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Federal appeals court says no, again, to NXIVM leader Keith Raniere

Published January 27, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, Keith Raniere, loses in court, New York, NXIVM

For the second time within two months, a federal appeals court in Manhattan has rejected imprisoned NXIVM leader Keith Raniere — this time denying the convicted sex trafficker's petition to disqualify his trial judge from considering his remaining bids for…[Continue Reading...]

Leah Remini Begs To Know Where Shelly Miscavige Is After Husband David Miscavige Allegedly Goes Missing

Published January 27, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged David Miscavige, labor trafficking, lawsuit, Scientology

Leah Remini is demanding answers after her pal Shelly Miscavige has been missing for several years. After an article which stated Shelly's husband, David Miscavige, who is the controversial head figure of Scientology, is allegedly now missing too, Remini is…[Continue Reading...]

Leeds man who labelled church a ‘cult’ not guilty of harassing members whose accusations were an ‘exercise in pearl clutching’

Published January 27, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Church, cult-like, former member, lawsuit, UK

Lance Christie, 57, was acquitted yesterday (Wednesday) at Leeds Magistrates’ Court of one charge of harassment against eight members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church; including two of his sons and his nephew. It was heard that Christie delivered letters…[Continue Reading...]

Member of ‘cult-like’ church faces child sex charges

Published January 27, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cult like church, Geelong Revival Centre, sexual abuse

Police say the 36-year-old, from East Geelong, confessed after handing himself in at a local police station earlier this week. He is up on charges including sexual penetration of a child under 16,sexual assault and possession of child abuse material.…[Continue Reading...]

Idaho ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow wants case dismissed over ‘speedy trial’ concerns after 1,169 days in jail

Published January 27, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Chad Daybell, children murdered, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow

Lori Vallow asked Idaho Judge Steven Boyce in a Thursday motion to dismiss her case after she has spent 1,169 days in jail for her alleged role in the murders of her two children, as well as her husband's ex-wife,…[Continue Reading...]

FOCUS:Ex-PM Abe shooter trial to face issue of sympathy for church “victim”

Published January 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abe assassination, criminal trial. Japan, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

Following his indictment, pretrial proceedings against the shooter of Shinzo Abe are expected to throw up difficult issues, with his defense likely to attempt to offset shock over the first murder of a postwar Japanese leader by presenting him as…[Continue Reading...]

Science has finally cracked the mystery of why so many people believe in conspiracy theories

Published January 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, overconfidence, research

When it comes to the spread of cockamamie conspiracy theories, Twitter was a maximum viable product long before Elon Musk paid $44 billion for the keys. But as soon as he took the wheel, Musk removed many of the guardrails…[Continue Reading...]

‘This is unfair.’ Victims’ families ask judge to reconsider camera ban in Daybell trial

Published January 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Chad Daybell, children murdered, cult leader, cult mom, Lori Vallow

ST. ANTHONY — Family members of JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan and Tammy Daybell are asking a judge to reconsider allowing cameras in the upcoming trial of Chad and Lori Daybell. The Daybells have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow case: J.J. Vallow’s grandmother doesn’t ‘recognize’ so-called ‘cult mom’ smiling outside court

Published January 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, children murdered, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow

The grandmother of Joshua "J.J." Vallow — one of Lori Vallow's two children who disappeared in 2019 before they turned up dead in 2020 — says she does not "recognize" the so-called "cult mom" in recent photos that show her…[Continue Reading...]

Judge tells Raniere attorney to ‘check your notes’

Published January 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged court appeal, cult leader, Keith Raniere, New York, NXIVM

A federal judge hearing the latest legal argument of convicted sex trafficker Keith Raniere on Tuesday suggested the NXIVM leader’s attorney was omitting key details of case law that would not help his client’s case and asked him to “check…[Continue Reading...]