Showing posts with label Chad Daybell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chad Daybell. Show all posts
May 11, 2024
Karen Read and Chad Daybell on Choir Practice with DutyRon and a Special Guest!
Profiling Evil
May 6. 2024
"Focus on Karen Read Case with some discussion on whether the Daybell Case get any whackier?"
Apr 22, 2024
Chad Daybell trial weekly roundup: Exhumation conflicts, financial motives, digital trails
April 21, 2024
Boise, ID (CBS2) — As we head into another week of the Chad Daybell murder trial here is a look back on what happened in court this past week.
Chad Daybell's attorney, John Prior, cross-examined Lt. Powell with the Fremont County Sheriff's Office. Lt. Powell filed the motion and presented arguments before a judge to have Tammy Daybell's body exhumed. Under direct testimony with prosecutors, Lt. Powell explained that he made the decision to have Tammy Daybell's body exhumed because of the number of deaths surrounding Chad and Lori, and the lack of any medical records that pointed to any health concerns.
During questioning Lt. Powell admitted that he never looked at the death certificate that said Tammy died of natural causes, likely a heart condition of some type. He also testified that he did not consider Tammy's recent bought of illness that was reported in a separate police report.
Chandler Detective Nathan Duncan testified about the day Lori's brother Alex Cox shot Charles Vallow in Arizona. Duncan also details extensive forensic evidence, like Charles emailing Tammy about Lori and Chad's affair at the time. Prosecutors want his testimony to show jurors the motive for Charles' murder.
Text message evidence indicates investigators believe Charles was killed for insurance money, but a week later, Lori texted Chad about a letter from the insurance company. Duncan says he finds no grief over Charles' death sifting through texts, emails, fake accounts, burner phones, and the like.
A Rexburg detective was called to the stand by the prosecution. Detective Chuck Kunsaitis established a financial timeline around the murders. He says there was a sudden change in spending on Tylee's account around the time they believed she was killed.
Kunsaitis explained Lori likely took control of Tylee's Venmo account after her murder and used that account to deposit her own money and launder it through Tylee's image.
Kunsaitis added police believe Tylee was killed within 10 days of receiving benefits in a personal account left to her by her late father.
Daybell is on trial for first-degree murder charges for the 2019 deaths of Lori's kids, seven-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, and his wife Tammy in late 2019. Detectives found the remains of the kids on his property in 2020.
May 12, 2023
Jury finds Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering 2 of her children
NPR
May 12, 2023
A jury has found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty of murdering two of her children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival. The verdict was read aloud in court shortly after 3 p.m. ET, and jurors were dismissed moments later.
A sentencing hearing has not been set — it could be several months before one can be held, Judge Steven Boyce said. Vallow Daybell, 49, could face life in prison. She and her husband, Chad Daybell, 54, were indicted on multiple counts two years ago, but they're being tried separately.
Reading of the verdict was live-streamed from the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho — a departure from the trial's main phase, when Boyce declared daily proceedings would be depicted only via audio, to avoid the release of sensitive and upsetting images.
Prosecutors spent weeks laying out their case against Vallow Daybell, showing jurors graphic images from the scene where her children's bodies were found. The trial spanned more than a month — but in a stunning move, Vallow Daybell's defense team opted not to call a single witness, resting its case minutes after the prosecution finished its presentation.
The jury began deliberating Thursday afternoon, on a case that has attracted wide attention. Prosecutors cite Vallow Daybell's religious beliefs about zombies and a looming doomsday as partial motives for the alleged murders of her two youngest children and her husband's previous wife.
Here's a brief recap of Vallow Daybell's history, and the murder trial:
What is Vallow Daybell accused of?
Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell were indicted in May 2021 on nine criminal charges, including murder and/or conspiracy charges in three deaths.
Vallow Daybell is accused of killing her two youngest children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua Jaxon "JJ" Vallow. Tylee was nearly 17 when she and JJ, 7, were last seen alive in September 2019. The children's bodies were found in June 2020, buried on property in Rexburg, Idaho, owned by Chad Daybell.
Even before the remains were found, Vallow Daybell was charged with felony desertion of a child and obstruction. Prosecutors accuse her of not reporting her children missing so she could keep collecting benefits.
She is also charged with conspiring to murder Tammy Daybell, Chad's then-wife who was found dead in her home in October 2019 — less than one month before he and Vallow got married in Hawaii. He is Vallow Daybell's fifth husband.
In a separate case in Arizona, Vallow Daybell was also indicted on conspiracy murder charges for allegedly arranging for her brother, Alex Cox, to shoot and kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, in July 2019. Alex Cox died in December 2019, of what was determined to be natural causes.
What happened during the trial?
The state called on dozens of witnesses and repeatedly showed jurors disturbing images that showed the horrific conditions of Tylee and JJ's bodies. Tylee's body had been burned and dismembered; JJ's body was wrapped in plastic, with his wrists and ankles bound. A plastic bag was duct-taped over his head.
