Idaho professor falsely accused of student murders by TikTok psychic reveals fear for children's safety

The University of Idaho historian who successfully sued a Texas TikTok psychic who had accused her, without evidence, of involvement in the murders of four students there has revealed fears for her children's safety — including sleepless nights standing guard as they slept — and other consequences of the ordeal in a new op-ed.

Rebecca Scofield, 41, first became aware of Ashley Guillard's unfounded videos on Thanksgiving, less than two weeks after the murders.

Court documents provide a raw account of what she went through.

"I went and laid in my son's bed because his bedroom is the closest to an entrance to our house," she testified at trial.

"And I was so afraid for him, so I just sat there at the end of his bed all night and watched him." PARENTS OF IDAHO MASSACRE VICTIM FACE DAILY NIGHTMARE WHILE DEMANDING DEATH PENALTY AFTER SHOCK PLEA TWIST Things got worse as time dragged on and Guillard posted more videos, she wrote Monday in a New York Times op-ed .

"Over the next several weeks, while I was grieving with the rest of my community, this TikTok influencer uploaded over a hundred videos declaring that I had committed a quadruple homicide," she wrote.

"The videos got millions of views.

I was overwhelmed with calls, messages, comments and emails, many of which were disturbing or threatening.

And I could have been anyone." GOT A TIP? She had trouble sleeping and found herself patrolling the hallway outside of her children's rooms at night instead.

She stopped going to class and taught students remotely.

While she hunkered down at home, she felt exposed there at the same time.

Guillard's claims continued even after Scofield's lawyers sent her a cease-and-desist order, after Moscow police publicly stated the professor was not a suspect — and even after police arrested Bryan Kohberger in connection with the crimes.

JONATHAN TURLEY: SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION WILL EASILY OUTLAST META'S MASSIVE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENT "I was not hit by a bus or punched in the face," Scofield wrote.

"Yet I saw up close how the online world can come to feel more real than the physical one.