Anna Kelley was a paying member of Liana Shanti’s online community from about May 2021 until about mid-2024. She signed a declaration under penalty of perjury on January 20, 2026, and it was filed in the federal civil case on March 27, 2026 as ECF 84-3 (Life Mastery Network LLC v. Haygarth, No. 1:25-cv-00297, D. Haw.). It answers, point by point, statements Liane Wilson made in her own filing, ECF 63.
A declaration is a witness’s sworn account, not a court finding. Every quotation below is word for word from the declaration, with the paragraph and page where it appears.
What she bought
“I became involved in the online community operated by Liane Wilson (aka Liana Shanti) beginning in or around May 2021 and remained involved until approximately mid-2024. During this time, I participated in and/or purchased every program and subscription offered by Liana Shanti, including but not limited to: Illuminations, Narcissistic Abuse Healing, Mother Wound Healing, Father Wound Healing, Holistic Mastery Institute (HMI), 12D Business School, Lemurian Mystery School, a Fast Track business consultation, and a high-ticket annual business mentorship program.” (¶ 2, pp. 1–2)
$111,110 and no business plan
Wilson told the court that she had “never received a complaint of extortion from any student or client” (ECF 63, Fact 15, p. 6, PageID.924). Kelley swore:
“Ms. Wilson’s claim (at ECF 63, Fact 15) to have never received a complaint of extortion or similar conduct from any student or client is false as to my experience. I paid Liane Wilson a total of $111,110 (made in two payments, one in November 2023 and the second in February 2024) …” (¶ 3, p. 2)
“Promotional materials and direct representations by Ms. Wilson promised that as part of this mentorship, I would receive individualized business guidance and a business plan.” (¶ 3, p. 2)
“Despite multiple requests over several months, I did not receive a business plan or any comparable deliverable.” (¶ 4, p. 2)
On April 16, 2024, Kelley sent Wilson a voice message about having wired more than $100,000 with nothing in writing. She swore that Wilson’s answer was:
“Ms. Wilson told me that her mentorships do not involve contracts or deliverables and that she did not owe participants a product, characterizing the mentorship as not being a program. She questioned why a contract would be expected and stated, in substance, that there are ‘never’ contracts in such mentorships.” (¶ 5, pp. 2–3)
Pressure to buy more
Wilson told the court that women paid for her courses voluntarily (ECF 63, Fact 24, p. 8, PageID.926). Kelley swore:
“I am aware that Ms. Wilson claims women voluntarily paid for courses and programs (ECF 63 at Fact 24), but in my experience, students were intensely pressured to sign up for courses and programs.” (¶ 9, p. 4)
“Despite clearly declining, [the health coach] continued pressure me to join the MMM program during our health sessions, and even contacted me near midnight on the final enrollment deadline asking why I had not signed up.” (¶ 10, pp. 4–5)
“Memories” of abuse
Wilson told the court that she never coached women on how to claim abuse by their partners (ECF 63, Fact 16, p. 7, PageID.925). Kelley swore:
“I observed her in Q&A sessions where she repeatedly told members of the community that they had experienced abuse by family members — including fathers, brothers, or grandparents — even when they did not initially identify those experiences as abuse. She stated that failure to recognize such abuse was due to insufficient healing work.” (¶ 7, p. 3)
“In fact, after I shared with her that I had been abused by my brother, she told me that I was also abused by other family members when I had no independent memory of such, and that I had not yet ‘uncovered’ this other abuse in my own memory.” (¶ 7, p. 3)
Leaving countries, cutting off family
“[S]he repeatedly told women that they needed to leave certain countries (often Australia or Canada) or states immediately due to perceived danger, often framing these statements as ‘if it were me, this is what I would do,’ without regard for legal, financial, or custodial consequences.” (¶ 8, p. 4)
“[S]he repeatedly encouraged women to sever relationships with spouses and family members and stated that allowing certain individuals access to children exposed them to ‘darkness.’” (¶ 12, p. 5)
“I observed her repeatedly state to the community that remaining in certain ‘dark’ states or countries placed these women and their children in danger, which instilled fear and urgency among mothers in the community.” (¶ 13, pp. 5–6)
One source of authority
“[S]he repeatedly framed herself as the necessary authority for decision-making and discouraged independent judgment, resulting in increased dependence rather than empowerment.” (¶ 11, p. 5)
What happened to people who left
“After students would leave Ms. Wilson’s community, I observed numerous instances in which Ms. Wilson shared personal, private details about such former students publicly on her social media account, @lianashanti Instagram, and encouraged current students to engage in similar behavior, including posting on social media, tagging employers, and contacting child welfare authorities.” (¶ 14, p. 6)
Kelley gives two examples in the same paragraph. One of them is a former student whom this site refers to only as J.S. (see J.S.’s Letter to the Court).
Her own account of herself
“[D]uring the time I followed her closely between May 2021 to mid-2024, she frequently stated publicly that she was the happiest and healthiest she had ever been, that she experienced no bad days, slept perfectly, and had an ideal personal life.” (¶ 15, p. 6)
“[I]n group discussions throughout 2023, she stated that she was responsible for the strategy and direction of the website and that another individual would serve as the public face.” (¶ 16, p. 7)
The website in ¶ 16 is exposingfamilyabuse.com. Wilson told the court she did not control it (ECF 60, Fact 4).
Source
Declaration of Anna Kelley, ECF 84-3, filed March 27, 2026, signed January 20, 2026: PDF on CourtListener. See also the companion declaration, Amanda Brady’s Sworn Declaration.