Durek Verrett

Durek Verrett
Verrett in 2024
Born
Derek David Verrett

(1974-11-17) November 17, 1974 (age 50)
Sacramento, California, U.S.[1]
OccupationAlternative therapist
Spouse(s)
Zaneta Marzalkova
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(m. 2005; div. 2009)​

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(m. 2024)​
PartnerHank Greenberg (2007–2015)

Durek Verrett (born November 17, 1974, as Derek David Verrett) is an American conspiracy theorist,[2] convicted felon,[3] alternative therapist,[4][5] and self-professed shaman as a practitioner of Neoshamanism. He has been widely described by media and other observers as a conman and conspiracy theorist.[4][6][7][2]

Verrett dropped out of high school[8] and claims to have been a dancer, model, TV personality, poet, and choreographer.[9] He promotes various Neoshamanic practices rooted in New Age. In his book Spirit Hacking he promotes several pseudoscientific views.[2] He asserts that casual sex attracts subterranean spirits that make an impression on the inside of women's vaginas and offers exercises to "clean out" said vaginas;[10] he writes that children get cancer because they want it;[11] and suggests that chemotherapy does not work and is given to cancer patients only because doctors make money from it.[12] He promotes the Reptilian conspiracy theory, and has said that he considers himself to be a reptilian.[13] He regards 5G technology to be a conspiracy by "those who enslave the planet."[14] He claims that he had knowledge of the September 11 attacks two years before they happened, but chose not to intervene.[15][16] Verrett has been accused of manipulating his social media following, with critics calling his influencer career a fraud.[17][18]

Verrett previously lived openly as a gay man, and was in a long-term relationship with his male fiancé Hank Greenberg.[19] Greenberg and others have accused him of domestic abuse,[19] manipulative behavior and of being a cult leader,[20] while his mother Veruschka Urquhart disputed many of his claims about his background and called him "manipulative" and "dangerous."[21] In 2024, Verrett faced allegations of sexual assault from his former representative Joakim Boström.[22] In 2024, he married Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, a self-described clairvoyant and member of the extended Norwegian royal family.[23] Verrett and Märtha Louise's relationship has been widely criticized by the Norwegian media and public. He remains an American citizen and resident, and is not royal.

  1. ^ "The Princess and the Shaman". Vanity Fair. November 12, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "The princess and the shaman: how a royal wedding is dividing Norway". The Times. August 24, 2024. Archived from the original on August 24, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024. Durek Verrett, 49, is a Californian conspiracy theorist and self-declared shaman, or "spiritual guide", who claims not to be human and professes that he can reverse ageing by "turning atoms".
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  4. ^ a b "Norway princess quits royal duties for alternative medicine". BBC. Retrieved November 9, 2022. Verrett [has been] described as 'a charlatan', a conman and a conspiracy theorist
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  16. ^ "Royals, models, Netflix, and Gwyneth Paltrow? Who's who at the wedding of Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett". Tatler. Retrieved August 30, 2024. Many have called Durek a conspiracy theorist, citing his claim that he foresaw the September 11 attacks, but decided not to intervene, and his announcement in 2021 that he considers himself to be 'a hybrid species of reptilian and Andromeda'.
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  23. ^ "Vender Märtha ryggen: - Overrasker meg ikke". Dagbladet. Retrieved August 25, 2024.