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Bethany Joy Lenz Says She Was Put On 'Sex Schedule' While Married To Cult Leader's Son

In a podcast appearance, the former “One Tree Hill” actor said that she had to participate to “keep the peace” in her marriage.

Not only did Lenz accuse the group of squandering much of her Hollywood earnings, but she also claimed that leaders put her and her then husband on what she described as a “sex schedule” in an effort to foster a deeper connection between the two. Support HuffPost The actor first got involved with The Big House Family in the early 2000s, around the time she landed her breakout role as Haley James Scott on “ One Tree Hill.” Her co-stars on the series, including Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray, were aware of her ties to the group. Noting that she lost out on “so many” professional opportunities while a Big House Family member, she added, “Everything I’d trained for, all my childhood dreams were coming true and I said no to all of it so I could go live with this remote, small group of people, convinced I was making a noble, spiritual sacrifice.”

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