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Bethany Joy Lenz Describes How Cult Lured & Controlled Her During ‘One Tree …


Bethany Joy Lenz starred on One Tree Hill, but she also spent about a decade of her life trapped in a cult. Then, she escaped.

The book, which hits store shelves on October 22, explains how the controlling, ultra-Cristian cult left Bethany Joy Lenz with little to show for her 9 years of TV stardom. (Photo Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)Speaking to People ahead of her memoir’s publication, Bethany Joy Lenz explained that she first connected to the cult through a bible study. From starting out as a simple gathering of like-minded Christians to slowly boiling the frog to binding people through marriage, children, and finances … this is how these organizations find and keep members.

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