Witch who cursed Charlie Kirk says she regrets distress to Erika Kirk and offers private dialogue

A self-described witch who says she helped place a curse on Charlie Kirk says she regrets the distress it caused his widow, Erika Kirk, and has offered to correspond with her privately to address her concerns. In an interview published by the Daily Mail, the spellcaster, who uses the name Priestess Lilin, said the hex was not intended to physically harm Kirk and that she did not celebrate the loss of life.

Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated on September 10 during a campus event at Utah Valley University. Two days earlier, Jezebel published an article detailing payments to witches via the online marketplace Etsy to curse Kirk in the days before his death. Megyn Kelly later revealed on her YouTube show that Erika Kirk had been genuinely rattled by the Jezebel piece. The Kirks say they asked a Catholic priest to undo the curse the night before the shooting. They were deeply concerned about what the Jezebel report suggested and sought spiritual protection for themselves and their family.

The Daily Mail interview portrays Lilin as saying the curse was not cast directly by her, but by her associate, identified as High Priestess Leamashtu. Lilin said the two had received a barrage of death threats and have since been banned by Etsy. She described most of her work as focusing on protection and healing, and argued that summoning demons and communicating with spirits are not inherently evil acts, framing them as ethically neutral in some spiritual communities. "The Spiritual community views Demons as multi-faceted Spirits and, not one-dimensional big bad evils," she said. "Mediumship is also perceived as an ethically neutral practice. Is it effective? Yes."

She maintained that she and Leamashtu had not aimed to cause physical harm and that they do not celebrate the taking of life. "We regret any distress experienced. What we do is done based on an impartial perspective and at a professional level. We respect the widow’s feelings and welcome a private conversation to address her concerns," Lilin said. Asked whether she believed the spell played any role in Kirk's death, she replied that while she would not claim responsibility, she would not deny that magic has real power in daily life. "A person’s life and death always have weight, and we do not celebrate the loss of life."

The Jezebel article, which has since been removed, described a curse that included actions such as burning a photograph of Kirk. Lilin said the full roster of spells offered by her and Leamashtu includes a range of hexes and curses, some marketed online with imagery such as a toy or a doll pinned with needles and labeled as "Hexes and Curses." The list includes items like an "Infernal Justice Black Magick Spell" and a "Generational Black Magic Curse," as well as spells that promise to "destroy their friendship" or "make them hate each other" or "make them lose their job." It remained unclear which specific spell, if any, was cast in Kirk’s case.

On Tuesday, Megyn Kelly spoke about Erika Kirk’s reaction to the Jezebel report on her own YouTube program, saying Erika was "genuinely rattled" by the piece and that the family sought spiritual solace in the days leading up to the shooting. Kelly noted Erika and Charlie Kirk were deeply shaken by the public discussion surrounding curses and that the couple turned to a Catholic priest to pray over Charlie the night before he was killed. Kelly recounted Erika’s belief, shared by many in Christian communities, that spiritual protection can avert harm even when others attempt to exile fear through rumor or ritual.

Jezebel published the piece on Sept. 8, just days before Kirk’s death. The outlet later stated that it condemned political violence in the strongest possible terms and did not endorse or encourage violence of any kind. The company also said the reporting was never intended to endorse harm and that it updated readers promptly when the story's premise came under public scrutiny after the tragedy. The Daily Mail’s interview of Lilin offers a rare glimpse into a world where some online spellcasting marketplaces have become intertwined with political discourse and the broader national conversation about violence, fear, and the role of spiritual practice in public life.

Charlie's death has prompted renewed scrutiny of online mysticism and its intersection with political culture. While Lilin’s account remains a personal narrative and has not been independently verified by authorities, her statements add to a layered portrayal of how families respond to threats and how media coverage of occult practices can ripple into real-world events. The case underscores the ongoing tension between online spiritual marketplaces, freedom of expression, and calls for accountability when reports of curses and magic intersect with times of national political tension.