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An Expert Weighs in on MLMs

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, mullti level marketing, multi level marketing schemes, research

Dr. Jesse Veenstra ('08), a finance professor, grew up in the orbit of multi-level marketing (MLM) companies like Tupperware and Herbalife. “I remember family friends asking my parents to participate in different multi-level marketing organizations,” he says. “I’ve been recruited…[Continue Reading...]

6 Things Laura Prepon Has Said About Scientology

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Laura Prepon, Scientologists, Scientology

In a 2021 interview with People, Laura Prepon revealed she had not practiced Scientology "in close to five years." "I've always been very open-minded, even since I was a child. I was raised Catholic and Jewish. I've prayed in churches,…[Continue Reading...]

Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged convicted felon, cult leader, documentary, sexual abuse, Tony Alamo

Documenting criminal activity behind the Alamo Christian Foundation, founded in the 1960s by Tony and Susan Alamo. At the cult's beginning the preachers recruit vulnerable young people by promoting personal salvation. Over time the group faces allegations of abuse Ministry…[Continue Reading...]

John Boyega’s cousin faces deportation over £1,900,000 fraud at ‘cult church’

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse, Cult Crimes Tagged abuse allegations, Tobi Adegboyega, UK

The pastor of a church at the centre of a £1.87million fraud case has lost his deportation battle. Tobi Adegboyega, cousin of Star Wars actor John Boyega, was head of the controversial SPAC Nation church, which ran inappropriate ‘safe houses’…[Continue Reading...]

My Battle with Tulsi Gabbard’s Cult Followers in Hawaii

Published December 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Christ Butler, cult, cult leader, Hawaii, Jagad Guru, Science of Identity, Tulsi Gabbard

TWICE IN MY LIFE I've experienced political realities so implausibly sinister, I mistook them for bad dreams. Both incidents involved my former congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard. The first was in January 2017. I'd been digging into wild whispers from some neighbors…[Continue Reading...]

Arizona woman sentenced in FLDS child exploitation case

Published December 3, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, child abuse, criminal conviction, Polygamist cult, prison sentence, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse

Naomi Bistline was sentenced Monday in a Phoenix federal courtroom in connection with the exploitation of girls by a self-proclaimed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bistline, 26, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to…[Continue Reading...]

The Feds Compared Diddy to R. Kelly and These Cult Leaders Right Before He was Denied Bail… Again

Published December 3, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bail hearing, cult leaders, New York, Sean Diddy Combs, sexual abuse

To no one’s surprise, Bad Boy Records Founder Sean “Diddy” Combs had his request for bond rejected by the court for the third time. The compelling argument put forth by prosecutors, comparing Combs to various sex cult leaders, might have…[Continue Reading...]

Falun Gong’s Shen Yun sued and investigated for child labor violations

Published December 3, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, Falun Gong, labor violations, lawsuit, Shen Yun

Shen Yun Performing Arts, the traveling dance troupe behind elaborate performances that show “China before Communism,” has been sued by a former dancer and also is being investigated over its allegedly abusive child labor practices, which were previously reported by…[Continue Reading...]

Brief scientific literacy interventions may quash new conspiracy theories

Published December 3, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, critical thinking, scientific research

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The more time you spend on social media, the likelier you are to have come across a viral post that seems too strange to be true. Brief scientific literacy interventions, especially those that focus on critical…[Continue Reading...]

India Oxenberg Cuddles with Her Baby Daughter in Adorable New Video as She Announces ‘Something Special’

Published December 3, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult survivor, India Oxenberg, NXIVM, sex cult

The author welcomed her first baby, a daughter, in September with husband Patrick D'Ignazio India Oxenberg is giving a glimpse into her life as a new mom. On Monday, Dec. 2, the podcaster and author, who's a survivor of the…[Continue Reading...]