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A New York state-based attorney has agreed to take on a potential class action lawsuit from the victims of a self-proclaimed medium who professes the ability to communicate with the "souls" of the deceased. The potential suit alleges that the so-called "psychic" uses her media presence as a means to lure unsuspecting individuals into paying large sums, sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars, for private one-on-one "readings" that are, essentially, nothing but fiction. A representative for the attorney says that as of the publication date of this article, they have amassed statements from more than four hundred complainants prepared to take part in the civil action.

The attorney claims that the unnamed (for now) medium has amassed a fortune "in the tens of millions of dollars" at the expense of her unknowing but hopeful family members looking for comfort. "It is reprehensible that this individual is allowed to take advantage of people who are simply looking for a little peace".

The attorney claims that the medium could possibly eliminate the possibility of the potential suit going forward if she simply would demonstrate that her abilities are authentic. "We have told her representatives repeatedly that we will not proceed with the suit if she simply shows us that her powers are for real."

According to information provided by the attorney's office, a simple "test" was proposed that would either prove or disprove her abilities "once and for all". The test proposed to the potential defendant would be to gather twenty random individuals not known to the spiritualist who would all receive one-on-one readings in the presence of an impartial mediator. Representatives for the media medium say in a prepared statement only that they have agreed to the test "in principle". However, the attorney who is preparing the potential civil action says that representatives for the woman "agreed" to the test only on the condition that full names, addresses and social security numbers be provided in writing for all participants at least thirty days prior to the date of the one-on-one readings.

Lawyers for the woman say that this is nothing more than a security measure to ensure the safety of their client and that none of the information gathered during their security checks would be provided to her.

One person who spoke to us about the suit claims to be a victim of the alleged scam. The Massapequa man, 62-year-old Gary (last name withheld by request), says that the woman told him that his adopted grandson was the reincarnated soul of his departed son. However, Gary says, after the family petitioned the court to unseal adoption records, it was learned that the adopted child's date of birth was actually recorded incorrectly by the adoption agency. As it turns out, the boy was actually born five-and-a-half months BEFORE Gary's son passed away while serving in Afghanistan, rather than six-and-a-half months after his death.

The child was adopted by Gary's daughter-in-law two years after he was killed. The family was under the impression that the boy was two-and-a-half years old, when in fact records now show that he was actually three at the time of adoption.

"I paid this woman thousands of dollars because I believed she had a gift. She told me right to my face that my grandkid was the reincarnated soul of my dead son," Gary said. "Well, because of a stupid paperwork mistake we found out the whole thing is impossible. It was all <expletive> lies. What makes it worse is that I spent over a year sending my grandson to hypnosis and counseling sessions trying to somehow get him to remember that he was really my son. Now my daughter-in-law won't allow him to see me anymore and she's moved down to Florida to be as far from me as she can get. This psychic destroyed our family."

Representatives for the potential defendant have so far failed to return our many, many calls for comment.

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