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James Ray faces new lawsuits and rage from family and friends of sweat lodge victim Kirby Brown
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A banner put up in honor of Kirby Brown which calls
James Ray to account for the unnecessary deaths of
her and two other sincere trusting people who died at
Ray's "Spiritual Warrior" program. (Photo courtesy of
Lisa Brusseau)
James Arthur Ray, the self-help guru/con-man who presided over the deaths of three of his followers/customers on October 8 in the deadly sweat lodge fiasco in Sedona, AZ is now facing more calls for justice. A Canadian man, Dennis Mehravar, has joined Sidney Spencer's lawsuit, the Oglala Lakota Delegation of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council has brought a new lawsuit against him and his co-defendant Angel Valley Retreat Center, and the family and friends of one of Ray's deceased victims, Kirby Brown, have put three large banners up stating, "BE ACCOUNTABLE JAMES ARTHUR RAY. YOU WERE TRUSTED BY OUR FRIEND KIRBY BROWN AND NOW SHE AND TWO OTHERS ARE DEAD!" One is up on a building that Ray has to see when he goes to his office!
Lisa Brusseau, who was a good friend of Kirby Brown's and who is one of the people responsible for putting the banners up, wrote in an email, "We know there is not one thing we can do that will bring Kirby back... but it is our intention to do whatever we can to make sure that James Arthur Ray never again holds another seminar or retreat as long as he lives. We would also greatly enjoy seeing him penniless and behind bars for his 'sacrilegious act he has committed.'"
The lawsuit filed by the Oglala Lakota Nation is claiming Ray and his co-defendants committed wrongs against them as mentioned in the 1868 U.S. Treaty with the Lakota Nation. The plaintiffs believe that Ray and his co-defendants, in this case his co-defendants are: The United States of America; Attorney General Eric Holder; The State of Arizona; Governor Jan Brewer; Attorney General Terry Goddard;and Angel Valley Retreat Center violated Article 1 of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 by desecrating their "Sacred Onikig'a by causing the death of Liz Neuman, Kirby Brown, and James Shore. (all non-Indians)"
Hopefully these actions of resistance to James Ray will stop other sincere people from falling victim to him and his sales-pitch. However, he still has another "Spiritual Warrior" sweat lodge program scheduled for September 18-23, 2010. Maybe by then he'll be out of business.
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