Up-to-the Minute Status: Idaho4 Defamation Case Appeal, Scofield v Guillard

Here we provide pure opinions, comments, and speculation concerning events occurring in the Idaho4 Defamation case, a 2 count federal lawsuit alleging defamation of character by a University of Idaho (Moscow) History Professor against an on-line personality/content creator and psychic in the case styled as Rebecca Scofield v. Ashley Guillard. Plaintiff Scofield received a $10,000,000 judgment against Defendant Guillard following a jury trial which the defense has appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. This is an update of the current status of the same.Here we provide pure opinions, comments and speculation concerning the current status of the defense's appeal of the $10 million judgment entered against her to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and a document filed May 18, 2026 regarding the appellate transcript by Plaintiff. LINK to our prior podcast on Federal Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction in the Idaho4 Defamation Case:   • How a State #Idaho4 Defamation Case Blew U...   (   • How a State #Idaho4 Defamation Case Blew U...  ) Everything here represents the pure opinion, commentary, speculation and rhetorical questions per the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which states at Amendment I:Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.It is codified within Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act, which provides that fair use of a work “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use, scholarship, or research)” is not an infringement of copyright. #Idaho4#RebeccaScofield#AshleyGuillard#Defamation#FreeSpeech