James Ray Trial Tweets :: March 23rd

• Megan :: Christine :: Barb … wouldn’t let the one sister go get the other sister during the god game. #JamesRay

• A argument ensues :: much anger :: Josh tells MM to get them and get them out as quite as possible. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:30:54 2011

• Sisters tell MM that they felt trapped :: that JRI had made it too hard to leave when they wanted to leave. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:31:42 2011

• MM told J-fred about the sisters wanting to leave. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:32:45 2011

• MM was often in the Crystal Hall while participants were emotionally doing their “recapitulation journals” #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:34:45 2011

• Defense making procedural objections to Ms. Polk’s questions about recapitulation. #JamesRay MM using the syntax to refresh her memory – Mar 23 11:37:14 2011

• Mr. Kelly requests a sidebar. There is no way to stop this sequence … so he’s just stalling and/or annoying or both. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:39:16 2011

• Sidebar over :: MM asked to count all the notes on the syntax about recapitulation journaling. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:44:35 2011

• 13 references to recapitulation in the syntax :: #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:47:08 2011

• Ms. Polk having MM compare two different versions of the syntax. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:48:05 2011

• Ms. Martin was in the room for “a majority” the recapitulations. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:51:34 2011

• Breakthroughs “was always a theme” at events according to Melinda Martin. “That was basically what he taught.” #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:53:01 2011

• “You have to have a breakdown before you can have a break through.” #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:53:36 2011

• MM demonstrates a little holotropic breathing for the jury. #JamesRay – Mar 23 11:57:01 2011

• Melinda bought some of the costumes for the god game. Polk has her questions about #JamesRay’s non-certification to play disallowed again – Mar 23 11:59:49 2011

• DatelineApril Martin recalls dream team members & JRI employees wearing costumes from movie “Scream” during samurai game; assumed role as “angel of death” – Mar 23 12:00:25 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• The cemetery had a crypt keeper making sure participants remained motionless. Violators brought before God :: had teammate killed #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:03:49 2011

• A. Hamilton picked the spots for the “medicine wheels” :: MM was responsible for know wear 23 spots were. #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:06:12 2011

• MM took Kirby to her medicine wheel :: she was still shook up from the god game … #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:16:52 2011

• On Friday MM got to “sleep in” until 6am :: #JamesRay #LaborStandards – Mar 23 12:17:30 2011

• The Girls went to town :: sans Megan :: pizza and wine and shopping. #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:19:24 2011

• MM and LizN hung out together in Sedona on Friday. They got rings :: had their aura’s read :: got their hair tinseled … #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:21:41 2011

• DatelineApril Martin describes one of the decedents, Liz Neuman, as someone who was “a very warm person, engaging, full of life & joy”. #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:20:06 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay and 1 other

• Talking about the Friday fun time party with almost everyone except #JamesRay. 14 people :: 4 bottles of wine :: foods. #GoCrazy – Mar 23 12:24:11 2011

• #JamesRay walks past and The Girls ask him to read their auras {or something} :: he says he sees “sex sex sex” – Mar 23 12:26:12 2011

• “He became outraged that we had wine” #JamesRay “He blamed me…screamed at me in front of all the ladies.” – Mar 23 12:27:14 2011

• “He was admonishing everyone as a whole” #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:27:34 2011

• #JamesRay then calls MM outside :: he gets all up in her grill :: “screaming at me.” – Mar 23 12:28:14 2011

• MM doesn’t get why #JamesRay was so pissed. The Girls are very upset :: shocked :: and hurt. – Mar 23 12:29:26 2011

• Here comes MM’s version of the “apology” story. #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:30:24 2011

• At the end of the apology #JamesRay says :: “I still hold you responsible…” pointing at Ms. Martin. – Mar 23 12:31:43 2011

• Liz was very upset that she got Melinda Martin in trouble with #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:32:22 2011

• MM goes to pick up Kirby from the vision quest :: Kirby has interior decorated her medicine wheel. #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:33:59 2011