Much of the evidence in the trial has been circumstantial, including scores of text messages from Vallow Daybell's phone. But a DNA expert also testified that a hair stuck to a segment of duct tape on JJ's body was found to be a match for his mother.
Rather than call its own witnesses, the defense tried — and failed — to get the judge to rule that the prosecution didn't present enough evidence to ask the jury to render a verdict.
"Your honor, we don't believe the state has proved its case, so the defense will rest," defense attorney James Archibald said on Tuesday. But Boyce ruled that there was sufficient evidence to proceed.
The prosecution says Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell's entire relationship is entwined in a deadly criminal conspiracy they sought to justify with fantastical beliefs. Rather than simply starting a new life together after they met in October 2018, prosecutors say, the couple plotted to kill their closest relatives and benefit from their deaths through insurance payouts and Social Security benefits.
In his closing argument, Archibald said his client was in the thrall of a man she sees as a messiah and her eternal soulmate. He also said prosecutors failed to directly tie Vallow Daybell to her children's deaths. DNA evidence such as hair on a piece of tape, Archibald said, could have resulted from a mother's normal behavior.
How do her beliefs factor into the case?
Lori Vallow went from being a "suburban mom in yoga pants" to someone caught up in an extreme subculture, Oregon-based journalist Leah Sottile has said.
"I have found in my own reporting that Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell really existed at the fringes, the far right fringes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Sottile told member station Boise State Public Radio, "and that they ... kind of were able to meet because of this ecosystem of extremism that exists there."
Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake told jurors that Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell portrayed themselves as religious figures called "James and Elaina." They purported to be able to "rate" people, detecting whether they might be under the thrall of an evil spirit's dark energy, Blake said.
"The defendant used 'casting' that involved prayer and energy work," Blake told the jury, according to East Idaho News. "Often this casting didn't work and the beliefs evolved to zombies. A common theme was the body had to be destroyed."
Vallow Daybell and Daybell were focused on the "end times" and doomsday scenarios, prosecutors said, and they shared beliefs about people manifesting dark energy.
During the trial and in their indictment, prosecutors have cited text messages between the pair "regarding death percentages for Tammy" Daybell, as well as messages about her being in limbo, and Tammy "being possessed by a spirit named Viola."
The zombie story emerged in 2020
In 2020, Rexburg police detective Ron Ball said in an affidavit that Vallow Daybell's close friend Melanie Gibb described hearing her say that Tylee had become a zombie — a concept Vallow Daybell had picked up from Daybell.
Gibb heard Vallow Daybell call Tylee a zombie — after Tylee had refused to babysit JJ — to which Tylee replied, "Not me, mom," according to the affidavit. Gibb said Vallow Daybell later concluded that JJ had also become a zombie.
Daybell and Vallow Daybell told Gibb that they were part of the "Church of the Firstborn" and had a special mission, directed by the Book of Revelation, Gibb told the detective.
"They also stated their mission was to rid the world of 'zombies,' " Ball wrote.
In their eyes, zombies are controlled by dark spirits — and the host body can only be released through physical death, Ball added.
"Gibb was present with Lori Vallow when Chad Daybell first instructed Lori about his theories of zombies over the phone in early 2019 in reference to Charles Vallow," Ball wrote. Months later, Charles Vallow was killed.
Money is also a big part of the case
"The defendant used money, power and sex to get what she wanted," Blake said in court, according to The Associated Press. "It didn't matter what it was."
Prosecutors say Vallow Daybell and Daybell benefited from the three deaths by funneling money toward themselves in the form of federal benefits and an insurance payout. Their goal, Blake said, was to create a new life, free from their relatives.
Charges against Vallow Daybell include grand theft, with the U.S. government as the victim, after she received Social Security funds intended for the care of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow and did not report Tylee's death.
Prosecutors also said that shortly before his wife died unexpectedly at age 49, Chad Daybell signed paperwork to boost her life insurance to the maximum allowed under the policy. An autopsy later determined she had been asphyxiated.
A sentencing hearing has not been set — it could be several months before one can be held, Judge Steven Boyce said. Vallow Daybell, 49, could face life in prison. She and her husband, Chad Daybell, 54, were indicted on multiple counts two years ago, but they're being tried separately.
Reading of the verdict was live-streamed from the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho — a departure from the trial's main phase, when Boyce declared daily proceedings would be depicted only via audio, to avoid the release of sensitive and upsetting images.
Prosecutors spent weeks laying out their case against Vallow Daybell, showing jurors graphic images from the scene where her children's bodies were found. The trial spanned more than a month — but in a stunning move, Vallow Daybell's defense team opted not to call a single witness, resting its case minutes after the prosecution finished its presentation.
The jury began deliberating Thursday afternoon, on a case that has attracted wide attention. Prosecutors cite Vallow Daybell's religious beliefs about zombies and a looming doomsday as partial motives for the alleged murders of her two youngest children and her husband's previous wife.
Here's a brief recap of Vallow Daybell's history, and the murder trial:
What is Vallow Daybell accused of?
Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell were indicted in May 2021 on nine criminal charges, including murder and/or conspiracy charges in three deaths.
Vallow Daybell is accused of killing her two youngest children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua Jaxon "JJ" Vallow. Tylee was nearly 17 when she and JJ, 7, were last seen alive in September 2019. The children's bodies were found in June 2020, buried on property in Rexburg, Idaho, owned by Chad Daybell.
Even before the remains were found, Vallow Daybell was charged with felony desertion of a child and obstruction. Prosecutors accuse her of not reporting her children missing so she could keep collecting benefits.
She is also charged with conspiring to murder Tammy Daybell, Chad's then-wife who was found dead in her home in October 2019 — less than one month before he and Vallow got married in Hawaii. He is Vallow Daybell's fifth husband.
In a separate case in Arizona, Vallow Daybell was also indicted on conspiracy murder charges for allegedly arranging for her brother, Alex Cox, to shoot and kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, in July 2019. Alex Cox died in December 2019, of what was determined to be natural causes.
What happened during the trial?
The state called on dozens of witnesses and repeatedly showed jurors disturbing images that showed the horrific conditions of Tylee and JJ's bodies. Tylee's body had been burned and dismembered; JJ's body was wrapped in plastic, with his wrists and ankles bound. A plastic bag was duct-taped over his head.
Much of the evidence in the trial has been circumstantial, including scores of text messages from Vallow Daybell's phone. But a DNA expert also testified that a hair stuck to a segment of duct tape on JJ's body was found to be a match for his mother.
Rather than call its own witnesses, the defense tried — and failed — to get the judge to rule that the prosecution didn't present enough evidence to ask the jury to render a verdict.
"Your honor, we don't believe the state has proved its case, so the defense will rest," defense attorney James Archibald said on Tuesday. But Boyce ruled that there was sufficient evidence to proceed.
The prosecution says Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell's entire relationship is entwined in a deadly criminal conspiracy they sought to justify with fantastical beliefs. Rather than simply starting a new life together after they met in October 2018, prosecutors say, the couple plotted to kill their closest relatives and benefit from their deaths through insurance payouts and Social Security benefits.
In his closing argument, Archibald said his client was in the thrall of a man she sees as a messiah and her eternal soulmate. He also said prosecutors failed to directly tie Vallow Daybell to her children's deaths. DNA evidence such as hair on a piece of tape, Archibald said, could have resulted from a mother's normal behavior.
How do her beliefs factor into the case?
Lori Vallow went from being a "suburban mom in yoga pants" to someone caught up in an extreme subculture, Oregon-based journalist Leah Sottile has said.
"I have found in my own reporting that Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell really existed at the fringes, the far right fringes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Sottile told member station Boise State Public Radio, "and that they ... kind of were able to meet because of this ecosystem of extremism that exists there."
Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake told jurors that Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell portrayed themselves as religious figures called "James and Elaina." They purported to be able to "rate" people, detecting whether they might be under the thrall of an evil spirit's dark energy, Blake said.
"The defendant used 'casting' that involved prayer and energy work," Blake told the jury, according to East Idaho News. "Often this casting didn't work and the beliefs evolved to zombies. A common theme was the body had to be destroyed."
Vallow Daybell and Daybell were focused on the "end times" and doomsday scenarios, prosecutors said, and they shared beliefs about people manifesting dark energy.
During the trial and in their indictment, prosecutors have cited text messages between the pair "regarding death percentages for Tammy" Daybell, as well as messages about her being in limbo, and Tammy "being possessed by a spirit named Viola."
The zombie story emerged in 2020
In 2020, Rexburg police detective Ron Ball said in an affidavit that Vallow Daybell's close friend Melanie Gibb described hearing her say that Tylee had become a zombie — a concept Vallow Daybell had picked up from Daybell.
Gibb heard Vallow Daybell call Tylee a zombie — after Tylee had refused to babysit JJ — to which Tylee replied, "Not me, mom," according to the affidavit. Gibb said Vallow Daybell later concluded that JJ had also become a zombie.
Daybell and Vallow Daybell told Gibb that they were part of the "Church of the Firstborn" and had a special mission, directed by the Book of Revelation, Gibb told the detective.
"They also stated their mission was to rid the world of 'zombies,' " Ball wrote.
In their eyes, zombies are controlled by dark spirits — and the host body can only be released through physical death, Ball added.
"Gibb was present with Lori Vallow when Chad Daybell first instructed Lori about his theories of zombies over the phone in early 2019 in reference to Charles Vallow," Ball wrote. Months later, Charles Vallow was killed.
Money is also a big part of the case
"The defendant used money, power and sex to get what she wanted," Blake said in court, according to The Associated Press. "It didn't matter what it was."
Prosecutors say Vallow Daybell and Daybell benefited from the three deaths by funneling money toward themselves in the form of federal benefits and an insurance payout. Their goal, Blake said, was to create a new life, free from their relatives.
Charges against Vallow Daybell include grand theft, with the U.S. government as the victim, after she received Social Security funds intended for the care of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow and did not report Tylee's death.
