NY “Sadistic Sex Cult” Leader Sentenced To 60 Years

The Guardian reports:

A financial fraudster who lured students at an elite New York liberal arts college into a cult-like world of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse was sentenced on Friday to 60 years in federal prison.

Larry Ray, born Lawrence Grecco, was found guilty in April of sex trafficking and racketeering, among other related charges, stemming from the psychological manipulation – and ensuing physical violence – against his daughter’s roommates at Sarah Lawrence College.

“It was sadism, pure and simple,” Judge Lewis Liman said in handing down the sentence, shortly after saying that Ray used his “evil genius” to torment his victims.

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US ‘cult’ leader handed 60 years in prison for sexual and emotional abuse https://t.co/eSiIQUiVWn

— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) January 20, 2023

BREAKING: Lawrence “Larry” Ray, the abusive control freak who moved into his daughter’s Sarah Lawrence dorm room and started what amounted to a sex cult for years, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.https://t.co/WQrr5ftnIV

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 20, 2023