• luckygalnj “well behaved women seldom make history” pretty sure that Liz did not intend to make history by perishing in #jamesray sweat lodge – Mar 23 12:32:58 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Jury gone :: Mr. Kelly is complaining in a general way about the prosecutions questions. #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:36:31 2011

• Kirby’s state of mind before going into the lodge is admissible, but her statements about being “glad to go to the bathroom” is problematic. – Mar 23 12:47:01 2011

• Ms. Polk now requests that she be able to ask her questions with a limiting instruction about the bathroom going hearsay #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:50:02 2011

• Ruling :: Kirby’s state of mind is in … the bathroom hearsay is out … limiting instructions are ineffective … no dice. #JamesRay – Mar 23 12:54:17 2011

• Recess :: speaking of people who have to pee {me!} … #JamesRay :: When is NOW the right time to pee? – Mar 23 12:56:46 2011

• Music was set to erupt when #JamesRay removed the code of silence. What song? – Mar 23 13:15:27 2011

• Mr. Kelly getting sad thinking about how he can’t ask Melinda Martin about her waiver signing … #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:19:31 2011

• Sidebar. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:22:16 2011

• Ms. Polk gives up on her “JRI policy of breakthrough” questions due to repeat objections. It’s already in anyway via participants #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:33:13 2011

• Marta Reiss gives a “safety” briefing to the Dream Team / JRI Staff before the #sweatlodge .. mostly about giving people the hose – Mar 23 13:35:15 2011

• Lisa R is on the Dream Team :: she happens to be a nurse but that’s not why she was chosen. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:36:40 2011

• MM mentions that Marta may have mentioned prior #sweatlodge problems. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:37:32 2011

• MM says that her talk with Megan Fredrickson a month before the #sweatlodge was enough to make her adamant about not going in #scary – Mar 23 13:39:39 2011

• The exhibit with the Dream Teamer’s “holding sacred space” near the lodge is not from 2009 according to Ms. Martin #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:42:44 2011

• Melinda heard Mr. Ray asking Mr. Mercer about the heat of the rocks just before the #sweatlodge #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:44:25 2011

• MM remembers Mercer saying something about #JamesRay having the hottest rocks … or something. – Mar 23 13:46:44 2011

• Melinda sat right outside the flap during #sweatlodge #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:47:25 2011

• After the first round :: rocks would go in and people would come out. It’s not clear what the plan was for avoiding collisions. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:50:15 2011

• “This is bad … this is wrong” MM remembers someone freaking as they came after the first round. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:51:41 2011

• After the first round Melinda went to her room to change {she was cold} :: when she came back things were turning horror show. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:53:51 2011

• LisaR knew that putting Lou’s open wound in water bucket was a terrible idea :: so did MM :: LisaR told MM to go help him. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:54:40 2011

• Lou Caci saying :: “I need to go back in … I need to finish” :: he was very agitated and MM couldn’t really calm him down. #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:55:32 2011

• MM perception was that Lou’s skin was “dripping off” #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:56:13 2011

• DennisM comes out vomiting all over the place and screaming :: “I don’t want to die.” #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:57:38 2011

• Martin was told by Marta R. to get the look of concern “off her face” … “this was normal … let them have their own experience” #JamesRay – Mar 23 13:59:12 2011

• MM says DennisM screaming “at the top his lungs” :: it was seriously chilling to Melinda. #JamesRay – Mar 23 14:00:10 2011

• #JamesRay tells DennisM say something like “yeah … right on man” about the near death experience. – Mar 23 14:01:11 2011

• TragedyInSedona Marta told me not to be concerned because what I was seeing was normal in SW07 too. – Mar 23 14:00:40 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Lunch recess :: jury leaving. #JamesRay – Mar 23 14:02:01 2011

• Judge starts talking about Mr. Pace {an expert} and the lesser included offenses. #JamesRay – Mar 23 14:03:44 2011

• @TomMcFeeley The lesser included motions are strong, but somewhat complicated and unprecedented. I think that’s what he was saying #JamesRay – Mar 23 14:07:31 2011 in reply to TomMcFeeley

• Melinda says many people left the lodge having no intention of going back in #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:47:51 2011

