HBO Documentary Films is in production on a multi-part series exploring the controversial group of young technologists known as Zizians. The cult-like group garnered national attention in 2025 after law enforcement linked members of the group to a series of…[Continue Reading...]
The lawyer for Jack “Ziz” LaSota, the leader of a militant vegan, transgender, AI-obsessed cult linked to several murders — including the death of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont — has convinced a judge to order a mental competency…[Continue Reading...]
A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial for Ziz LaSota, the alleged leader of a cultlike group linked to several killings. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar granted the request from…[Continue Reading...]
Police in Maryland connected Jack “Ziz” LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank to homicide investigations in California, Pennsylvania and Vermont after a landowner found them living in box trucks at the end of a snow-covered dirt road last February, according…[Continue Reading...]
Cumberland, Md. (AP) — Three members of the Zizians, a cultlike group linked to six deaths across the U.S., were granted permission Friday to work together in preparation for their upcoming trial on trespassing, weapons and drug charges. Authorities have…[Continue Reading...]
The transgender “Zizians” cult leader refused to answer basic questions and ranted about President Donald Trump during his Monday arraignment on a gun charge, The Baltimore Banner reported. Jack “Ziz” LaSota, whose February arrest in Maryland concluded a nationwide manhunt,…[Continue Reading...]
It’s been five months since the reputed leader of a fringe group linked to the murder of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont was indicted by a federal grand jury, but Jack “Ziz” LaSota has still not appeared before a…[Continue Reading...]
A Solano County Superior Court judge vacated the October trial for two Zizian cult members, each charged with a November 2022 murder and attempted murder in Vallejo, and reset it for March 3. Judge John B. Ellis’ decision, after hearing…[Continue Reading...]
In a pretrial hearing for two of the so-called "Zizians" — an alleged cult started by a charismatic, cape-wearing vegan named Jack "Ziz" LaSota who wanted to save the world from killer AI — a screaming defendant and a trash-talking…[Continue Reading...]
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Accusations of “misconduct” and ulterior motives flew across the courtroom aisle on Wednesday in the high-profile “Zizian” murder case when prosecutors accused the defense of intentionally delaying proceedings ahead of trial. “I have serious concerns that…[Continue Reading...]
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