Doubtful. First of all, John Edward’s fans seem quite resistant to rational argument or evidence. Second, the lawsuit only involves them being fraudlent as far as billing people goes. That’s a far cry from saying they were phony psychics.
Third, and saddest, American culture seems to have decided that ESP is a proven fact and there are real psychics. For many folks, the problem is that some psychics are frauds, and need to be weeded out of the real psychics. In fact, I (not a “psychic”) predict that many ‘psychics’ will declare this a victory because it got rid of a fraud who was making it bad for the ‘geniuine’ psychics.
Excellent news, but–you realize that we’re not done with her? No, she’s bound to turn up on future “1990s” nostalgia stuff. We can all look forward to having to explain to our grandchildren about Miss Cleo, the way we have to explain about Michael Jackson now.
Um. Half a billion dollars, forced retirement, and no jail time? I was thinking justice would involve cattle prods, lye enemas, and Richard Simmons. And something tells me here miserable 15 minutes haven’t ended yet.
Ok, Scott, here goes:
Bwa-a-a-h-a-h-a-h-a-h-a!!! Fuck you Miss Cleo. What happened to your powers, Beeyatch? Why couldn’t you predict that you were gonna LOSE?
IN. YOUR. FACE. .
You lying, cheating, fraudulent ho-bag. The court might not have said it explicitly, but the public can infer from this that you have no credibility IN ANYTHING YOU SAY. You are a CRIMINAL. You are a SWINDLER. You are a CON-ARTIST, and everybody knows it.
Take your remaining stolen swag and buy yourself a conscience.
I saw Miss Cleo on CNN Headline News the other day. They were showing video of her giving a press conference, but the studio anchor was talking over it. There was no audio from the press conference at all.
So, what I, and I’m sure millions of other CNN viewers were left wondering was, did she keep faking the accent?
But I gotta say that if you’re dumb enough to call Miss Cleo, I can’t generate much sympathy for you being fleeced. C’mon, you at least have to make the con artists try!
It’s like those people who wear nice clothes. Don’t they know they’re just ASKING to be robbed? And when they are they’re all “Boo hoo! Someone took my money!” Yeah yeah cry me a river.
I just wish the commercials would still run, even if they no longer advertise anything. Not only was Miss Cleo entertaining, so were the depictions of the trashy callers.
