A self-styled Edmonton spiritual leader has been charged with sexually assaulting four of his followers. Edmonton police on Monday announced Johannes “John” de Ruiter was arrested Saturday on four counts of sexual assault for incidents that allegedly occurred between 2017…[Continue Reading...]
After several former Sarah Lawrence college students gave harrowing accounts Friday of how 63-year-old Lawrence “Larry” Ray moved into their sophomore dorm room in 2010 and fomented conditions that amounted to an abusive sex cult, Ray indicated he wanted to…[Continue Reading...]
Convicted sex cult leader Lawrence Ray was sentenced to 60 years in prison in Manhattan Federal court Friday for terrorizing Sarah Lawrence college students and forcing them into prostitution. The 63-year-old was convicted in April of mentally and physically abusing…[Continue Reading...]
Convicted sexual predator Larry Ray faces sentencing Friday for abusing a group of Sarah Lawrence college students after luring them into a sadistic sex cult and terrorizing them for nearly a decade. Ray, convicted by a Manhattan federal court jury…[Continue Reading...]
More than 30 years after he died, Indian mystic Rajneesh, popularly known as Osho, is still providing food for thought toauthors, scriptwriters, and movie producers. He ran a commune in the United States, had a fleet of 93 Rolls-Royces, and…[Continue Reading...]
Lawrence "Larry" Ray, the man behind a multi-million dollar sex cult scandal involving students at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, is facing life in prison after he pleaded guilty to 15 charges, including sex trafficking and violent assault, in…[Continue Reading...]
f you’ve been watching documentaries like HBO’s “The Vow” or STARZ’s “Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult,” both of which are about the multi-level-marketing company and alleged cult NXIVM, or really any documentary about cults, you’ve probably asked yourself - could…[Continue Reading...]
NEW YORK – An attorney for convicted sex trafficker Keith Raniere will ask a federal appeals court in Manhattan next week to disqualify the judge who presided over the NXIVM leader’s 2019 trial from hearing Raniere’s latest bid for freedom. The…[Continue Reading...]
In this podcast cult expert Rick Alan Ross talks about NXVIVM. Going into detail about NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, who battled with Ross through litigation for 14 years before his arrest. Ross talks about Raniere, NXIVM leader Nancy Salzman and…[Continue Reading...]
Afew years ago, Vanessa Grigoriadis started to tell the story of a lifetime. That story would take her to a suburb north of Albany, New York, and to a mysterious location in Mexico. That story would put her in front…[Continue Reading...]
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