Editing J. Z. Knight (section)

===Court cases===
Knight has been involved in several personal and business-related court disputes. She brought a suit against a woman from [[Berlin]] named Julie Ravell for disturbing Knight's psychic state and leaving her "hanging in spiritual limbo" during the five years Ravell claimed she was also channeling Ramtha. The case was brought to the supreme court in Vienna and lasted over five years, at the end of which Austria's supreme court awarded copyright to Knight as the sole channeler of Ramtha, and Ravell was made to pay $800 in psychic damages to Knight.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last=Connolly|first=Kate|title=Medium wins channeling right|date=June 9, 1997}}</ref> Another case involving copyright and trademark ownership was ''JZK, Inc v Glandon'', in which Joseph Glandon was accused of distributing copyrighted teachings of Ramtha.{{cn|date=July 2022}}

In ''Knight v Knight'' (1992–1995), Jeff Knight claimed he lost years of life by delaying HIV treatment based on his wife's advice that Ramtha could heal him. The court ruled against him, and he died before appealing.<ref name="szimhart">{{Cite document|last=Szimhart|first=Joe|title=Essay on Gordon Melton's Study on Ramtha|publisher=Self|date=July 1998}}</ref>

Through JZK Inc., Knight accused WhiteWind Weaver, a [[Thurston County, Washington]], citizen, of stealing her ideas and using her and Ramtha's teachings in her workshops. A trial began on March 10, 2008, in Thurston County Superior Court; at the end of it Knight, was awarded about $10,000 after the court decided against WhiteWind Weaver.<ref name="oregon">{{cite news|last=Rollins|first=Michael|title=Ramtha 1, Whitewind Weaver 0|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/ramtha_1_whitewind_weaver_0.html|date=September 16, 2008|access-date=November 20, 2009|work=The Oregonian}}</ref>

Knight also refused to attend court as a witness in a case involving a 15-year-old who claimed rape against two students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. The 15-year-old girl had written a letter to Knight, which mentioned that Wayne Allen Geis, her dancing and acting teacher, had engaged in sexual intercourse with her from 1995 to 1997. The illicit activities had also involved Ruth Beverly Martin. They had apparently told the girl that sexual intercourse would help her relax and improve her acting ability. Knight invited the girl to a retreat at the school in November 1999. In the retreat, Ramtha questioned the girl, her father, Geis, and Martin. This inquiry took place on stage in front of an audience of over 800 people for about an hour. Geis and Martin confessed to having molested the girl, and the school contacted authorities. Charged with 10 counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor, Geis and Martin pleaded not guilty, and the case went to trial.<ref>Wilson, Kimberly A.C., ( October 4, 2010) [http://www.seattlepi.com/local/ram04.shtml "'Ramtha' may take stand in rape case"]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 15, 2010.</ref>{{additional citation needed|date=December 2022}} Prosecutors were reluctant to have Knight appear in court due to the "circus atmosphere" that would have been created. Knight herself claimed that she had been in a trance and did not remember anything of what was said in the retreat inquiry.<ref>Associated Press, (October 10, 2010) [http://www.seattlepi.com/local/ram10.shtml "'Ramtha's channeler' can't testify"]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved October 15, 2010.</ref>