additional investigators are being assigned from the county’s Criminal Investigations Section.
Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh requested, and was granted, an order to seal [...]
