TOLEDO, Ohio (Court TV) — A woman was sentenced to spend at least 22 years behind bars after pleading guilty to kidnapping and assaulting a man in Ohio. Martina Esqueda, 29, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and two counts of felonious…[Continue Reading...]
A twisted Ohio polygamist has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for ordering her husband and four of her lovers to torture another one of her boyfriends in a sick revenge plot. Martina Esqueda, 29, was slapped with the…[Continue Reading...]
A New Jersey man accused of being a cult leader controlled members through fear, starvation, forced labor, and sex for more than a decade, and has continued to exert his control over some of them even behind bars, prosecutors allege…[Continue Reading...]
Sarah Edmondson is a normal working mum. She spends her days rushing around after her sons Troy, 11, and seven-year-old Ace, taking them to baseball games and working on her podcast with her husband. However, a trace of her former…[Continue Reading...]
The three-part documentary series “Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult” will debut June 1 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The remaining episodes will be available on subsequent Mondays. Directed and executive produced by…[Continue Reading...]
Hulu's new four-part docuseries "The Cult of NatureBoy" revisits the rise and fall of Eligio Bishop, the Atlanta influencer who turned his following into a group called Carbon Nation and is now serving life after a jury convicted him in…[Continue Reading...]
The film just drips malevolence from every frame – no character, save for Rosemary and a few of her friends, feels entirely trustworthy. Every smile pulls just a little too hard on the corners of the mouth and shows a…[Continue Reading...]
When Naomi "Nomz" Bistline initially auditioned to be in her prison's band, she tried out to be the guitarist. "Then I started singing a little and they said, ‘Put the guitar down. Let's just hear you sing,'" she says. "I…[Continue Reading...]
Law enforcement authorities in Iran’s Yazd province have detained a man who founded a religious sect and presented himself as Jesus Christ, according to the Mehr news agency. The leader of the sect initially claimed to have been chosen by…[Continue Reading...]
An Amish retreat leader has been accused of sexual abuse and misleading his community about his medical expertise, leading to the death of an infant. Sam B. Shetler is facing a series of charges including involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, sexual abuse,…[Continue Reading...]
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