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Diddy and NXIVM leader have similar patterns of behavior: Former member | Banfield

Published June 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged coercive control, criminal trial, New York, Sean Diddy Combs

Former NXIVM member and author Sarah Edmondson joins "Banfield" to discuss parallels between NXIVM leader Keith Raniere and Sean “Diddy” Combs. Both men are accused of using sex, threats and manipulation to build their empires, and both were or are…[Continue Reading...]

Tom Cruise’s Secret Scientology Crisis: How Hollywood’s Biggest Star Nearly Walked Away After Discovering Shocking Church Secrets

Published June 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Sceintologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise, Xenu

Tom Cruise, known not only for his blockbuster movies but also for his connection to Scientology, once came close to walking away from the religion entirely. His ties to the church go back decades, and for a long time, his…[Continue Reading...]

Taxi driver killed in Rivers cult violence

Published June 3, 2025 By admin

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

Tragedy struck on Sunday night June 1, as suspected cultists shot dead a taxi driver around Echue Street by Iloabuchi axis of Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State. Daily Sun gathered that the taxi…[Continue Reading...]

12 U.S. Cult Leaders Who Were More Influential Than Elected Officials

Published June 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leaders, cults, US

Charles Manson never held public office, but his influence over a group of young followers in the late ’60s sent shockwaves through the country says Vanity Fair. With his eerie charisma and twisted interpretation of music and religion, he convinced…[Continue Reading...]

True story behind harrowing Netflix doc that saw children accuse dad of running Satanic cult

Published June 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged False cult claims, Hampstead Paedophile Hoax, Satanic panic, UK

A documentary added to Netflix about a pair of children who accused their father, and 174 others, of running a Satanic cult has shocked viewers. Taking place in 2014 in Hampstead, North London, the pair of children told police that…[Continue Reading...]

Government wraps ‘sex cult’ case in Brooklyn

Published June 3, 2025 By admin

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

BROOKLYN (CN) — After four weeks of testimony, federal prosecutors rested their case Monday against two former leaders of OneTaste, a Bay Area company that marketed sex acts as meditation. Jurors must now decide whether the group’s tactics crossed the…[Continue Reading...]

YouTuber Crashes Benny Hinn Service ‘You’re a fake healer and snake oil salesman!’

Published June 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

YouTuber and Journalist Tyler Oliveira recorded himself crashing one of prosperity preacher Benny Hinn’s services, crying out that he’s a ‘false prophet’ before being viciously accosted by event security. Oliveira, who is known for interviewing cult members, gang members, and…[Continue Reading...]

Opinion: Japan needs anti-SLAPP laws as journalist sued by Unification Church affiliates

Published June 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, harassment, Japan, slap lawsuit, Unification Church

Journalist Eito Suzuki, who has long covered issues related to the Unification Church, now known formally as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, has expressed joy over his recent court victory, saying, "I was given the appropriate judgment."…[Continue Reading...]

“I literally saw her just targeting random young girls”: Woman goes to Sprouts. Then she gets suspicious when another woman compliments her leggings

Published June 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MM, multi level markeing, recruitment

A Sprouts customer has gone viral on TikTok after detailing what she described as an unsettling—and suspicious—run-in with another shopper. But this wasn’t just an awkward interaction with a stranger, she claimed. In the video, which had racked up more…[Continue Reading...]

AI-powered study sheds light on how QAnon beliefs shatter family bonds

Published June 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

A new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships has shed light on how belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory affects family dynamics. By analyzing over 75,000 sentences referencing “family” from the subreddit r/QAnonCasualties, the study revealed…[Continue Reading...]