A New York man was found guilty of sexually exploiting his daughter’s friends and making millions while living with his daughter in college dorms. Sarah Lawrence College.
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As reported by the Associated Press, Lawrence Ray, 62, was found guilty on charges that included extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor and money laundering, among others.
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Her web of abuse began in 2010, when her daughter and her friends were sophomores at Sarah Lawrence College, a small liberal arts college in New York.
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The father started exploiting his daughter’s friends in 2010
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Ray moved into his daughter’s bedroom after finishing a stint in prison for a securities fraud conviction. She asked her companions if it was okay for their father to move in with them as he found his way again and they agreed.
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Little by little, he began to gain the trust of the young women, even organizing “therapy sessions” to help them deal with some of the challenges they faced.
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One woman testified that she became a sex worker to try to pay for Ray’s medical care after she was convinced she had poisoned him. She said that, for four years, she gave the father of her companion about $2.5 million in dues that averaged between $10,000 and $50,000 per week.
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Several of the students testified that they were drawn to the stories Ray told them, assuring them that he had had an influential political life in New York. He assured them that he even played a role in ruining the career of former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik after serving as best man at his wedding years earlier.
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There’s a book about how this father exploited his daughter’s friends
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Last year the writer Daniel Barban Levin, published the stories of some of those victims in his book “Slonim Woods 9”, the same name of the university residence in which they lived.
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Some have described Ray’s acts like a true cultin which he was able to manipulate all the girls through true psychological torture.
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Sentencing is set for September 16 on charges including racketeering, conspiracy, forced labor, sex trafficking and obstruction of justice. Ray, who stood with his arms at his sides and faced a Manhattan jury as guilty verdicts were returned on 15 counts, could face life in prison.
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