Witch who cursed Charlie Kirk says she regrets distress to Erika Kirk and offers private dialogue as the case unfolds

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was killed on Sept. 10 during a campus event at Utah Valley University. In the wake of his death, a self-described witch who says she was involved in casting a curse on Kirk told the Daily Mail she regrets the distress it caused to his widow, Erika, and offered to correspond privately to address her concerns. The Kirks had asked a Catholic priest to undo the curse the night before the shooting, after a Jezebel report described paying Etsy witches to curse him.

Jezebel's article, published Sept. 8, described how the outlet paid witches via Etsy to cast a curse on Kirk, including language about buying a curse as easily as buying a phone charger and asking whether the spells would punish him for his rhetoric. The piece noted interactions with a witch identified as Priestess Lilin and another figure described as High Priestess Leamashtu, and it was later removed following Kirk's death. An image accompanying the Jezebel piece showed online offerings for casting curses and a skull motif that reflected the site's storytelling about magic.

Priestess Lilin told the Daily Mail that the spell was not intended to physically harm Kirk and that she did not cast the spell herself, saying her sister High Priestess Leamashtu carried it out. Lilin said she and Leamashtu have faced threats and have been banned by Etsy, adding that they view most of their work as spells for protection and healing and that demon summoning and spirit communication are not inherently evil acts. She emphasized that life and death carry weight and that she would not celebrate the loss of life, while arguing that the magic they work is real.

The Daily Mail interview notes that Lilin and Leamashtu have marketed a range of spells, including hexes and curses, and that some of the offerings depict a doll with pins and spells described as Infernal Justice Black Magick or Generational Black Magic. Lilin said their practice is ethically nuanced within a broader spiritual community that regards mediums and demonology as multi-faceted rather than monolithic.

Megyn Kelly, on her YouTube show, said Erika Kirk had been rattled by the Jezebel article and that the couple, who are Christian, sought spiritual protection in the days leading up to the shooting. Kelly quoted Erika as saying that curses would not prevail and that Charlie and Erika discussed the matter with a priest before the tragedy. Kelly noted Erika’s knowledge of Christian teachings on the subject and emphasized that Erika and Charlie believed that spiritual protection could withstand such threats.

Jezebel issued a statement after Kirk’s death reiterating that the outlet condemns political violence and that its original story was published on Sept. 8. The piece noted the death remains under investigation and did not suggest a causal link between the curses and Kirk’s murder. The Daily Mail did not respond to questions for this report.

While the death of a political commentator has drawn attention to online spellcasting and media coverage of witchcraft, the broader cultural conversation continues to unfold. This episode sits at the intersection of entertainment, online commerce, and political discourse, illustrating how sensational coverage of occult practice can intersect with real-world consequences and personal tragedy.