Mother calls for ‘brainwashed’ daughter living with ‘cult’ in Scottish wood to be deported back to Texas
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A Texas woman has told Sky News an African “cult” brainwashed, lured and coerced her daughter to move 4,000 miles away to a Scottish forest by preying on her vulnerabilities.
Aspiring lawyer Kaura Taylor, 21, was reported missing from Dallas in May 2025.
Her family then spotted an online image of her living as a “handmaiden” in the so-called Kingdom of Kubala in Jedburgh, Scotland.
Sky News can reveal Scottish authorities are assessing a report involving welfare and safety concerns.
Speaking exclusively in her first on-camera interview from Texas, Kaura’s mother, Melba Whitehead, pleaded for authorities to urgently deport her daughter to the US so they can be reunited.
In a separate development, Councillor Scott Hamilton, deputy leader of the local authority, said police, sheriff officers and other agencies went to the camp on Thursday morning and evicted the trio.
He told Sky News: “So, this group obviously arrived in Jedburgh a number of months ago. They set up camp here.
“They were originally on Scottish Borders Council land, and they set up camp and claimed they were a Kingdom of Kubala. And this, quite frankly, was ludicrous.
“It broke laws. It broke the rules. And as landowners we took action, as well as private landowners, to ensure this outcome today.”
The group, dressed head to toe in traditional African attire, is run by Kofi Offeh – who refers to himself as “The King” – and his partner Jean Gasho, who goes by “The Queen”.
Both lived a troubled existence in Stockton-on-Tees, in northeast England, prior to camping in the Scottish borders.
A video online shows Mr Offeh claiming ownership of Kaura and boasting “I bought you at a price” before she swears allegiance to her “masters”.
The camp, on the edge of an industrial estate, is at the centre of a legal battle after eviction notices were served to remove them from private and council land.
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