America’s Most Influential Sovereign Citizen Was Arrested, and He’s Already Grifting Off It

David Straightmakes hundreds of thousands of dollars convincing people they can't be arrested if they follow his rules. Then he got arrested.

As well as raking in cash through his seminars, Straight also makes bank from products he sells on his website, which include books and Straight has also mixedQAnon conspiracieswith sovereign citizen ideology to claim that he can help parents get their children back from child protective services, whom he labels as “traffickers.”

April 12, 2023, 9:10am

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5ygby/david-straight-arrest-sovereign-citizen-movement

Woman, 30, sues Buddhist monk after he 'raped herin temple and when she fell pregnant pressured her into having child because it would be an enlightened guru'

An Oregon woman has sued an influential Buddhist monk and trusted mentor

She says she pressured her to get drunk and raped her and paid for an abortion

It comes the same week the Dalai Lama is accused of inappropriate behavior

22:06 EDT, 12 April 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11967001/Woman-30-sues-Buddhist-monk-sexual-battery-trafficking-claiming-raped-temple.html