$40M Libel: Princeville Q-Anon Cult Leader Loses in Federal Court (again)
by Andrew Walden
Q-Anon adjacent cult leader, ex-con and convicted fraudster Liana Shanti, aka Liane Wilson, Inmate #11866-122, has lost again in Federal Court.
Kauai is almost as infested with quacks as Maui, so, if Shanti’s ‘Lemurian Mystery School’ got mentally lost in the crowd, here is a refresher from the Daily Beast:
Liana Shanti is the creation, or alter ego, of Liane Wilson, a 52-year-old mother who lives in a Hawaii suburb (Princeville). Wilson is a former lawyer who worked briefly at the New York-based firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom before moving to Hawaii and working as a timeshare salesperson for Wyndham….
On Instagram, where Liana Shanti has 22,400 followers, her avatar and selfies present her as an ageless, airbrushed nymph-like model. Click the stories and you’ll see a barrage of posts often covering QAnon-adjacent beliefs like satanic child sex trafficking, the Luciferian agenda, aliens, reptilian overlords; advice on how to detach from your “family cult;” and vile accusations against her perceived enemies—all mixed in with uplifting self-help memes and advice on juice cleanses and coffee enemas. Zipping through her stories is a dizzying carousel of wellness, fantasy, bigotry, and horror.
Some Lemurian Sisters said they have paid tens of thousands of dollars for Liana’s courses, psychic readings, and artwork. “I have personally spent over $150,000, probably more than that now, on all of [L]iana’s programs, consults, this group,” one posted in Liana’s Lemurian Facebook group. “I was 50-60k in credit card debt for a majority of that time.”
Leaked conversations show members posting in the Facebook group about their financial struggles and Liana encouraging them to take her “12D Business” programs ($3,900) and start their own entrepreneurial wellness endeavors—in which they can sell Liana’s courses and recruit new followers.
Since the pandemic began, Liana’s teachings have grown increasingly chaotic and conspiratorial. She said the act of vaccinating children is a form of satanic ritual because those parents are committing their children’s souls to hell. She’s warned of concentration camps where people will be forcibly vaccinated. She urged Lemurian Sisters to take their kids and flee to “safe” states and countries.
As Honolulu federal jurors prepared to hear case #1:25-cv-00297, Life Mastery Network LLC et al v. Haygarth et al, Judge Jill Otake, July 29, 2026, handed down a two-page “concise statement of the case:”
This case involves two sets of parties.
One set of parties is referred to under the law as Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants. They are: Life Mastery Network, Liana Shanti Enterprises, and Liane Wilson, also known as Liana Shanti.
The other set of parties is referred to under the law as Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs. They are: Paula Haygarth, Byron Horvath, and Stephanie Horvath.
The parties bring claims against each other related to defamatory statements that they allege the other side made on the internet and in social media about them.
For example—and this is only an example—Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendants (meaning Ms. Wilson and her companies) accuse the Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs (meaning the Horvaths and Ms. Haygarth) of falsely stating online that Ms. Wilson runs a cult.
As another example—and this is only an example—Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs accuse Ms. Wilson of falsely stating online that they were involved in either child sexual abuse or supported those who sexually abused children.
On Thursday August 13, 2026 the unanimous jury found in favor of the defendants, who are all Canadian citizens. The jury decision calls for Shanti/Wilson to pay $40M in damages.
Collecting $40M plus interest from Shanti/Wilson’s ‘future earnings’ and ‘attachable assets’ will be a challenge. Akamai readers will remember this item explaining the September 10, 2024 Hawaii DCCA decision to cancel Shanti/Wilson’s Hawaii real estate license:
RICO alleges that on November 12, 2008, the state of Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation recorded a lien against Respondent;
the AOAO of Aliʻi Cove recorded a lien against Respondent on April 7, 2009;
the United States Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service recorded a lien against Respondent on April 12, 2010;
on July 30, 2010, the Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit, state of Hawaiʻi entered a Final Judgment against Respondent in the amount of $253,885.85;
the state of Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation recorded a lien against Respondent on April 30, 2015;
on December 17, 2021, the United States District Court of the District of Hawaiʻi convicted Respondent of concealment of bankruptcy assets, and
on a December 31, 2022 renewal application Respondent answered “No” to the question, “Since you last filed an application (initial/renewal), have you been convicted of a crime in which the conviction has not been annulled or expunged,” in potential violation of HRS §§ 436B-19(5), 436B-19(12), 467-14(13), 467-14(20), and 467-20.
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