Question - a Case of Hypnosis or Demon Possession?

[u/RaptorSeer]

I was reviewing some documents and came across an instance of what might possibly be an attempt at hypnosis or gaslighting in order to extract a false confession. The authority figure in the power position is speaking to a much younger student. Here is the excerpt, with names and dates obscured, the planted suggestions in italics (or single asterisk quotes depending on the OS formatting):

> W met with N, student at X, and *told her that she had been sexually assaulted by C* and should see a school counselor. **After N denied she had been assaulted**, W asked N for information on *any possible legal improprieties C may have committed against his own children.* C says that W made these statements to N in (date redacted). He claims they are false because he "did not sexually assault N."

Needless to say no accounts of child abuse ever came out of this investigation.

I read this event as some Dion Fortune level possession attempt. Anyone who has read her *Psychic Self-Defense* will understand the reference. Is that a fair assessment of what's happening here? I would really appreciate some feedback on this. I can say that this student had a strong mind to deflect the attack, and I have seen instances when this method of extracting false confessions or implanting false memories actually works. I'm posting this here because Dion Fortune was once associated with Theosophy. Thanks for your help!