• The last thing Melinda remembers about DennisM is the “high five” between he and #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:49:40 2011

• Ms. Polk :: “Did you think about stopping it?” :: Marta tells her its fine. A. Hamilton gave her a hug. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:51:06 2011

• GenuineAmyHall The people looked like animals dying on the side of the road, MM #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:50:16 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay and 1 other

• yakaru309 MM was already shocked early on, but other DT’ers weren’t as alarmed, so she thought it must be ok. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:50:52 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• DatelineApril Martin testifies that she couldn’t call 911 b/c there was no phone coverage, she says she was more in the mode of saving lives. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:51:26 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Ms. Mercer tells MM that someone had collapsed inside the lodge. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:53:00 2011

• They went to the back of the lodge and lifted it up a little looking for the collapsed body … they didn’t find it. #JamesRay #Strange – Mar 23 15:53:55 2011

• Melinda didn’t hear #JamesRay say anything to Lou Caci as he crazily reentered the #sweatlodge – Mar 23 15:55:10 2011

• Melinda knew Sidney before the lodge :: she was very concerned when she came out wrecked :: spent some time spooning her. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:56:31 2011

• People were saying that Sidney wasn’t breathing … screaming. MM rushes over to try and cool her off first. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:57:23 2011

• MM says people rapidly cooled and then were cold after the lodge :: bad for the defense’s arguments. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:58:26 2011

• “You did it. Come back …” MM says to Sidney Spencer as she lays {almost} dying. #JamesRay – Mar 23 15:59:26 2011

• Did Mr. Ray ever do anything to help … ever … ever … ever? A :: No. #JamesRay #SuckHoles – Mar 23 16:01:00 2011

• S. Ray’s back was arching :: eyes rolled back into his head #JamesRay … sounds like a seizure – Mar 23 16:02:07 2011

• #JamesRay came out first :: then Megan Fredrickson :: then Taylor. – Mar 23 16:03:01 2011

• “It was so baffling to me that they looked so great” #JamesRay “It was incredible to me” ~MM – Mar 23 16:03:47 2011

• DatelineApril Martin describes #JamesRay and 2 JRI employees coming out at the end of #sweatlodge: “They looked like they just came out of a spa”. – Mar 23 16:04:03 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• luckygalnj Thinking that the #jamesray threesome looked like a spa day bc they kept splashing water on themselves during round. What do YOU think? – Mar 23 16:04:29 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Melinda saw Lou Caci :: J-Fred :: and M. Barber dragging people out of the lodge. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:05:50 2011

• ToxicMoxxie Can you say C-O-C-A-I-N-E ??? Do enough and you can go all day and it gives ya that “Spa Look”. – Mar 23 16:05:09 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• C. Bivins demands that MM not help her :: “I just want James … I want James” …. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:07:05 2011

• dotfreedom MM gave Kirby CPR & mouth-to-mouth #jamesray – Mar 23 16:07:29 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Kirby was gray and purplish making a “death rattle” type sound :: MM didn’t even recognize her as Kirby. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:09:29 2011

• Every time Kirby got rolled over she would start vomiting. #JamesRay :: for some reason MM was doing both chest compressions and breathing – Mar 23 16:10:32 2011

• TomMcFeeley MM: Jennifer Haley was improperly performing CPR on Kirby Brown #jamesray – Mar 23 16:11:11 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay and 1 other

• Melinda sees #JamesRay standing there watching the CPR … he never does :: or says :: anything. – Mar 23 16:13:01 2011

• MM doesn’t remember efforts to cool Kirby or James Shore. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:13:50 2011

• Quick Megan :: call my lawyers. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:14:41 2011

• @ToxicMoxxie I know … that’s why it’s a funny joke. – Mar 23 16:17:36 2011 in reply to ToxicMoxxie

• Long dirt road to Angel Valley :: couple of miles. #JamesRay #NoPrecautions – Mar 23 16:18:32 2011