Prosecutors also said that shortly before his wife died unexpectedly at age 49, Chad Daybell signed paperwork to boost her life insurance to the maximum allowed under the policy. An autopsy later determined she had been asphyxiated.
Jan 30, 2023
CultNEWS101 Articles: 1/24/2023
House of Prayer Christian Churches of America (HOPCC), Legal, Chad and Lori Daybell, Larry Ray
The Roy's Report: DOJ: Cultic Churches' Sham Seminaries Preyed on Service Members, Bilked VA
The Roy's Report: DOJ: Cultic Churches' Sham Seminaries Preyed on Service Members, Bilked VA
"The U.S. Government is accusing the House of Prayer Christian Churches of America (HOPCC), a group many consider cultic, of using sham seminaries to bilk veterans out of $23 million in Veterans Administration (VA) benefits.
The $23 million in VA benefits paid for more than 200 military members, veterans, and family members to attend HOPCC schools.
The charges, which include wire fraud and money laundering, were laid out in a Jan. 6 civil forfeiture complaint for $150,191 cash, held in bank accounts. The complaint alleges seminary officials deceived VA officials, falsified financial records, lied about faculty qualifications, and fabricated course catalogs. It also claims HOPCC misrepresented the hours students spent in class, falsified attendance records, encouraged students to lie to officials, and failed to grade assignments or provide graduation or completion records."
East Idaho News: Judge rules on whether Daybell trial will be postponed, jury sequestration and if Chad and Lori can meet
"A judge denied a request to postpone the murder trial for Chad and Lori Daybell, and they will not be permitted to have face-to-face meetings or phone calls to prepare for trial.
District Judge Steven Boyce made the rulings during a two-and-a-half-hour court hearing in Fremont County Thursday morning. Lori Vallow Daybell appeared in a pink blouse and dark dress pants, while Chad Daybell wore a white shirt and tie. The couple rarely looked at each other as their attorneys argued motions on their behalf. Cameras were not allowed in the hearing.
Lori and Chad Daybell are charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan – two of Lori's children – along with Chad's previous wife, Tammy Daybell.
Request for joint settlement and 'strategy sessions'
Jim Archibald and John Thomas, Lori's defense attorneys, filed a motion this month asking permission for the Daybells to meet in person and on the phone for "strategy sessions" ahead of the April trial.
'The two defendants would like to be able to talk about their settlement options," Archibald said, noting that prosecutors sent him a letter asking if Lori was interested in settling the case. "We need to be able to talk settlement and plan strategy. As we prepare for settlement conferences, as we prepare for mediation, I am asking for an order from the court, and I'd like it to start today.'"
Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of New York: Lawrence Ray Sentenced For Years-Long Predatory Crimes Against Students At Sarah Lawrence College And Others
"Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LAWRENCE RAY, a/k/a "Lawrence Grecco," received a sentence of 60 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, violent crime in aid of racketeering, extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor, tax evasion, and money laundering offenses. RAY was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lewis J. Liman after being convicted at trial in April 2022.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: "Larry Ray is a monster. For years, he inflicted brutal and lifelong harm on innocent victims. Students who had their lives ahead of them. He groomed them and abused them into submission for his own gain. Through physical and psychological abuse, he took control over his victims' minds and bodies and then extracted millions of dollars from them. The sentence imposed today will ensure that Ray will never harm victims again. I commend the brave victims who testified in Court in the face of incredible trauma. I also thank the career prosecutors in this Office and our law enforcement partners who made the just conviction and sentence in this case possible."
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May 16, 2022
Doomsday Cult Mom Lori Vallow Daybell Appears in Court
Law and Crime Network
April 20, 2022
During an arraignment hearing on Tuesday, an Idaho judge entered a not-guilty plea for "doomsday cult mom" Lori Vallow Daybell. Vallow Daybell refused to enter a plea of her own, prompting the judge to enter a not guilty plea on her behalf. Her arraignment was delayed for months while she underwent treatment at a mental health facility to deem if she was competent to stand trial. Last week the judge stated that Vallow Daybell was competent to stand trial, prompting the case to go forward. Currently, Vallow Daybell faces charges including the murder of her two children and conspiring the murder her former husband.
Apr 22, 2022
CultNEWS101 Articles: 4/21/2022 (Legal, Lori Vallow, The Beatles, India, Maharishi, David Lynch, ICSA Event, Coercive Control, Religious Cultic Groups)
Legal, Lori Vallow, The Beatles, India, Maharishi, David Lynch, ICSA Event, Coercive Control, Religious Cultic Groups
Daily Mail: 'Cult mom' Lori Vallow is now deemed fit to stand trial for the murders of her children, JJ, 7, and Tylee, 17, ten months after she was placed in mental hospital
First Post: The Beatles and India review: Ajoy Bose's documentary is a tender exploration of the band's time in the country
Techno Trenz: When John Lennon abruptly left India after hearing Maharishi Mahesh Yogi rumors, the Beatles were perplexed.
