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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 and grevious bodily harm in proceedings that began on Monday in the city of Schweinfurt, located in Bavaria in southern Germany. The community the defendant led from a shared flat in Schweinfurt revolved around power, violence and sex for years, according to prosecutors. A witness testified on Monday that as many as two dozen people lived in the ...
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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 and grevious bodily harm in proceedings that began on Monday in the city of Schweinfurt, located in Bavaria in southern Germany. The community the defendant led from a shared flat in Schweinfurt revolved around power, violence and sex for years, according to prosecutors. A witness testified on Monday that as many as two dozen people lived in the ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A US mother with "doomsday" religious beliefs was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for murdering two of her children and conspiring to kill her husband's ex-wife. Lori Vallow had been found guilty in May over the deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan and adopted seven-year-old son Joshua "JJ" Vallow. "You are sentenced to the custody of the State Board of Corrections to serve the maximum allowed sentence... life imprisonment with no possibility of parole," said Judge Steven W. Boyce, at a court in the northwestern US state of Idaho. Vallow claimed t...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A US mother with "doomsday" religious beliefs was found guilty Friday of murdering two of her children and conspiring to kill her husband's ex-wife. Lori Vallow was on trial in the northwestern US state of Idaho over the deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan and adopted seven-year-old son Joshua "JJ" Vallow. Vallow, who has reportedly claimed to be a goddess charged with preparing humanity for the second coming of Christ, faces up to life in prison without parole. Her fifth husband Chad Daybell -- the self-published author of several apocalyptic novels -- will soon...
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New York (AFP) - "Smallville" actress Allison Mack was sentenced to three years in jail Wednesday for her role in recruiting women to be sex slaves in Keith Raniere's controversial NXIVM cult. Mack, 38, received a reduced sentence after pleading guilty to racketeering charges in April 2019 and cooperating with prosecutors. "I'm ashamed of the way I behaved," Mack, who played Clark Kent's best friend from 2001 to 2011 in the series, told the hearing in federal court in Brooklyn. The German-born American added that she was "filled with remorse and guilt" for what she called a "horrific chapter o...
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New York (AFP) - A "self-help" guru convicted of running a cult-like organization of sex slaves who were branded with his initials was sentenced to 120 years in prison by a New York judge Tuesday.The effective life sentence for Keith Raniere, 60, comes after he was found guilty of coercing women into having sex with him as the charismatic leader of Nxivm, a life-coaching group that attracted a coterie of rich and famous devotees.Followers signed up for $5,000, five-day self-help courses, but some were then financially and sexually exploited and forced to follow a restrictive diet, as Raniere -...
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