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INTERVIEW: Nikki Jay Escaped a Cult — Now She’s Making a Game About It

Published May 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult survivor, cults, personal story

Quantum Witch developer Nikki Jay grew up in a cult. It was a heavily religious environment, with strict rules and harsh teachings. Most medical assistance was shunned, and there were constant lectures about the end of the world, how she…[Continue Reading...]

Witness testifies to mix of love and darkness living at OneTaste sex ‘cult’

Published May 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court testimony, criminal trial, New York, Nicole Daedone, One Taste, OneTaste, Rachel Cherwitz

BROOKLYN (CN) — Defense attorneys on Friday finished cross-examining the first government witness at the trial against leaders of OneTaste, a company that sold a ritualized genital stroking practice as a form of meditation and, according to court testimony, required…[Continue Reading...]

LDS church agrees to ‘settlement in principle’ of more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits in California

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged California, lawsuits, Mormon Church, settlement, sexual abuse

SAN DIEGO — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it last year in San Diego and across California, according to recent court filings…[Continue Reading...]

LDS church agrees to ‘settlement in principle’ of more than 100 sex abuse lawsuits in California

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged California, lawsuits, Mormon Church, settlement, sexual abuse

SAN DIEGO — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it last year in San Diego and across California, according to recent court filings…[Continue Reading...]

Televangelist Jim Bakker Says He Needs A Million Bucks Or ‘I’ll Be Out On The Street’

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged fund raising, Jim Bakker, scams, schemes

elevangelist Jim Bakker, who was at the heart of one of most notorious religious scandals of the 1980s, says he’s in desperate need of cash right now. And if he doesn’t get $1 million, he will lose everything and be…[Continue Reading...]

Diddy defense preview? His lawyer defended ‘sex cult’ leader in eerily similar case

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, defense lawyer. Sean "Diddy" Combs, Keith Raniere, Marc Agnifilo, NXIVM, sex cult

NEW YORK ― A charismatic man coerced women into sex and silence. His inner circle transported victims, reaping financial rewards. Sleep deprivation abounded. Those are all allegations against Sean "Diddy" Combs, whose sex-trafficking trial heads to opening statements on Monday,…[Continue Reading...]

Financial MLMs: How to spot the difference between a multi-level marketing scheme and an actual business

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, multi level markeing, warning signs

Between rising interest rates, a shaky stock market and the threat of a trade war with the US, it’s no surprise that financial uncertainty has instilled fear in people in recent years. And unfortunately, this financial uncertainty makes people more…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutor responds to Lori Vallow Daybell’s request for a new trial

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal conviction, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder trial

PHOENIX — A Maricopa County prosecutor says Lori Vallow Daybell’s request for a new trial should be denied because “there was no juror misconduct, no prosecutorial misconduct, no improper exclusion of hearsay testimony and no lack of impartiality by the…[Continue Reading...]

Faithfuls ‘conned, forced into slavery’

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Brazil, criminal charges, cult, Jesus Evangelical Community

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) on Monday disbanded a criminal ring that was disguised as a religious sect to swindle members millions in donations and force them into slavery. Dubbed “Return to Canaan”, the early morning operation…[Continue Reading...]

Siti Aishah Wahab, survivor of Maoist cult, dies at 81

Published May 9, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Aravindan Balakrishnan, Maoist cult, survivor story

LONDON: Siti Aishah Wahab, the Malaysian woman whose story made global headlines after escaping the grip of a Maoist cult in South London 12 years ago, has died in Leeds at the age of 81, following a battle with lymphoma.…[Continue Reading...]

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