Philadelphia lawyer Brian Kent has spent his entire career investigating sex crimes and allegations of sexual abuse. Before entering the private sector, he was a Montgomery County prosecutor who focused on sex crimes. At his Center City firm Laffey Bucci…[Continue Reading...]
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been charged in the UK with rape, human trafficking, and other offences, British prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Crown Prosecution Service stated that a European arrest warrant had been issued last year, and…[Continue Reading...]
A victim of domestic abuse has spoken out, a decade after coercive control became a criminal offence in the UK, about how long it took her to realise her ex-husband was abusing her. Alice, which is not her real name,…[Continue Reading...]
In the late 19th century, in this impressive New York State home, the utopian Oneida Community thrived for 30 years. This implausible Protestant Perfectionist community had hundreds of members; worldly possessions were universal, living quarters were shared, and everyone in the society raised…[Continue Reading...]
People who believe in conspiracy theories may be more likely to exhibit specific cognitive biases also found in individuals with subclinical delusional thinking, according to a pair of new studies published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. The research found that cognitive…[Continue Reading...]
Tom Cruise's love life has been the subject of intense public interest for decades, ever since he met and married Australian actress Nicole Kidman in 1990. The A-lister has had flings with everyone from Cher, to Bruce Springsteen's future wife…[Continue Reading...]
When we hear the word ‘cult’, we might think about notorious religious groups such as Heaven’s Gate, Children of God, and Scientologists. But cults and other high control groups are everywhere, and they definitely are not always religious in character,…[Continue Reading...]
In 2020, The Weekly campaigned for governments to criminalise coercive control. Now, as new laws come into force in Queensland, we meet families who have lost loved ones to this insidious form of abuse and have been working towards this…[Continue Reading...]
There’s a well-known anecdote American Psycho director Mary Harron has told about Christian Bale’s inspiration for the titular sociopath. By Harron’s account, Bale had seen an interview of Cruise on David Letterman, and he saw in Cruise this, “very intense…[Continue Reading...]
Born into this hyper-strict cult in Wisconsin, Martha Glory Stecker Kartaoui was told she was one of the chosen people. Intense modesty rules and odd dietary restrictions were nothing compared to what she endured every weekend at the compound with…[Continue Reading...]
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