MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal appeals court on Monday rejected NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere’s bid for a new trial, finding that a “mountain of evidence” substantiated the government’s charges of child sexual exploitation and pornography predicate acts and his…[Continue Reading...]
The Anambra State Police Command has commenced a full-scale investigation into a viral video showing young boys reportedly initiating a minor into what appears to be a cult group. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that an initial…[Continue Reading...]
Jeon Seong-bae, known as "Geonjin Beop-sa," testified in court on the 24th regarding the allegation that he received a Graff diamond necklace worth 62.2 million Korean won and two Chanel bags worth around 10 million Korean won each from a…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell has been ordered to pay nearly $12,000 in restitution to Kay Woodcock in connection to Charles Vallow’s murder case in Arizona. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Justin Beresky ruled on the restitution amount during a…[Continue Reading...]
With only four years of his 120-year sentence in federal prison behind him, former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere can’t be judged too harshly for taking every opportunity possible to try to win himself a new trial. When it comes to…[Continue Reading...]
Priyamvada Mehra’s memoir, The Cost of a Promised Afterlife, has been published by Simon & Schuster India. At the age of nine, she was led into the fold of Rampal, a self-proclaimed godman who promised miracle cures and salvation in…[Continue Reading...]
during a psychology placement with a crisis hotline. It was the “old days” of cults, he says, when headlines were dominated by Charles Manson, Jonestown and the abduction of Patty Hearst. Closer to home, the Children of God and the…[Continue Reading...]
NARA – The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man indicted over the 2022 killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun in Nara, will testify in court as a defense witness, it was learned Wednesday. In the…[Continue Reading...]
ALBANY — An attorney for former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere argued before a tribunal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Tuesday that he deserved a new trial, or at least a hearing, on evidence tied to…[Continue Reading...]
Countless cults have risen to infamy through scandal, tragedy, or just plain weirdness before seemingly vanishing from public consciousness. You might assume that mass suicides, disastrous FBI raids, imprisoned leaders, and explosive documentaries spell the end for these groups, but…[Continue Reading...]
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