The Synanon rattlesnake trial: TIME
Android Cat
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922075,00.html
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Dederich pleads no contest
On an October afternoon in 1978, Lawyer Paul Morantz reached into the
mailbox of his Los Angeles home and suddenly felt a sharp pain. He pulled
back his hand-and with it a 4�-ft. diamond-back rattlesnake, its fangs
embedded near his thumb. A tourniquet applied by a quick-thinking neighbor
saved the lawyer's life.
Arrested were Charles (Chuck) Dederich, 67, founder of the Synanon
Foundation, and two of his "Imperial Marines," Lance Kenton, 22 (son of
Bandleader Stan Kenton), and Joseph Musico, 30. Three weeks before the snake
attack, Morantz had won a $300,000 judgment against the controversial drug
rehabilitation organization on behalf of a married couple who claimed the
wife had been held captive by Synanon members.
On the day their trial was to have begun last week, the three defendants
pleaded no contest to charges of conspiracy to commit murder and assault
with a deadly weapon (the rattlesnake).
As part of the settlement reached with the Los Angeles County district
attorney's office, Dederich agreed not to serve as an officer or director of
Synanon, and the prosecution agreed not to seek a prison term. Dederich will
probably be placed on probation, if a court-appointed doctor confirms that
he is indeed suffering from heart trouble, diabetes and other ailments.
Kenton and Musico, who still face up to two years in jail, must undergo
psychiatric tests before the judge decides whether to place them on
probation. Morantz, who sat in the front row of the courtroom as the deal
was announced, declared himself satisfied. "I'm very happy," he said. "To
have them stand up in court and admit-they're guilty gives me an enormous
amount of satisfaction."
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Hmm. Imperial Marines. Watch Star Wars much? (That's Star Wars, Episode IV:
A New Hope to you kids.) Captain Bill had to use Doc Smith's Galatic Patrol
for /his/ Space Opera. And I wonder where Kenton and Musico eventually ended
up? Narconon?
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Ron of that ilk.
Android Cat
OMG! Cult founder dies in a double-wide mobile home!
Point Reyes Light/April 15, 2004 By Dave Mitchell
http://www.rickross.com/reference/synanon/synanon5.html
Synchronicity!
Eldon
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> Ron of that ilk.
From that article:
Synanon itself continued operating for a few years, and in April 1980,
Synanon attorney Dan Garrett, after moving out of the cult, told The
Pacific Sun, "This is probably surprising to you, but [Synanon's]
advertising specialty business did a little bit less last year than it
did the year before: $9.5 million or $10 million compared to $11
million. But Synanon actually netted more last year than the year
before; it was more profitable."
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I remember going to a reception/pitch thrown by Synanon in San
Francisco at some point during the early 1980s where they were
pitching their advertising premium business. It was creepy.
barbz
same end; raided by law enforcement, and their tax exemption taken away.
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xenubarb
Chaplain, ARSCCwdne
A walk down the path of history is crunchy with the crispy corpses of
those who pooh-poohed or ignored the clown car of ridicule when it
pulled-up to the curb.
Stephen Jones
Voltaire's Child
being maligned- this was soon after the rattlesnake event.
Claire
Out_Of_The_Dark
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"Dederich himself died on March 5, 1997, some 17 days short of his
84th birthday. He had been living in a double-wide mobilehome in
Visalia in the years before his death. "
What a copycat, lol
Android Cat
> On Oct 4, 1:51 am, "Android Cat" <androidca...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Android Cat wrote:
>>> Nation: Synanon Sequel July 28, 1980, TIME.
>>> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922075,00.html
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>> Point Reyes Light/April 15, 2004 By Dave
>> Mitchellhttp://www.rickross.com/reference/synanon/synanon5.html
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>> Synchronicity!
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> 84th birthday. He had been living in a double-wide mobilehome in
> Visalia in the years before his death. "
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> What a copycat, lol
At least Davie will be able to get by with a standard width trailer.
barbz
Lol, he could get by in a cardboard carton.