The latest update from Yavapai - the prosecution is arguing against the claim by ray's legal team that a tape of the meeting immediately prior to the sweat lodge should not be admitted to evidence. The defense argued that the tape is private material and therefore protected under the fifth amendment and other laws.
The prosecution has simply quoted the waiver that JRI forced participants to sign in order to do the group.
“…grant JRI and its affiliated companies…the unrestricted right to fix Participant’s image, participation and/or performance, as it appears in the event, in whole or in part, by any means or method; and to use Participant’s name, voice, image and/or likeness as it appears in the event, by any means, in any form, content or medium… and in order to advertise, promote or market JRI and its events.”
That doesn't sound "quintessentially private" to me nor, can I imagine, it will to the court. I have no doubt there will be many more incidents where Ray's previous efforts at feathering his own nest will finish up demolishing his own defense.
Of course courtrooms are unpredictable, but I'd say, if that tape is admitted, Ray is well and truly sunk. (And if it's admitted and it turns out Josh Fredrickson has destroyed it, I would bet on there being more people charged.)
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(h/t WonderingWhy)