• DatelineApril When emergency responders arrived at scene they asked what happened, Martin responded “It was a sweat lodge gone wrong”. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:19:34 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• MM leads first responders to the scene :: then she goes around helping with identifications etc. #JamesRay :: she remembers 4 helicopters – Mar 23 16:21:42 2011

• yakaru309 MM ran to ambulance to tell first responders where the most injured were, pointing them out while running #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:21:12 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Liz Neuman on helicopter :: Sidney on helicopter :: James and Kirby out by ambulance. Already dead … so sad. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:23:06 2011

• MM identifies most of the people in the post #sweatlodge police picture. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:24:59 2011

• @yakaru309 @dotfreedom I think it was Mercer’s daughter – Mar 23 16:26:11 2011 in reply to yakaru309

• yakaru309 Megan Fredrickson told MM to round ppl up and to get ppl to dining hall shortly before parameds arrived #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:26:43 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• MM was trying to point paramedics to Lou Caci :: they went on a golf cart search. Found him in a shower. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:29:02 2011

• Took a lot of coaxing to get Lou Caci to even go near the ambulances. #JamesRay “Where’s Liz? … how’s Liz?” says Lou. – Mar 23 16:30:31 2011

• Shawn R. laying near Kriby and James Shore :: he was laying half in and half out of the #sweatlodge #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:32:25 2011

• Melinda followed the ambulance to Cottonwood hospital :: they basically asked her to leave because she wasn’t family. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:33:35 2011

• Then Lisa :: Marta :: and MM drove to Flagstaff Hospital where the helicopters had gone. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:35:16 2011

• Tess Wong :: was intubated … she was “out”. Objection! Mostly overruled. – Mar 23 16:36:47 2011

• S. Ray didn’t appear to be coherent in the hospital. Sidney was awake and vomiting blood. Liz appeared incoherent. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:38:08 2011

• MM felt close to Liz :: she stayed with her for a long time. #JamesRay – Mar 23 16:38:57 2011

• TomMcFeeley 10 minute recess while (I guess) a juror goes to the bathroom. #jamesray can’t figure why he/she can’t sit still or just pee in jury box – Mar 23 16:40:06 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay and 2 others

• Judge is talking to the jury about talking to reporters. Jurors in another case have been asked questions about the #JamesRay case by press – Mar 23 17:03:00 2011

• Judge say jurors standing around in hallway with what looked like media. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:03:43 2011

• Ms. Martin wasn’t able to provide anything other than names to the hospital. No emergency contact type info available. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:07:40 2011

• MM was in charge of first aid :: but had no training on heat illness. Wasn’t warned by #JamesRay about prior heat problems. – Mar 23 17:09:32 2011

• MM heard #JamesRay tell Greg Hartle “get out there and get a breath buddy” :: #JamesRay #OMG – Mar 23 17:12:00 2011

• Defense stipulates that Sheryl Stern wasn’t at SW09 #JamesRay #ColleenConaway – Mar 23 17:13:35 2011

• Ms. Polk has finished her direct on Melinda Martin. Mr. Kelly … #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:15:16 2011

• The #sweatlodge exhibit that MM thought wasn’t 2009 was 2009 as MM could tell once Truc zoomed in on Jennifer Haley. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:20:00 2011

• Mr. Kelly says that MM was exaggerating :: not everyone was “beaten by the #sweatlodge” :: #JamesRay #SomePeopleDiedSoWhoCares? – Mar 23 17:21:08 2011

• Mr. Kelly quotes from the ABC interview where Melinda says EMT’s said “it looked like a mass suicide” … MM confirms that was also said. – Mar 23 17:25:05 2011

• Mr. Kelly shows MM an EMT report that doesn’t mention a leg injury for Lou Caci. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:27:30 2011

• luckygalnj Jury already knows that Lou skinned his legs crawling out its in his testimony #jamesray – Mar 23 17:26:36 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• yakaru309 Kelly has forgotten that MM was not event co-ordinator for SW. It was Megan F #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:32:10 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• DatelineApril Kelly asks Martin about previous employment related to political issues in Mexico, Martin responds “Now that’s an exaggeration on your part” – Mar 23 17:32:44 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• “I was not the event coordinator at SW09 …” says MM six straight times. – Mar 23 17:35:03 2011

