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Mom of Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult ‘Lieutenant’ Speaks Out: She Was ‘Brainwashed’<!-- wp:html --><p>U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York</p> <p>Cynthia Pollok hasn’t seen her daughter Isabella in a decade.</p> <p>She had hoped to change that next month, when Isabella’s trial was set to start. The 30-year-old was indicted by federal prosecutors in 2021 for allegedly conspiring with <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/lawrence-larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-college-students-dad-convicted-in-horrific-sex-cult-case">convicted sex-cult leader Larry Ray</a>, 62, to prey on others at New York’s Sarah Lawrence College.</p> <p>But Pollok’s plan was dashed on Wednesday, when Isabella—a former student once portrayed as a young, impressionable victim of Ray’s—pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge that could put her away for up to five years.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mom-of-isabella-pollok-sarah-lawrence-sex-cult-lieutenant-speaks-out-she-was-brainwashed?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Cynthia Pollok hasn’t seen her daughter Isabella in a decade.

She had hoped to change that next month, when Isabella’s trial was set to start. The 30-year-old was indicted by federal prosecutors in 2021 for allegedly conspiring with convicted sex-cult leader Larry Ray, 62, to prey on others at New York’s Sarah Lawrence College.

But Pollok’s plan was dashed on Wednesday, when Isabella—a former student once portrayed as a young, impressionable victim of Ray’s—pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge that could put her away for up to five years.

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