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Associated Press - February 8, 2010 4:55 PM ET
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona prosecutors are asking a judge to issue a gag order in their manslaughter case against motivational speaker James Arthur Ray.
Ray's lawyers had wasted no time going on the offensive after his arrest last week for three deaths that happened after a sweat lodge ceremony at a retreat he led in October outside Sedona.
His lawyers appeared on "Larry King Live" and granted other interviews to counter claims by prosecutors that he was responsible for three deaths at a sweat lodge ceremony he led in Arizona last October.
Ray is facing three counts of manslaughter and is being held in a Yavapai County jail on a $5 million bond. His lawyers say he's not guilty.
A conviction carries up to 12 1/2 years in prison on each charge with probation being an option.
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