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Jehovah’s Witnesses: The price can be steep for coming forward about Watchtower’s secrets

[Barbara Anderson]

With the Australia Royal Commission in 2016, and stories like the Atlantic’s big piece last month, it sure seems like exposing the Watchtower organization for covering up child molestation among Jehovah’s Witnesses is really gaining […]

Doctors who helped Nxivm brand women and test brains are under investigation

[Dr. Danielle Roberts and Dr. Brandon Porter]

There’s a great piece in the Albany Times Union by Brendan Lyons looking at the physicians who aided Nxivm in its bizarre schemes. […]

Hunter’s excuse for killing young elephants doesn’t seem to be working

[Mike Jines is on the right]

We’re a little worried about Mike Jines and his company, TopGen Energy in Forsyth, Georgia. […]

NXIVM: Prosecutors ask for 2-week delay to trial, Keith Raniere asks judge to reject it

[Keith Raniere]

Former Nxivm leader Keith Raniere really doesn’t like to be in jail and doesn’t want to delay the start of his trial, which is scheduled to begin on April […]

‘Bottlegate’ rolls on: ‘You don’t really think we’re going to let this go, do you?’

While we continue to wait for a response from the Watchtower organization to our inquiry about ‘Bottlegate,’ we thought we’d share with you an entertaining video by a couple of ex-JWs about […]

Nxivm bookkeeper Kathy Russell gets traction with her dismissal attempt

[Kathy Russell and Judge Nicholas Garaufis]

A few days ago we told you that among the Nxivm defendants, bookkeeper Kathy Russell had a novel argument in her attempt to get charges against her dismissed ahead of the April 29 trial […]

Rhino horn isn’t Chinese Viagra — it’s for the hangover the next morning

How do we get Chinese and Vietnamese cretins to stop treating their ailments with pseudoscience that is causing the decimation of whole populations of animals like rhinos and […]

An ex-Jehovah’s Witness explains why the ‘Bottlegate’ video is so crucial

[Melissa Beckwith and Tony Morris]

Since Lloyd Evans posted video of Jehovah’s Witnesses Governing Body member Anthony Morriss III buying a dozen bottles of expensive scotch at 11 am on a Sunday morning and dubbed it ‘Bottlegate,’ we’ve been interested in all of the scenarios Witnesses are coming up with to excuse his […]

NXIVM: Actress Allison Mack pleads guilty — ‘I was lost and wanted a community’

[Allison Mack leaves the courtroom today after pleading guilty. Photo by VillageDianne.]

Our correspondent VillageDianne was in the courtroom just now as Smallville actress Allison Mack pled guilty to two counts — racketeering and racketeering conspiracy — and broke down in tears twice as she did […]

Jehovah’s Witnesses help only their own at disasters? A Witness counters with links

We’re always very happy to receive replies to our stories from Jehovah’s Witnesses who want to present their point of view. Yesterday, we posted a story by ex-JW Michael Paddock, who talked about being instructed to sneak around Red Cross officials in order to locate and help only Jehovah’s Witnesses in the relief effort after […]

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