Motivational Speaker Charged in Sedona, Arizona, Sweat-lodge Deaths
Arizona Republic: “The self-help guru who captured international attention when his Sedona-area sweat-lodge ceremony turned fatal was arrested Wednesday on three counts of manslaughter. Yavapai County sheriff’s deputies arrested James Arthur Ray on Wednesday afternoon at his attorney’s Prescott office, and the multimillionaire later was booked into jail in Camp Verde with bail set at $5 million. An indictment in the case came after nearly four months of investigation. It alleges that the deaths of Kirby Brown, 38, of New York; James Shore, 40, of Milwaukee; and Liz Neuman, 49, of Minnesota, during or after Ray’s Oct. 8 ceremony were a result of Ray’s recklessness.”