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peggysue2

(12,453 posts)
25. That's right!
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 09:45 PM
Oct 2020

The oldest sister was already sentenced, I think, for her involvement. Six years? And Allison Mack, one of Raniere's top handmaidens/DOS branders, is facing multiple charges.

Incredible but chillingly true.

For me, the most poignant moments were from the whistleblowers, the men and women who suddenly woke up to what a malicious con-artist Raniere was, were terrorized when they left the organization, and then suffered a profound sense of guilt for their own involvement and the number of people they pulled in. I don't know how you get your head around something like this, the years wasted, the lives ruined. However, but for their efforts Raniere would still be out there preying on the vulnerable. So, there's that and one less sociopath roaming the wild.

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I'm watching "Vow" right now about this cult. Highly recommend. Funtatlaguy Oct 2020 #1
Agree. Marie Marie Oct 2020 #5
Is it on Netflix? Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #6
HBO Beaverhausen Oct 2020 #12
Thanks. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #13
How do people get suckered into cults run by hucksters? The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #2
My question exactly malaise Oct 2020 #14
Our psychology has known, by now well-explored weaknesses localroger Oct 2020 #16
That was, of course, a rhetorical question. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #17
Good montanacowboy Oct 2020 #3
Bye bye. Jim__ Oct 2020 #4
I wonder what kind of sentence Allison "Smallville" Mack is going to get? Aristus Oct 2020 #7
Yeah, I was always squarely in Camp Chloe. Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #23
Kind of a microcosm of this country right now. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #8
Okay Keith, your next challenge is to serve your full sentence gratuitous Oct 2020 #9
His first task will be to lick a mud puddle. Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #24
Excellent!!! Squinch Oct 2020 #10
Trump pardon time! Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #11
Pretty hefty sentence. NY doesn't mess around. Hope they are that harsh on Trump... Beaverhausen Oct 2020 #15
Whoa, 120 years! peggysue2 Oct 2020 #18
The 2 sisters that are heirs to the Seagrams company were part of it. Funtatlaguy Oct 2020 #20
That's right! peggysue2 Oct 2020 #25
They actually physically BRANDED his initials on women Funtatlaguy Oct 2020 #19
Hopefully ADX Florence has a vacancy liberaltrucker Oct 2020 #21
He deserves to die in jail. nt Blue_true Oct 2020 #22
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