"The decision on Monday comes almost ten months after Vallow was committed to a psychiatric facility.
Lori Vallow, 48, and her husband, Chad Daybell, 53, are charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder, among other crimes.
The charges are in relation to the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan - two of Lori Vallow's kids - and Chad Daybell's first wife, Tammy Daybell.
The children's bodies were found in Chad Daybell's backyard in Idaho in 2020 after they were last seen in September 2019. Tammy Daybell was killed in October 2019, two weeks before Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell married, authorities said.
Vallow is also charged in Arizona with conspiring to kill her former estranged husband, Charles Vallow, with the help of her now-deceased brother, Alex Cox.
Their indictments allege that the couple became convinced that their victims were zombies who had been possessed by dark spirits and could only be released through death.
Vallow was transferred from the custody of Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to the Fremont County Sheriff's Office. She will be arraigned on April 19 at the Fremont County Courthouse."
First Post: The Beatles and India review: Ajoy Bose's documentary is a tender exploration of the band's time in the country
Did you know that George Harrison, lead guitarist of The Beatles, was introduced to the sitar much before Pandit Ravi Shankar came into his life? The guitarist's mother, Louise, used to listen to the sitar on her radio when she was pregnant. The sounds of the strings helped her calm down. No wonder then that Harrison was fascinated by the instrument when he encountered it in his adult life. He had not seen it before but it seemed intimately familiar.
This is one of many delightful anecdotes that emerged when author-filmmaker Ajoy Bose was in conversation with cricket commentator Gautam Bhimani at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata in the last week of March 2022. The event was part of the Kolkata Literary Meet, which also hosted the India premiere of Bose's documentary The Beatles and India (2021) at The Bengal Club after this conversation. The film draws inspiration from a book called Across the Universe: the Beatles in India (2018) that Bose wrote not so long ago.
I had a chance to watch the film in Kolkata. Bose plans to travel with it across India, so I highly recommend getting yourself to a screening if the film shows up near you. It is certainly a treat for fans of The Beatles but it also appealed to me – a person with little exposure to the music and the colourful lives of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
What drew me in was Bose's exploration of the cultural encounter between East and West – neither a clash, nor a picture of harmony, but fun, messy and real.
Why did these four rock stars from England come to an ashram in Rishikesh in the 1960s? What drew them to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in particular? How did the guru-shishya relationship change over time? What did they gain from their stay at the ashram? How did the ashram benefit from their fame? When did the trip, both literal and metaphorical, begin to go downhill? Armed with his experience as a journalist, Bose pursues each question rigorously.
He seems completely at home with his research material. This might come as a surprise to those who know that Bose's previous work does not have much to do with music or spirituality. He has written a book on the Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1975 to 1977, and a biography of the social reformer and politician Mayawati.
That said, Bose's penchant for politics does sneak into The Beatles and India. He digs up news reports from 1968 when the ashram became notorious for its suspected links to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America. The film reveals that the former Soviet Union's security agency Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) sent agent Yuri Bezmenov to ascertain whether the ashram was really a CIA camp or not. Bose has also used footage of Bezmenov talking about how the ashram, instead of supporting the USA's interests, was destabilising American society through Transcendental Meditation.
The heaviness of these moments is tempered with light-hearted ones wherein Indian fans gush about The Beatles. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt talks about the influence of their attire on actor Shammi Kapoor. Ajit Singh, Owner of Pratap Music House, Dehradun, recalls preparations made to celebrate Harrison's ex-wife Pattie's birthday at the ashram. Journalist Barkha Dutt shares a photograph of her mother, journalist Prabha Dutt, sitting with the rockstars. She says, "My God, I wish I had been that person sitting between John and Paul."
In addition to these people, the film features excerpts from interviews with santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, musician Susmit Bose, biographer-historian Steve Turner, actor-musician Monica Dogra, singer-composer-producer Biddu Appaiah, and Naresh Fernandes, who is the author of the book Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age (2012).
One of the most unusual anecdotes, however, comes from journalist Saeed Naqvi. He wanted to be the first one to get access to the Beatles, and write about their experience at the ashram. He wondered whether the Beatles were on a genuine spiritual quest or if they were just following a fad. Naqvi could find out only by becoming an insider. He entered the ashram, professing an interest in becoming a disciple of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. How did Naqvi manage to bring photographer Raghu Rai into the ashram? Watch the film to find out.
The sequence in the film that I found most moving was a brief interaction with Indra Srivastava, who is introduced as "ashram manager's wife." She says, "Jab Beatles aaye, tab unka poora rehne aur khaane ka intezaam hum karte the. Kachcha gobhi, tamatar, salad aisi cheezein zyaada pasand karte the. Paani ki jagah Coca Cola bohot peete the." (When the Beatles came here, we used to take care of their stay and food. They used to like eating raw cabbage, tomato, and salad. They preferred to drink a lot of Coca Cola in place of water.)
