Durek Verrett

Durek Verrett (born November 17, 1974, as Derek David Verrett) is an American conspiracy theorist, convicted felon, alternative therapist, 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.

Verrett dropped out of high school and claims to have been a dancer, model, TV personality, poet, and choreographer. He promotes various Neoshamanic practices rooted in New Age. In his book Spirit Hacking he promotes several pseudoscientific views. 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; he writes that children get cancer because they want it; and suggests that chemotherapy does not work and is given to cancer patients only because doctors make money from it. He promotes the Reptilian conspiracy theory, and has said that he considers himself to be a reptilian. He regards 5G technology to be a conspiracy by "those who enslave the planet." He claims that he had knowledge of the September 11 attacks two years before they happened, but chose not to intervene. Verrett has been accused of manipulating his social media following, with critics calling his influencer career a fraud.

Verrett previously lived openly as a gay man, and was in a long-term relationship with his male fiancé Hank Greenberg. Greenberg and others have accused him of domestic abuse, manipulative behavior and of being a cult leader, while his mother Veruschka Urquhart disputed many of his claims about his background and called him "manipulative" and "dangerous." In 2024, Verrett faced allegations of sexual assault from his former representative Joakim Boström. In November 2024 Norwegian media published recordings of Verrett where he admitted to sexual assault and "sucking the cock" of his clients during shamanistic sessions, and claimed that his wife Princess Märtha Louise of Norway knew everything. He had then recently married the princess, a self-described clairvoyant and member of the extended Norwegian royal family. Verrett and Märtha Louise's relationship has been widely criticized by the Norwegian media and public. The Verrett controversies, along with the Marius Borg Høiby affair, have been cited as reasons for a "decimation of the Norwegian royal family's reputation," leading to a more vigorous debate on the future of the monarchy. Verrett remains an American citizen and resident, and has no formal association with the royal family.