An Arizona judge on Wednesday refused to grant a new trial for self-help guru James Arthur Ray in the deaths of three participants in a 2009 sweat lodge ritual.
A self-help guru who was convicted in the deaths of three participants in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony deserves a new trial, his attorneys argued Tuesday.
The self-help guru is convicted of negligent homicide and faces up to 11 years in prison
The sweat lodge manslaughter trial features dramatic testimony against the self-help guru
A deadly 2009 "sweat lodge" retreat in Arizona left participants so sickened that the scene resembled "a battleground" with people vomiting, foaming at the mouth and with their eyes nearly popping out, according to one survivor who testified Thursday.
Self-help guru James Arthur Ray "was in charge of all the activities" at the Arizona retreat where three people died in a purification ritual in 2009, a survivor of the event testified Tuesday.
James Arthur Ray's spiritual warriors journeyed to the foot of the mystical red cliffs of Sedona, Arizona, to find enlightenment. They were willing to shave their heads, meditate in the desert for 36 hours without food and water, then symbolically die and be reborn in a sweat lodge ritual.
The eighth day in the trial of a formal spiritual retreat leader charged with manslaughter after a deadly sweat lodge ceremony concluded Friday with emotional testimony from the roommate of one of the victims.
HLN's Christi Paul and Ryan Smith talk with spiritual leader Gary Fourstar about their visit to a sweat lodge ceremony.
Testimony continued Tuesday at the trial of a self-help speaker charged in the death of three people at a sweat lodge in Arizona, with a volunteer saying she and others received little training on how to assist people.
A woman testified Friday that the leader of a spiritual retreat dismissed her alert about the failing condition of a fellow participant in a 2009 "sweat lodge ritual," one of three people who eventually died after that event.
The trial begins for James Arthur Ray, a self-help guru charged in the deaths of three sweat lodge participants.
Opening statements began Tuesday in the trial of self-help author and speaker James Arthur Ray, who is charged with three counts of reckless manslaughter in the death of three people at an Arizona sweat lodge.
James Arthur Ray, self-help author and speaker, will stand trial in the deaths of three people at a sweat lodge.
The bail for the so-called "sweat lodge guru" facing manslaughter charges has been drastically reduced, his lawyer said.
The self-help guru is being held on $5 million bond on three manslaughter charges
"For anything new to live, something first must die," James Arthur Ray said on Twitter before the three fatalities
Self-help author and speaker James Arthur Ray announced Thursday that he is postponing all of his scheduled events through the end of the year after the deaths of three people in a sweat lodge session he led.
A woman who was inside a "sweat lodge" at an Arizona retreat where three people died this month described people vomiting and screaming.
A woman who was in the sweat lodge when three people fell fatally ill describes the scene to CNN's Gary Tuchman.
"I feel your pain. I accept your anger," says James Arthur Ray, who continues to operate while under investigation into three deaths
Gary Tuchman goes inside a sweat lodge to learn more about the ritual, which led to the deaths of two people last week.
A self-help expert said Tuesday that he has hired his own investigators to determine what happened at his Arizona retreat last week, when two people died after spending considerable time in a sweat lodge.
The two people who died and the 19 others who fell ill at a central Arizona resort after spending time in a sauna-like "sweatbox" were attending a program by self-help expert James Arthur Ray, authorities said Saturday.
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