This tender recollection is special because it captures the perspective of someone who is not a celebrity. She beams with joy when she remembers how respectfully they used to greet her with a 'Namaste' every time they met her. According to Srivastava, the Beatles made a sincere effort to understand the cultural norms in the country that they had come to as guests. They did not have left on a happy note, but that was mostly because of their spat with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who turned out to be a disappointment for most, if not all, of them.
In a nutshell, Bose has made a documentary that is thought-provoking and highly entertaining. He would not have been able to accomplish this without cultural researcher Peter Compton, who co-directed the film and sourced much of the archival footage, as well as Reynold D'Silva – head of Silva Screen Music Group – who produced the film.
Techno Trenz: When John Lennon abruptly left India after hearing Maharishi Mahesh Yogi rumors, the Beatles were perplexed.
"When John confronted the guru аbout the rumor, he аppeаred to confirm it.
"There wаs а big hullаbаloo аbout [Mаhаrishi] trying to rаpe Miа Fаrrow or getting off with Miа Fаrrow аnd а few other women, things like thаt," he told Rolling Stone (аccording to the Beаtles Bible). And we went down to him аfter hаving spent the entire night debаting whether it wаs true or not.
"When George begаn to doubt it, I thought to myself, 'Well, it must be true, becаuse if George is doubting it, there must be something in it.' So the next dаy, the whole gаng of us chаrged down to Mаhаrishi's hut, his very rich-looking bungаlow in the mountаins.'
"I wаs the spokesmаn – аs usuаl, when the dirty work cаme, I actually hаd to be leаder, whаtever the scene wаs, I hаd to do the speаking." "We're leаving," I аnnounced.
"'Why?' Hee-hee, hee-hee, аll thаt nonsense. 'Well, if you're thаt cosmic, you'll understаnd why,' I replied. He wаs constаntly hinting, аnd his right-hand men were all hinting thаt he performed mirаcles. 'I don't know why, you must tell me,' he sаid, аnd I just kept sаying, 'You know why,' аnd he gаve me а look like, 'I'll kill you, bаstаrd,' аnd I knew it wаs becаuse I'd cаlled his bluff. I was a little hаrsh with him."
John immediately left Indiа аfter thаt. On George's аdvice, he renаmed his poem "Mаhаrishi" to 'Sexy Sаdie.'"
NME: David Lynch launches $500million Transcendental Meditation program
The director hopes the new initiative will bring about "a world at peace"
"The Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director announced the initiative on Thursday (April 14) to fund Transcendental Meditation (TM) training for 30,000 international college students, hoping to inspire the next generation to "become advanced peace-creating meditation experts and build a legacy of lasting global peace," according to a press release.
Launched in partnership with the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, the program plans to invest approximately $500 million in its first year."
Céleste Goguen, Marie-Andrée Pelland; Sunday, June 26, 2022; 12:00 PM-12:50 PM
The aim of this presentation is to analyze the process by which former members recognized and named forms of control, experiences of abuse and experiences of violence during her or his life within a religious cultic group after leaving the group. The analysis will include all forms of control «grounded in relational interactions, namely, behavioural tactics in which perpetrators gain and maintain power over their victims» (Duran and al., 2020: 145). It is also aimed to analyze the informal or formal help or services contacted to cope with the recognized victimization. Research on victimization in cultic groups defines with precision the process of control that can be experienced within cultic groups (Rodriguez-Carbeillera & al., 2015) such as brainwashing (Banisadr, 2014, Stein, 2016) thought reform (Langone, 2017), Bounded Choice (Lalich & McLaren, 2018) or Mind control, BITE model (Hassan, 2021). Some researches document forms of abuse within the group such as neglect, abandonment, isolation, emotional and social deprivation, and sexual abuse (Derocher 2018; Rodriguez-Carbeillera et al., 2015). Other research identifies consequences experienced by former members after they quit a cultic group such as psychological distress (Almendros & Escartin, 2017), difficulties to construct or reconstruct their identity (Matthews & Salazar, 2014 ; Salande & Perkins, 2011 ; Kern & Jungbauer, 2020), difficulties to find a job and to thrive financially (Matthews & Salazar, 2014), fear of being judged judge (Boeri & Boeri, 2009 ; Matthews & Salazar, 2014), even a sense of guilt about behaviours they had within the group (Coates, 2010). But research rarely analyzed the process by which a person's names and recognizes abusive experiences. To explore that gap in knowledge, the life trajectory and narrative of ten former members were collected. Participants recruited were mostly former members of patriarchal communities where gender roles were traditionally defined (Gillian, 2018).
Céleste Goguen est étudiante à la maitrise en sciences sociales à l'Université de Moncton. Également, elle tient une majeure en criminologie à l'Université de Moncton. Dans le cadre de son projet de fins d'études, elle analyse la victimisation en contexte sectaire au Canada.
