In April 2019, New York published the unsettling story of Larry Ray, who, upon being released from prison in 2010, asked his daughter if he could crash in her Sarah Lawrence dorm. Her roommates and friends soon fell under his control, in thrall to his dark, conspiratorial worldview. Nine years later, they were still struggling to get out from under his grip.

Following an investigation prompted by New York’s reporting, Ray was arrested and indicted on February 11, 2020, in his New Jersey home. He is accused of indoctrination and exploitation, engaging in sex trafficking, extortion and forced labor, according to the indictment released on Tuesday.

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