Maoist Cult Leader Sexually Assaulted Followers and Kept Daughter as Slave for 30 Years, Court Hears
12th November 2015
The leader of a Maoist cult raped female followers and kept his own daughter as a slave for 30 years, bullying and brainwashing them all into believing that those who did not worship him would be punished, a court heard.
Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, used “brutal and calculated” manipulation to subjugate women under his control, repeatedly assaulting some of them them and using violence and sexual degradation to bend them to his will, Southwark Crown Court was told.
He founded a collective in the 1970s called the Workers Institute and used his charisma and energy as a public speaker to draw people to him, it was claimed.
Well, that’s socialism for you.