A New Documentary Grapples With the Sarah Lawrence Cult
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In April, Larry Ray, 62, was convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, conspiracy, and other charges — crimes connected to his decade-long stint controlling and manipulating a small group of young people. The story — which first broke in an explosive New York Magazine article that triggered an investigation into Ray’s activities in April 2019 — is the subject of an upcoming three-part Hulu docuseries, Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, from Academy Award–nominated director Zachary Heinzerling that will premiere on February 9. “I was in a freaking cult,” Santos Rosario, a survivor coming to grips with his experience, says in the trailer below. With unprecedented access to the Sarah Lawrence College students recruited by Ray, and the family members whose lives irrevocably changed, the documentary traces how exactly a roommate’s authoritative dad could go from sleeping on the dorm-room couch and lecturing about disciplining the mind to ensnaring and abusing multiple bright young adults, taking their lives off track.
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Frightening to think that all of this began through students attending a highly respected college like Sarah Lawrence.