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Bethany Joy Lenz on Escaping a Cult, Losing All Her ‘One Tree Hill’ Money and Fighting to Keep Her Daughter From That Life


In an interview with Variety, Bethany Joy Lenz opens up about being in a cult during "One Tree Hill" and her new book, "Dinner for Vampires."

Fifteen months ago, during a recap episode of the “Drama Queens” podcast, guest Michaela McManus asked co-hosts Bethany Joy Lenz and Sophia Bush whether they’d ever write a book. Lenz and I are sitting outside a boutique hotel in Wilmington, N.C., the small city where “One Tree Hill” filmed from 2003 to 2012 — an area that she looked at as a refuge during her many years in the Big House Family, the name of the cult that began as a Bible study in Los Angeles. While he’s not named in the book, Lenz’s husband was musician Michael Galeotti; the duo divorced in 2012, announcing their split one month before the series finale of “One Tree Hill” aired.

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