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What is Nxivm? What was Allison Mack’s role in the cult?

Published July 6, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Allison Mack, criminal convictions, cult leader, cult member, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, prison release, sex cult

The shadows of a dark cult of Nxivm grabbed the headlines once again as the former Smallville actress, Allison Mack, emerged from prison after serving two years of a three-year sentence. We look at what the cult group is and…[Continue Reading...]

Toxic Dirt Grifter Is Back Pushing Another Miracle Cure

Published July 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Fulvic Essentials+, Marc Saint-Onge, MLM, toxic dirt

The founder of a health and wellness company that sold “magic dirt” which was found to contain toxic levels of arsenic and lead after a campaign from anti-multi-level marketing activists, is back with a new set of products—that look remarkably…[Continue Reading...]

FMA slap permanent ban on multi-level marketing firm Validus

Published July 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged banned, MLM, multi-level marketing, New Zealand, Validus

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a permanent ban on multi-level marketing firm Validus, after the High Court dismissed the company's appeal. The permanent stop order prohibited US-registered Validus and associated people from repeating "unlawful behaviour that may cause…[Continue Reading...]

Tom Cruise spends time with fellow Scientologist Kate Ceberano during trip to Australia to promote new Mission Impossible film

Published July 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, Kate Ceberano, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is currently in Australia to promote his new film, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning. And during his trip Down Under, the Hollywood actor made sure he spent time with his friend and fellow Scientologist Kate Ceberano. Kate, 56, shared a…[Continue Reading...]

Allison Mack, actress convicted in NXIVM case, released from prison

Published July 5, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Allison Mack, convicted criminal, cult leader, cult member, Keith Raniiere, NXIVM, prison release, sex cult

Former television star Allison Mack, who provided “slaves” to NXIVM leader Keith Raniere for his secret group that blackmailed calorie-starved and sleep-deprived women into sex acts and subjected them to physical branding on their pelvic areas, has been released from federal…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church-related Japan NGO to sue lawyers’ group for ‘defamation’

Published July 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, Japan, lawsuit, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church, Women's Federation for World Peace

TOKYO -- A nongovernmental organization (NGO) related to the former Unification Church on July 3 announced its intent to sue an anti-cult lawyers' group in the Tokyo District Court, accusing the group of defamation. The Women's Federation for World Peace…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola cult: Paul Mackenzie’s wife released on bond

Published July 4, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

Rhoda Mumbua, the wife of Kilifi cult leader Paul Mackenzie, has been released on a personal bond of Sh100,000 with a surety of Sh300,000. Mumbua was released on condition that she attends all court hearings. In a hearing on Monday,…[Continue Reading...]

Vulnerable women ‘recruited at shopping centres and brainwashed to join sex cult’

Published July 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult leader, deceptive recruitment, JMS., Jung Myung-seok, Providence Church

Liz and Amy, not their real names, said they fell prey to Providence when they were young and vulnerable, eventually believing they were brides of God and defacto brides of church leader Jung Myung Seok (JMS). Providence is a religious…[Continue Reading...]

Majority of Japan universities bolster anti-cult measures: survey

Published July 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged colleges, cult recruitment, Japan, Unification Church

OSAKA - A majority of Japanese universities bolstered measures against cults recruiting on campus after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's fatal shooting a year ago added to concerns that students could be easy targets, a Kyodo News survey shows. Of…[Continue Reading...]

Preparatory work to build ex-Unification Church facility starts in Tokyo

Published July 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, Japan, Sun Mung Moon, training center, Unification Church

The organization widely known as the Unification Church has started preparatory work for a new training facility in western Tokyo. The move comes despite concerns voiced by local residents. Work to tear down an existing building began at the site…[Continue Reading...]