Psychic sues New York for escaped inmate reward money | Fusion

A Texas psychic who claims to have “spiritual gifts from the almighty” is suing the state of New York for the reward money promised to anyone who helped find escaped inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in June that the state would pay a $100,000 bounty to anyone who provided information leading to the capture of the escapees, whose three-week prison break captured the attention of cable news channels this summer.

Self-described psychic Eric Drake writes in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that he called Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office and gave them this key information,,,

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This isn’t the first time Drake says he’s assisted with a law enforcement action. He says he gave Washington, D.C. police details that would have helped them catch the snipers who killed 17 people in 2002, but that his advice was ignored.

Drake writes that he plans to use the New York reward money to publish a book of his prophecies. It doesn’t sound like it will be a pleasant read: “The Plaintiff’s future predictions regarding the United States of America, which is contained in his new book are 1000 times greater than the suffering of the great depression,” he writes.

Psychic sues New York for escaped inmate reward money | Fusion