Insurance providers for James Arthur Ray, the self-help author convicted of negligent homicide in the deaths of three people during a sweat-lodge ceremony in Arizona, have agreed to pay the victims’ families more than $3 million. Self-help author James Arthur Ray, convicted of negligent homicide, has been sentenced to three, two-year prison sentences to run concurrently and ordered to pay restitution of more than $57,000. A self-help author convicted of negligent homicide expressed extreme remorse for the deaths of three people following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he led and vowed never to conduct another one, a probation officer wrote in a presentence report obtained by The Associated Press. 
A jury has found self-help gury James Arthur Ray guilty of negligent homicide on Wednesday in the deaths of three of his followers during a botched sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona in October 2009. Jurors in the manslaughter trial of James Arthur Ray have heard the complete briefing the self-help author gave to dozens of people before they entered a northern Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he conducted. Opening arguments in the manslaughter trial of the self-help guru James Arthur Ray begin today. James Arthur Ray, 52, is currently awaiting trial on three counts of manslaughter. He has pleaded not guilty. Self-help guru James Arthur Ray — charged with manslaughter in Arizona for the sweat lodge deaths of three people — has now taken his motivational messages to the Internet.