Lawrence Ray, the man convicted of abusing his daughter’s former college roommates at Sarah Lawrence College, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Ray, 63, was sentenced on Friday (Jan 20) in Manhattan. He was convicted of a violent crime in April 2022 for conspiracy to commit fraud, aiding and abetting robbery, extortion, sex trafficking, forced labor, tax evasion and money laundering crimes. Department of Justice announced at that time.
The allegations against Ray initially came to light in April 2022, when deduction “The Stolen Children of Sarah Lawrence: What happened to a group of bright college students seduced by a classmate’s father?” The article prompted authorities to investigate Ray’s conduct, which led to criminal charges, and his conviction and sentence.
Prior to his arrival at the Sarah Lawrence campus, Ray had served time in a New Jersey prison on charges related to a child custody case. After moving in with his daughter, Talia Ray, deduction Reportedly, he “planted himself in the common area, cooked a steak dinner and ordered expensive delivery for Talia and her seven housemates.” He reportedly shared stories with them, “loved to preach the values of the Marine Corps”, and could be “charming” and a “good listener”.
Ray eventually “persuaded her daughter’s friends to stay at her Manhattan apartment” during the summer that followed her arrival at the Sarah Lawrence dorm. The Associated Press Citing Assistant US Attorney Lindsey Keenan, reported during his trial in 2022. Over time, Ray allegedly made an impact on a group of young adults, leading them to believe that they should follow his values and do what he deduction What is called a “program of personal transformation”.
The publication reported that it asked them to share personal stories and collected “hundreds of pages” worth of confessions from them. “He profited from her labor, her money and even her body,” Keenan told the court, according to the AP.
Ray’s abuse, as described during the court proceedings, was mental, physical and sexual. A witness at his trial recalled an “escalating pattern of physical abuse”, in which Ray “called her ‘hemorrhoids’ and ‘scum’ and held a knife to her throat and genitals or put her in a chokehold until she agreed”. It is not done that he has done wrong. The Associated Press Written in March 2022 after witness testimony.
Judge Lewis J. Lyman, who sentenced Ray, said that he charmed his victims with an “exaggerated sense of self” and his intelligence before “robbing them of their relationships, self-worth, memories and then their bodies”.
“Through psychological terror and manipulation, he made them believe that what they knew to be true was actually a lie,” Lyman said. “He beat his victims. He tortured them and at times he starved them. He degraded them sexually to the point that they lost any value.”
Additional reporting by The Associated Press