LOS
ANGELES, June 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dancing for
the Devil: the 7M TikTok Cult, is a
documentary currently streaming on Netflix, which examines the
experiences of several former members of an alleged
cult called Shekinah. The documentary references a lawsuit filed by
those former members, including our clients, Elisha Priscylla
Leigh, Kylie Douglas, Aubrey Fisher-Greene, Kailea Gray, and Kevin
Davis among others. The lawsuit is currently pending in Los
Angeles Superior Court and is set to go to trial on July 7, 2025. Our clients filed their lawsuit
after Shekinah's leader, Robert
Shinn, filed his own lawsuit complaining about statements
they had made on social media. Robert
Shinn's company, 7M, has
recently issued a statement in response to the documentary accusing
our clients of lying and making threats of further legal action.
Our clients remain undeterred in their pursuit of justice.
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In fact, some of our clients have already successfully defeated
many of the claims brought by Mr. Shinn and his associates because
those claims violated our clients' First Amendment rights. As a
result, the court has ordered Mr. Shinn and other plaintiffs to pay
more than $75,000 in attorneys' fees
to those clients.
Our clients have also filed their own claims against Mr. Shinn
and his associates. Their countersuit includes claims of sexual
battery, sex trafficking, fraud, intentional
infliction of emotional distress, labor code violations, forced
labor, and unjust enrichment, among others. Although Mr. Shinn
attacked that countersuit in court seeking to have it dismissed on
grounds of first amendment protection of religious organizations,
the statute of limitations grounds and others, the central claims
of the countersuit all survived. The case is now in the
discovery phase.
The countersuit alleges that for nearly
twenty-three years, Mr. Shinn and other Cross-Defendants subjected
our clients to brainwashing, physical abuse, sexual abuse,
emotional abuse, manipulation, and exploitation. The full
countersuit can be found here: Third Amended Cross-Complaint.
Our clients have expressed gratitude for the outpouring of
support from the public since the release of the documentary. They
hope that their lawsuit will hold Robert
Shinn and his associates in Shekinah legally accountable for
all their alleged wrongdoing. Our clients look forward
to presenting their case to a jury and are confident the truth will
prevail.
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