Tag: criminal trial

Accused cult leader Eligio Bishop turns down plea deal before opening statements

Published February 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Atlanta, Carbon Nation, criminal trial, Eligio Bishop, Georgia

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The highly anticipated rape trial that will determine the fate of alleged cult leader Ali Bishop got underway Thursday in DeKalb County. Prior to the trial, prosecutors extended a plea deal to Bishop. However, Bishop chose…[Continue Reading...]

Accused cult leader “Nature Boy” on trial in DeKalb County, faces 5 charges including rape

Published February 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Atlanta, Carbon Nation, criminal trial, cults, Eligio Bishop, Georgia

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Opening statements are scheduled to begin Thursday in a DeKalb County courtroom as Eligio Bishop, called Nature Boy by his followers, goes to trial. Jury selection finished Wednesday. Bishop was arrested and charged in 2022, after…[Continue Reading...]

Jury selection begins for alleged cult leader

Published February 21, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Atlanta, criminal charges, criminal trial, cult leader, Eligio Bishop, Georgi, Georgia, trial

Eligio 'Natureboy' Bishop is accused of sexually assaulting one of his followers and then posting explicit video of the woman online after she left his organization.[Continue Reading...]

Alleged German cult leader goes on trial for rape, torture

Published February 20, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, cult leader, cults, Germany

A criminal trial in Germany against the “spiritual leader’’ of a group in Bavaria has revealed talk of demons, beings of light, psychological pressure, punishment, drug use, and much more. The leader, a 42-year-old German, faces criminal charges of rape…[Continue Reading...]

Trial of accused cult leader ‘Natureboy’ Eligio Bishop begins Tuesday

Published February 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Atlanta, Carbon Nation, criminal charges, criminal trial, cult, Eligio Bishop, Georgia

Eligio Bishop, otherwise known as "Natureboy," is set to stand trial on Tuesday, Feb. 20.[Continue Reading...]

Trial to begin for accused cult leader next week

Published February 17, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Atlanta, criminal trial, cult leader, Eligio Bishop, Georgia

Eligio Bishop, otherwise known as "Natureboy," is set to stand trial on Tuesday, Feb. 20.[Continue Reading...]

Maricopa County seeks more time for Lori Vallow Daybell’s complex second trial

Published December 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal trial, cult mom, Lori Vallow

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Lori Vallow Daybell will once again be heading to trial, this time in Arizona. Justin Lum with FOX10 reports that Prosecutors for Maricopa County are asking the judge for more time to bring her to trial…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow’s cousin slams cult mom’s ‘vanity’ after not guilty plea in plot to kill her ‘doting husband’

Published December 9, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal trial, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murders

In an interview with Court TV, her cousin, Megan Conner, talked about the duality of Lori's spirituality and self-absorption. "It's very obvious to all of us that for Lori, vanity came first," Conner said. "The religiosity was a way for…[Continue Reading...]

Chad Daybell: Lawyer for husband of ‘Doomsday Mom’ seeks to take death penalty off the table for his client

Published November 10, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, criminal trial, cult leader, cult murders, death penalty, Idaho

PHOENIX - We have an update on the trial of Chad Daybell, a man accused of murdering his wife, in addition to allegations he was involved in the deaths of his wife Lori Vallow's children, Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow and Tylee…[Continue Reading...]

Arizona polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman will represent himself in trial

Published August 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal trial, cult leader, polygamist, Samuel Bateman

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — While the infamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints religious leader, Warren Jeffs, was sentenced to life in prison years ago on child sex abuse charges related to underage marriages, another man, Samuel Bateman,…[Continue Reading...]