CultNEWS101 Articles: 2/26/2025
Patrick Ryan
Asia Business Daily: Court Rejects Extension of Han Hakja's Detention Suspension...Returns to Detention Center on 21st
"Han Hakja, President of the Unification Church, who had been indicted and detained over alleged collusion between the Unification Church and political circles and was then temporarily released, requested an extension of her release period, but the request was denied.
According to the legal community on the 21st, the 27th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Woo Inseong) rejected Han's request the previous day to extend the suspension of her detention. As a result, Han is reported to have returned to the Seoul Detention Center by 2:00 p.m. that day."
"He’s known the world over as a bestselling author, a guru to stars like Oprah, a practitioner of new age medicine that has bordered on pseudoscience, the founder of the Chopra Center, a holistic wellness center once based out of Carlsbad and a onetime University of California, San Diego professor.
But the U.S. Justice Department’s recent release of 3.5 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, adds one more accolade to Chopra’s resume — friend of one of the most notorious sex-trafickers of minors in history.
In emails and text messages, he and Epstein muse on consciousness, the game of life and dogs. Their conversations are loose and casual. In one, Epstein urged Chopra to find him a “cute Israeli blonde.” Chopra responds he would, but warned they were “militant aggressive and v=sexy.” In another, Chopra quipped that “only sinners are invited,” to a Vatican event he was attending.
Epstein and Chopra’s conversations sometimes took a lurid turn. In emails, Epstein offered to send “two girls” to one of Chopra’s events. Chopra accepted. Yet others include talk of sex, “prey” and “cute girls.”
Chopra seemed to have first met Epstein in July 2016, nearly a decade after the billionaire pled guilty to soliciting sex with a minor. Over the next two years, they spoke frequently, as Chopra’s thousands of mentions in the newly released files show. The pair continued to interact even after a 2018 bombshell report laid bare the details of Epstein’s 2009 conviction and the sweetheart deal that spared him significant prison time.
Their last email exchange seems to have come just three months before Epstein’s 2019 arrest on charges he’d engaged in a sprawling conspiracy to exploit, sexually abuse and traffic women and underage girls.
The pair also seemingly met repeatedly in the years prior to Epstein’s 2019 arrest and subsequent death in prison. At Epstein’s home in New York City. At Epstein’s home in Palm Beach. In Paris. At a debate Chopra had with science writer Michael Shermer, to which Epstein wrote “I’ll bringthe cheerleaders.” At the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, where Chopra offered to schedule an Ayurvedic massage for Epstein."
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