Disturbing claims of torture and sexual abuse at trial of New York ‘cult’ leader

Larry Ray accused of psychological abuse at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence college, in trial that echoes Nxivm case

New York is accustomed to high-profile trials, the details picked over like canapes at a cocktail party.

But the trial of Lawrence Larry" Ray, on federal charges of sex trafficking, extortion and conspiracy has caused revulsion and horror, and raised troubling questions that go far beyond criminal justice.