Idaho Professor Details $10 Million TikTok Defamation Ordeal After 100 False Murder Videos
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 12
Idaho Professor Details $10 Million TikTok Defamation Ordeal After 100 False Murder Videos
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 12
Summary
Rebecca Scofield wrote that false TikTok accusations left her guarding her son's bed at night, patrolling her hallway and teaching remotely after fearing for her children's safety.
More than 100 videos by Ashley Guillard, viewed millions of times, falsely tied the 41-year-old University of Idaho historian to the 2022 murders of four students she had never met.
A federal jury awarded Scofield $10 million in her defamation case, but Guillard has appealed and Scofield said the damage continued even after police cleared her and Bryan Kohberger was arrested and convicted.
Scofield used the op-ed to press for broader accountability, arguing Section 230 shields platforms that amplify defamatory content and asking what recourse victims have when social media companies profit from it.