Ashleigh Freckleton

And as much as these women are telling me he would never make me do something I didn't want to do, that's exactly what he did to her.

And I was just terrified of this.

You know, I felt like my brain had been split in two and I was really scared of what brainwashed Ashley would do.

Yeah, so women that I've spoken to, so I'm not speaking to first-hand experience here, but I am speaking to direct accounts that have been relayed to me from women who've experienced them and observed them.

There is a lot of rage.

He yells, he rants, he bellows.

I've heard of sort of physical intimidation, physical restraint of sorts.

And violence in that respect.

He really yells and yells and yells and screams and then will go out and publicly do it in front of everyone else as well.

Just berating them.

Yeah, and they've got my phone and my wallet.

I can't pay for anything.

I can't make any calls.

So I have to negotiate with them to get those things back.

And also, we've signed these very threatening contracts

agreements that if we're caught trying to steal any of the teachings then we give permission for them to take all of our belongings without us going to the police as punishment for this abhorrent behavior and I thought what is stealing the beliefs could I be accused of that you know I just didn't know what they were capable of and I was so scared that you know something would be put on me like oh you know you've been getting framed for trying to steal something or yep

I just didn't know what they were capable of and I was so scared that I wouldn't get my things back.

So I was just trying to kind of play this game with them, negotiating, and I had to write letters to him to get permission to leave in keeping with what I'd heard after the fact about him being very full of rage and yelling.

I got very angry letters back from him full of capitals and underlines and anger and shaming.

And I knew I had to get out, but I wasn't completely sort of sure that, yes, this was a cult.