Episode 361: NYC Top “Escort” Service Catering To Rich Married Men Turned Out To Be College S*x Cult


 

The Department of Justice makes a very public statement—it feels more like a threat. 

“Please do not reproduce, share, or use this exhibit in any way. If you have downloaded this file, please delete it off your device.” 

The DOJ had accidentally leaked a file they previously moved to seal from the public. Not one thing, nor one name was redacted. 

The file in question - is the client list to one of the most high profile sex workers in all of Manhattan. 

Her revenue in just a few years was in the millions of dollars - her hourly rate was $1500. 

It’s safe to assume that this leaked, ’sealed’ file includes the names of NYC’s upper elite. High peorfile businessmen, millionaire-married couples, artists, restaurant tycoons, and lots and lots of rich married men. 

 

Some of the names were recognized to be high level executives at Apple, other major retailers, one wealthy hedge fund manager, one international diamond dealer, and a former NY Supreme Court Judge. 

But they hadn’t just been listed as clients for sex work.  

They had all been named as alleged clients of a sex trafficking business run by a college cult. 

 

10 years prior, a man had walked onto an elite private school campus to visit his daughter, a sophomore at the university. The man, her father, ends up staying on campus, living in his daughter’s dorm, and quickly begins the process of grooming and brainwashing all of his daughter’s friends. 

 

The result was a decade long cult. Some of the friends turned cult members were ‘promoted’ to chauffeur or solder. Others into forced labor. His daughter’s friends would become his wives.’ And that left one, forced to turn to sex work. They all served one old, middle aged man. 

This is the case of Lawrence Ray and his decade long cult of college students and sex.  



Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com


Sources


“Sonim Woods 9” by Daniel Levin (survivor) https://danielbarbanlevin.com/ 

And case files from the DOJ. 

Hulu Docu-series: ‘Stolen Youth: Inside The Cult At Sarah Lawrence’ 

Peacock Documentary “Sex, Lies, & The College Cult” 

Sanctuary for Families Panel Event w/ Director of Hulu Show and Survivors SFF Panel

The OG Cut Article

https://www.thecut.com/article/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.html 

  • Originally published in April 2019; FBI investigated Ray in response to this article

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-trial.html?origSession 

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-kids-update.html

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/larry-ray-trial-testimony.html?origSession=D240413hY

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/larry-ray-trial-evidence.html?origSession=D240413hYEM4QzV8U

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/larry-ray-trial-facts.html?origSession=D240413hYE 

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/09/sarah-lawrence-cult-isabella-pollok.html?origSes

YT Pod Interviews with Daniel Barban Levin (survivor) 

YT Pod Interview with Felicia Rosario (survivor) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4JnkTSUQs&list=PLnOVEO7RJZIJyB69K06JgTn_1VioVdBRQ&index=10 

Felicia Rosario 

Claudia Drury ‘confessing’ to ‘poisoning’ Larry https://youtu.be/9xD-YkYPOlM 

Clamped Tongue Video https://youtu.be/bXWRKNVCVA0?si=HRidKyZE3UtDgDwl 

  • In the first video, Ray is seen assaulting Daniel Levin in response to Levin stating he knowingly engaged in bad advertising practices for Ray’s blog.

  • The second video shows a heated argument between Rosario and Ray. 

Ray Forcibly Holding Rosario Video

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10673547/Sarah-Lawrence-jurors-shown-explicit-pictures-sex-cult-members-Larry-Ray-trial.html#v-2238262051101130245 

Interview w/ Lee Chen https://abc7ny.com/man-speaks-out-about-college-sex-cult-mastermind/5957445/ 

Alleged Wayback of Larry’s Blogs

https://web.archive.org/web/20190627061424/http://talava.blogspot.com/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20190616213250/http://alessiomineo.blogspot.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20190627061424/http://talava.blogspot.com/

Talia’s suspected Twitter 

https://twitter.com/talia_ray?lang=en 

John List from Inner City Press 

https://innercitypress.com/sdny2exhibitsjohnlistgoneicp042722.html

Iban Goicoechea’s Obituary

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/registerguard/name/iban-goicoechea-obituary?id=38852607 

Statement from SL

https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/news/2023-01-25-a-statement-from-sarah-lawrence-college-anc.html 

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: Man charged in sex trafficking, extortion of students

SEX AND EXTORTION ALLEGED: Inside the federal case against Lawrence Larry

COLLEGE'S RESPONSE: What Sarah Lawrence's president said about sex trafficking, extortion case

Bernard Kerik might have thought Lawrence Larry was best-man material decades ago,

Arrested in Piscataway: Man charged in sex trafficking, extortion of students

https://www.denverpost.com/2007/12/18/giulianis-kerik-woes-resurface-through-informant/

https://nypost.com/2022/04/06/sarah-lawrence-sex-cult-trial-for-larry-ray-verdict-reached/

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2022/10/05/sarah-lawrence-sex-cult-boss-larry-ray-court-transcripts-claudia-drury/65462515007/

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2020/02/13/bernard-kerik-sarah-lawrence-ray/4751808002/

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/education/2020/02/21/sarah-lawrence-how-could-dad-go-unnoticed-campus/4741819002/

https://people.com/crime/who-is-larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-sex-cult-leader/

https://thecrimewire.com/institutional/Larry-Ray-and-the-Sex-Cult-at-Sarah-Lawrence-College

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Youth:_Inside_the_Cult_at_Sarah_Lawrence

https://www.thedailybeast.com/accused-sarah-lawrence-sex-cult-dad-lawrence-ray-told-student-he-wanted-him-to-die-in-a-brutal-way

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10660141/Sarah-Lawrence-sex-cult-wife-tells-leader-Larry-Ray-sent-sexual-challenges.html

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/video/us-attorney-damian-williams-statement-verdict-us-v-lawrence-ray

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/lawrence-ray-convicted-racketeering-violent-assault-extortion-sex-trafficking-forced

https://www.newsweek.com/larry-ray-daughter-talia-daniel-barban-levin-stolen-youth-sarah-lawrence-1780044

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/nyregion/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mafia#:~:text=He%20created%20the%20Five%20Families,are%20called%20%22made%22%20men.

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/lawrence-ray-cult

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/sex-lies-and-the-college-cult-all-the-bombshells-revealed-about-the-sarah-lawrence-scandal/3888653/

https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/larry-ray-documentary-true-story-creators-rcna49432

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64351672

https://www.courttv.com/news/prosecutor-larry-ray-coerced-college-women-for-sex-money/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2023/12/07/ex-students-sue-sarah-lawrence-college-over-convicted-sex-cult-leader-larry-rays-abuse/?sh=5054d4bd2197 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_College

https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/glossary/pump-and-dump-schemes

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/speed

https://www.healthline.com/health/can-you-overdose-on-adderall#typical-dosage

https://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/16i4w3o/i_took_a_total_of_100_mg_of_adderall_should_i_go/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/7g3k0u/the_time_i_took_100mg_of_adderall/ 


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