Marie-Andrée Pelland, PhD, full professor and director of the sociology and criminology Department, Université de Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. She is also Vice-president of Info-Cult She received her doctorate from the School of Criminology of the Université de Montréal. Her dissertation is entitled, Allegations of Illegal Conduct: Effect on Social Reality of a Community of Canadian Polygamous Mormons. Marie-Andrée Pelland, PhD, est professeure agrégée et directrice du département de sociologie et de criminologie de l'Université de Moncton au Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada. Elle est également vice-présidente d'Info-Secte. Elle a obtenu son diplôme de 3e cycle de l'École de criminologie de l'Université de Montréal. Ses travaux traitent de la question de l'effet des conflits avec la société sur le fonctionnement des groupes religieux minoritaires. Sa thèse s'intitule : « Allégations d'entorse aux lois : Effets sur la réalité sociale d'un groupe de mormons polygames canadiens ».
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Doomsday Cult Mom Lori Vallow Daybell Appears in Court
Law & Crime Network: Doomsday Cult Mom Lori Vallow Daybell Appears in Court
April 20, 2022
"During an arraignment hearing on Tuesday, an Idaho judge entered a not-guilty plea for "doomsday cult mom" Lori Vallow Daybell. Vallow Daybell refused to enter a plea of her own, prompting the judge to enter a not guilty plea on her behalf. Her arraignment was delayed for months while she underwent treatment at a mental health facility to deem if she was competent to stand trial. Last week the judge stated that Vallow Daybell was competent to stand trial, prompting the case to go forward. Currently, Vallow Daybell faces charges including the murder of her two children and conspiring the murder her former husband."
Apr 3, 2022
CultNEWS101 Articles: 4/2-3/2022 (Hillsong Church, Terrorism, Incel's, Spiritual Abuse, Recovery, Event, Legal, Chad Daybell)
Hillsong Church, Terrorism, Incel's, Spiritual Abuse, Recovery, Event, Legal, Chad Daybell
"Hillsong has been forced to "apologise unreservedly" after the church's founder, Brian Houston, was found to have engaged in conduct "of serious concern" by the church.
Following media reports on Friday, the church's global board said in a statement that Houston had breached Hillsong's pastor code of conduct in two incidents over the past decade.
"We have sadly been dealing with two complaints made against Pastor Brian over the last 10 years," the church's global board said.
The board said the first incident occurred "approximately a decade ago", in which "inappropriate text messages" from Houston were sent to a staff member, "which subsequently resulted in the employee resigning".
"At the time, Pastor Brian was under the influence of sleeping tablets, upon which he had developed a dependence," the statement said. The board said it "worked with Pastor Brian to ensure he received professional help to eliminate his dependency on this medication, and this was achieved successfully".
The second investigation concerned a complaint the church received in 2019, about behaviour which Hillsong attributed to medication and alcohol."
Salon: Secret Service report details growing threat of "incel" terrorism
The Secret Service found some crossover between violent incels and white supremacists
A new Secret Service report highlights a concerning rise in terrorism threats posed by men who called themselves "involuntary celibate," often refered to as "incels."
The 26-page report, released on Tuesday by the Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), documents a sharp uptick in incel-fueled attacks against women over the past decade.
"The term 'incel' is often used to describe men who feel unable to obtain romantic or sexual relationships with women, to which they feel entitled," the report notes.
Researchers put a particular emphasis on the case of Scott Beierle, 40, who in 2018 shot several women at a Florida yoga studio. According to the report, Beierle had a long history of warning signs leading up to the shooting. CBS reports that he'd previously been fired from several teaching jobs, and banned from numerous restaurants and apartment buildings.
"During his teen years, the attacker was accused of stalking his classmates, and he wrote stories that centered around violent themes," said Steve Driscoll, lead research specialist at NTAC, on Thursday. "One of those stories was 81 pages long and involved the protagonist murdering several girls before committing suicide. The female characters in the story that were killed, represented the attacker's actual classmates from his high school, but he slightly changed the names in his writing."
Beierle had also been arrested for groping women and was known as Ted Bundy amongst his close friends.
The day before his shooting, Beierle left a note that said the following: "If I can't find one decent female to live with, I will find many indecent females to die with."
"The Hot Yoga Tallahassee attacker was motivated to carry out violence by his inability to develop or maintain relationships with women, along with his perception of women's societal power over men," Driscoll said.
U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC): Hot Yoga, Tallahassee - A CASE STUDY OF MISOGYNISTIC EXTREMISM
"In the late 1990s, a Canadian woman created an Internet peer support forum for people who wanted a sexual relationship but were unable to find a partner. It was intended to be a safe place to seek support for those who felt sexually deprived due to social awkwardness, marginalization, or mental illness. She popularized the term "involuntary celibacy" as a nonjudgmental way for lonely people to identify as a group. Over time, the term would be shortened to "incel." This forum, along with similar communities, was intended to be positive and focused on providing support for overcoming one's "incel" status.
As the community grew, the ideas expressed in the forums changed and by the early 2000s, some of the more dominant voices were young heterosexual men with vindictive and aggressive views toward women. Though the original developer took down her website, the community continued to spread across other forums.
