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Sarah Lawrence College sex-cult leader Larry Ray was convicted Wednesday afternoon on all counts by a Manhattan jury — ending a yearslong prosecution launched after the fiend’s tyrannical abuse of a group of young people was exposed in a magazine article.
Ray, 62, faces life in prison when he is sentenced by Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Liman in September.
The convicted sex trafficker stood and faced the jury, appearing emotionless as the foreperson repeated “guilty” to the 15 counts.
The panel deliberated for about five hours after being given the case Tuesday evening.
Throughout the monthlong trial, prosecutors and victims painted Ray as a calculating predator who asserted control over a group of college students and others to enrich himself as the leader of a criminal organization he dubbed “The Ray Family.”
“When his victims were completely subdued, when they were under his control, he committed crimes to get them to pay — extortion, forced labor, sex trafficking, obstruction of justice, financial crimes,” Assistant US Attorney Mollie Bracewell told jurors in her closing argument.
“The defendant did all of this for control, for his own greed, and to increase his power, to cement his position in the organized group that he led.”
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Article URL : https://nypost.com/2022/04/06/sarah-lawrence-sex-cult-trial-for-larry-ray-verdict-reached/