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Courtroom Bombshell: D.A. in Danny Masterson’s Retrial Claims Accusers’ Emails to Cops Are Being Leaked to Scientology

Published May 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Danny Masterson, leaks, Los Angeles, rape trial, Scientology

The Deputy District Attorney in Danny Masterson's rape retrial dropped a bombshell in court this week, telling the judge that he believes the Church of Scientology is getting its hands on redacted discovery material — including emails between alleged victims and…[Continue Reading...]

Were Shakahola cult leaders’ wives involved in illegal activities?

Published May 12, 2023 By admin

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

Rhoda Maweu is the third wife of cult leader Paul Makenzie who is accused of urging followers to starve to death to meet Jesus. Mackenzie’s first and second wife died a few years back. According to the detectives, Rhoda Maweu…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors Urge Jury To Convict Alleged ‘Doomsday Cult’ Mom Lori Vallow of Murdering Her Two Youngest Kids

Published May 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged closing arguments, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder trial

The woman charged in the slayings of her two youngest children and a romantic rival wanted their money so she used sex and power to manipulate her brother and a lover into carrying out the crimes, Idaho prosecutors told jurors Thursday. “Money, power and…[Continue Reading...]

Religious cult refuses to get lawyer over schoolgirl’s death

Published May 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child death, criminal charges, cult, The Saints

A judge has urged for a case against a religious cult charged over the death of a schoolgirl to move quickly, as the group again refused legal representation. Fourteen members of the Toowoomba group, made up of three families known…[Continue Reading...]

4 killed, 65 arrested in Uyo cult war

Published May 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, deaths, gangs, Nigeria, violence

Some semblance of peace has returned to the Anua/Nsukara Offot axis of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, after four people were sacrificed, according to the police, and a dozen others arrested in a bloody cult war masterminded by rival gangsters.…[Continue Reading...]

Name Of The Father: New film on sins of a Charedi cult leader shown on BBC

Published May 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Breslov sect, documentary, Mohorosh, Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Shick, sexual abuse, ultra-Orthodox

W hen the documentary film Name of the Father aired in Israel a few weeks ago, it led to dozens of phone calls from men and women who had suffered sexual abuse in a Charedi community — and spurred national…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow trial – live: ‘Cult mom’ turns on Chad Daybell in closing argument as murder verdict looms

Published May 12, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged closing arguments, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder trial

The fate of “doomsday cult mom” Lori Vallow is in the hands of the jury as her dramatic murder trial draws to a close. Closing arguments concluded in Ada County Courthouse, Boise, Idaho, and the jury of seven men and…[Continue Reading...]

CULTS INSIDE OUT How People Get In and Can Get Out

Published May 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cults, deprogramming, rescuing cult victims

You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates. But how do individuals get involved with cults in…[Continue Reading...]

7 Alleged Pyramid Schemes and Scams

Published May 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLMs, multi-level marketing, pyramid scheme

Holiday Magic was a company started by William Penn Patrick, who bought into a small makeup brand, dubbed his line Holiday Magic, and began recruiting folks to sell lipstick, blush, powders and creams supposedly made from organic ingredients. For an…[Continue Reading...]

General Manager Asks If He Was A Jerk To Fire MLM Employee For Selling Pyramid Scheme Products At Work

Published May 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, multi-level marketing, pyramid schemes

On rare and treasured occasions, a manager can be a close friend to his employees, looking out for and protecting them. But even the best manager’s patience can only be pushed so far before it snaps.The very same happened when…[Continue Reading...]