Today, the term "incel" is often used to describe men who feel unable to obtain romantic or sexual relationships with women, to which they feel entitled. The term is used to describe one online subculture that exists within the "manosphere" – a network of blogs and forums frequented by groups including incels, men's rights activists (MRAs), Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), and pickup artists (PUAs). Although these groups are known to promote male-dominant views, some members express extreme ideologies involving anti-woman hate, sexual objectification of women, and calls for violence targeting women."
ICSA Annual Conference: Healing from spiritual abuse through connection to the natural world
Gwendolyn Roit
Sunday, June 26, 2022, 2:00 PM-2:50 PM - OnlineMost trauma - especially complex trauma - disconnects an individual from their self, their true essence. For those who have come out of a high demand group or relationship, it is imperative to rediscover, or in the instance of an SGA, discover for the first time, this sense of authentic self.
Addressing the needs of former members, I point to connection with our natural environment as one form of recovery from both the controlling environment and as a way to recover/discover one's essential self.
Connection with the natural world dissolves the dualism of mind-body and can create a sense of self within the larger environment that empowers an individual to access spirituality without human manipulation or coercion. Research has proven that even small doses of time connecting to nature relieves mental health symptoms such as depression and anxiety. Being part of something bigger and more complex than ourselves can create a sense of awe, instill deeper resilience and allow expansive thinking. Nature's intricacies inspire us to think creatively and hold potential for seeing ourselves anew.My childhood experiences of backpacking in deep forests offered a protective factor that offset the destructive effects of growing up in a cult. A sense of belonging and comfort in this realm was there for me when I left the cult and became suddenly alone in the very 'world' I had been taught since birth to avoid. Until I learned to trust others and myself again, I had the unconditional support of the natural world with its patterns and beauty. I had the awareness that my interactions within this world were based on absolutely clear reciprocation. This healing modality is something I feel increasingly moved to share, specifically in the realm of spiritual abuse and recovery.Gwendolyn Roit, MA, NCC, serves as an outpatient therapist at a community mental health agency and as a co-facilitator of outdoor eco-therapy groups and retreats, weaving together nature based interventions and mindfulness skills. Born and raised as a Jehovah's Witness, Gwendolyn left the religion at age 13 but didn't find the help she needed to fully understand her experience until 30 years later while attending her first ICSA conference in 2018. She is interested in using the power of connection with our natural world to heal from trauma - specifically that which is incurred from a high demand group or relationship. She earned her BA in Journalism and Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and decades later, her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University, New England. While exceedingly grateful to have had the opportunity for higher education - something of an impossibility growing up - she credits her travels to remote places, spending time alone in the woods, and decades of organic farming and gardening for healing and teaching her the most.
2Idaho News: Chad Daybell wants his case separated from Lori Vallow Daybell
"Chad Daybell's attorney on Friday argued in a motion to officially have his case severed from the ongoing case with his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell.
Whether Lori joins Chad Daybell for the trial remains to be seen as she has still not been found competent to stand trial.
"I don't want any delay, I need a decision one way or the other as to whether this is going to be severed," said John Prior, Daybell's attorney. "We have no certainty where this is going to be in another five or six months. I think it's inappropriate to put Mr. Daybell hanging in this situation."
In the end, judge Steven Boyce did not make a decision, but said he would make a written ruling on the matter."
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Dec 2, 2021
CultNEWS101 Articles: 12/2/2021 (France, Clerical Celibacy, Daddy Girls, Chad Daybell )
France, Clerical Celibacy, Daddy Girls, Chad Daybell
"The Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, has offered his resignation to Pope Francis due to his "ambiguous behaviour" with a woman, his diocese announced on Friday. Aupetit wrote to the pope this week offering to step down following an investigation by Le Point magazine earlier this month, a diocese spokeswoman said.
"He had ambiguous behaviour with a person he was very close to," the spokeswoman said, adding that it was "not a loving relationship", nor sexual.The offer to resign was "not a confession of guilt, but a humble gesture, an offer of dialogue," she added.Clerical Celibacy
Catholic priests are bound to celibacy under church doctrine and are meant to practice sexual abstinence.
The French church is still recovering from the publication in October of a devastating report by the Ciase, an independent commission which estimated that Catholic clergy had abused 216,000 children since 1950.
Dealing with the avalanche of revelations about sexual abuse by priests was one of the biggest challenges that Francis faced when he was elected pope in 2013."
Petty Paige: DADDY'S GIRLS: The Lesbian BBW Cult of TikTok
"So what happens when someone gets drunk with power and influence? They start a CULT.Today we are going to talk about the lesbian #BBWCult of tiktok #DaddysGirls & even saying that out loud is insane!! Cults on #TikTok aren't the evangelical ones most people are familiar with. Instead, they are open fandoms revolving around a single creator. The biggest difference is that TikTok's cult leaders are not independently famous. They're upstart creators building a fan base on social media. The cults lift up unlikely influencers and allow members to feel complicit in their rise. This type of bond is incredibly powerful."
"... The evidence released by Chandler police in October gave insight into the non-traditional religious beliefs of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell and those in their inner circle."
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