California man sues psychic for failing to remove curse placed by ex-girlfriend

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It sounds silly from the headline, but it’s really a case of fraud and perhaps extortion. The plaintiff is a moron, but the defendant is a woo peddler who was offering more than just the entertainment value which will form the basis of her defense.

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I’m shaking my chicken bones bag for all of them, possibly the real curse here is yet to be seen.

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Oh man, Judge Judy is gonna have a field day with this one!

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I am getting into the curse business. $1000 to establish and $5000 to remove.

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Indeed, she was taking advantage of his credulity to swindle him and worsen his family’s situation, selling him snake oil when he and his wife may need competent counseling.

I don’t have a ton of sympathy when charlatans like Gwyneth Paltrow fleece other rich people (though the erosion of trust in science is a real societal problem as climate deniers, anti-vaxxers and covidiots demonstrate), but I’m guessing by the “down payment” this guy’s family isn’t quite so flush. I feel especially bad for his children.

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It’s a mystery how psychic storefronts persist, indeed thrive, and aren’t run out of business by state authorities. There are so many of them, in very expensive areas. Or is there a Big Psychic lobby I’m unaware of?

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Yeah and people in emotionally charged situations are more vulnerable to cons too. It’s easy to laugh at people who get scammed but the scammers are still assholes.

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Caveat emptor

Of course the cure didn’t work, the mala suerte was a pre-existing condition.

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I remember a TV psychic that was basically giving good advices to people, cold reading them and giving common sense answers. The grumpiness factor made an entertaining show in this local TV.

Maybe a psychic cost less than a psychoanalytical session.

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The authorities try, but the psychics always see it coming.

Because they’ve got people on the inside.

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But how does he prove the curse was not lifted? Is there a “curse-o-meter?” Maybe the curse was lifted, but the the curser was alerted by the “ding” that means “the curse you placed has been lifted” and promptly re-cursed him. When dealing with this sort of shit, the line from War Games always comes to mind.

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