NY Post
March 18, 2022
"The woman who Larry Ray allegedly forced into prostitution told jurors at his Manhattan federal court trial Friday that she turned over to the accused sex cult leader some $2.5 million paid by johns – and detailed the physical and mental abuse he allegedly subjected her to for years.
Claudia Drury, who testified under her real name, briefly addressed the four years she worked as a prostitute at the direction of Ray while being questioned by prosecutor Danielle Sassoon.
The former Sarah Lawrence College student said she worked seven days a week, meeting up to five johns a day at New York City hotels while she worked as a prostitute for Ray and his alleged cohort, Isabella Pollok.
Drury also detailed the physical abuse Ray subjected to her.
“He slapped me in the face so hard I fell over. Pulled my hair. Strangled me. Suffocated me. Hit me,” she said.
Ray also repeatedly threatened her, she testified, at one time suggesting he could have her kidnapped and sent to the Middle East.
“He threatened to put me in jail numerous times. He threatened to kill me on a memorable occasion. He threatened to cut my face. He threatened to have me abducted and dropped in the Middle East. He threatened to blackmail people I knew,” Drury said."
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