As tensions between NewJeans and HYBE continue to escalate, the members’ final statements submitted in their injunction lawsuit against ADOR have been released and public reaction is anything but calm. Each of the five members Haerin, Danielle, Hyein, Hanni, and…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo District Court has told the Unification Church to make an appearance on Tuesday regarding a request for an order to dissolve the religious group, informed sources said Saturday. The court is expected to present its decision on the…[Continue Reading...]
Alex Barnes-Ross, a marketing director from east London, regularly posts YouTube videos criticising Scientology. In some of them, the former Scientologist, 29, describes his experience of joining aged 15 and becoming its London director of book sales. In others, he…[Continue Reading...]
It's been three years since British cult Lighthouse was brought down over allegations of exploitation and fraud after fleecing over £2 million from its trusting members. Lighthouse, also known as Lighthouse International Group, was founded in 2012 and paraded itself…[Continue Reading...]
“We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers). “The word cult conjures a mental picture: a group of beautiful young people…[Continue Reading...]
One of the most notorious examples of a cult was the People's Temple, which came to a very auspicious end on November 18th, 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana. Infamous cult leader Jim Jones encouraged more than 900 of his followers to…[Continue Reading...]
A British Columbia judge has annulled the marriage of a woman to a fellow member of an India-based "cult group," saying she didn't "truly consent" to the 2023 wedding. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling issued this week says Arshnoor Kaur…[Continue Reading...]
The subject line stopped me cold. “We’re not a cult.” It was late 2024, and the email came from a crisis PR firm hired by a couple under siege—Jeff and Shaleia Divine, the controversial spiritual leaders behind Twin Flames Universe.…[Continue Reading...]
It turned out Jack "Ziz" LaSota wasn't dead. Not on Aug. 19, 2022, when the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a call about a person falling off a boat in San Francisco Bay but were unable to locate a body. And…[Continue Reading...]
In 2023, I stumbled across a subreddit called r/IncelExit. It’s a self-described place “for people who got drawn into the incel community but want support and help with a way out”. With the aim of writing about the group, and…[Continue Reading...]
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