• Mr. Kelly :: “You knew other people had signed a waiver … correct?” #JamesRay #SoFunny – Mar 23 17:36:39 2011

• Mr. Kelly won’t give up on this same pointless question. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:38:36 2011

• After 30 mins of hostility :: the take home answer :: MM doesn’t dispute that people may have signed waivers. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:41:26 2011

• Back to the waivers. #JamesRay #OneTrickDrunkenPony – Mar 23 17:45:03 2011

• Truc should take over this cross from cowboy yahoo. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:46:38 2011

• luckygalnj “Of course you know I’ll be guessing on all this” MM #melindarocks – Mar 23 17:46:52 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Mr. Kelly trying to make a flow chart of JRI’s org chart. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:48:21 2011

• Ms. Polk objects to the flow chart :: the Judge tells the jury to not consider it as evidence. #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:49:23 2011

• Kelly making the flow chart of all JRI employees so he can then point to it and say “look at all the people who should have done better” – Mar 23 17:52:35 2011

• Mr. Kelly mentions an incident where Megan texted her to say she shouldn’t be talking to #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:53:46 2011

• GenuineAmyHall Don’t exaggerate Mr Kelly… JR didn’t make 21 appearances a month! #JamesRay #sillyman He may have been on the road 21 days a month. – Mar 23 17:55:27 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• The company is the murderer … #JamesRay – Mar 23 17:56:12 2011

• Mr. Kelly :: “Isn’t it more accurate to say people got a haircut…” – Mar 23 18:00:45 2011

• Hair cut vs. head shaving … am I in the bizarro world? #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:02:22 2011

• Recess :: jurors rush into the hallway to eat candy bars with reporters who don’t know how to do their jobs. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:03:06 2011

• Mr. Kelly starts questions about Melinda’s media appearances. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:20:51 2011

• MM was back in Sedona in December on her way across country when ABC showed up unrequested. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:22:22 2011

• Asking about the CNN interview risks bringing up Colleen Conaway. #JamesRay … knock on wood – Mar 23 18:23:23 2011

• Mr. Kelly seems to have referred to MM’s family doctor as her “therapist” #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:27:32 2011

• MM got a letter from her doctor saying she couldn’t go back to work because she was still too disturbed. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:28:38 2011

• “They weren’t emotional problems … they were memoreis of people dying.” #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:29:10 2011

• MM turned down her workers comp claim :: Megan tried to get her to do it and she wouldn’t. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:30:16 2011

• CassandraYorgey BOOYAH. Melinda refused the workers comp claim she never filed for. HOO BOY THAT IS FUNNY. #jamesray – Mar 23 18:30:09 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Ms. Polk has the workers comp claim is admitted into evidence. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:31:37 2011

• zingers == witnesses 51 :: defense 0 – Mar 23 18:34:49 2011

• Melinda wasn’t sick :: she just didn’t want to go right back out on the “harmonic wealth” scam circuit cause that was weird. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:36:48 2011

• TomMcFeeley These interviews are getting in. Colleen Conaway will be evidence. #jamesray #sorrykellyyoujustextendedthistrial – Mar 23 18:48:20 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay and 1 other

• This is a crazy disaster for the defense. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:49:14 2011

• yakaru309 The only “JRI employee” not concerned abt an indictment was the guy sitting in his undies in his cabin. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:50:07 2011 Retweeted by RayShouldPay

• Q: Were you concerned about an indictment? A: I was concerned but I was willing to help. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:51:27 2011

• Ms. Polk points to the defense’s near constant discovery violations. #JamesRay – Mar 23 18:53:13 2011

• Ms. Polk :: “This isn’t gamesmanship … it’s a search for the truth.” #JamesRay – Mar 23 19:00:45 2011

• This is all very strange. #JamesRay – Mar 23 19:03:38 2011

• Mr. Kelly making arguments that don’t refer to the law. #JamesRay – Mar 23 19:06:17 2011