{"id":526906,"date":"2022-12-14T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/psychic-sentenced-to-prison-after-convincing-client-they-were-cursed\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T18:17:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:17:51","slug":"psychic-sentenced-to-prison-after-convincing-client-they-were-cursed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/psychic-sentenced-to-prison-after-convincing-client-they-were-cursed\/","title":{"rendered":"#Psychic Sentenced To Prison After Convincing Client They Were CURSED!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e28ca130f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e28ca130f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/psychic-sentenced-to-prison-after-convincing-client-they-were-cursed\/#%E2%80%9CPsychic_Sentenced_To_Prison_After_Convincing_Client_They_Were_CURSED_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8220;Psychic Sentenced To Prison After Convincing Client They Were CURSED! \n&#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPsychic_Sentenced_To_Prison_After_Convincing_Client_They_Were_CURSED_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8220;Psychic Sentenced To Prison After Convincing Client They Were CURSED!<br \/>\n&#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>No crystal ball could\u2019ve reflected this!<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6399e9423e721-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A psychic from Miami named<strong> Samantha Stevens<\/strong> and her partner <strong>Michael Paul Guzman<\/strong> landed themselves in some legal trouble after a client reading didn\u2019t go exactly as they planned \u2014 they\u2019re going behind bars! In 2012 Stevens met an unnamed client when she was reportedly \u201cportraying herself as a psychic\/fortune teller,\u201d convincing her she was cursed. According to a press release from the department of justice:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cStevens gained the victim\u2019s trust and convinced her that a curse had been placed on her and her family. Stevens claimed she needed to perform rituals on large sums of money in order to lift the curse. Failure to do so \u2014 the victim was led to believe \u2014 would result in harm to her and her family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Throughout the course of a decade it\u2019s reported the victim handed over more than $3 MILLION in cash that was used by Stevens and Guzman for vehicles, property, and gambling. Allegedly the psychic herself cut off communication with the client \u201cafter she could no longer pay\u201d for the money cleansing rituals she was performing. It was at this point the unnamed victim reached out to law enforcement, which resulted in the two running the scheme to land charges of money laundering and \u201ca fortune telling fraud scheme\u201d.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6399e9423e725-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to court docs obtained by <em>TMZ<\/em>, the psychic and her partner\u2019s lawyers tried to have the case thrown out because the defendants never promised to return the money they \u201ccleansed\u201d. They also argued the Religious Freedom Restoration Act protects them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Captain Lee Rosbach Forced To Exit Below Deck \u2014 Here\u2019s Why!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Miami New Times <\/em>said Stevens claimed the rituals were Romani heritage and said her taking the victim\u2019s money was equal to Christian leaders taking money from church members as offerings. The judge disagreed, though, and said \u201cthere are plenty alternatives for Stevens to practice her religion without engaging in a scheme to defraud\u201d.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-6399e9423e72a-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 51-year-old and her 42-year-old partner were sentenced to 30 and 38 months in prison respectively \u2014 which is a bit strange, right? Why did the actual psychic get less of a sentence than her partner? Regardless, the two of them now owe the victim all her money back. All $3.198 million of it! Reportedly they struck a deal to avoid longer prison sentences, too, so it seems like their original sentence was going to be longer.<\/p>\n<p>What do U think, Perezcious readers? 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