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‘TikTok Cult’ Pastor's Home Raided In Sex Trafficking Investigation: Report
TUJUNGA, LOS ANGELES, JUL 25 – Authorities arrested multiple suspects in a coordinated raid linked to an alleged TikTok pastor facing charges including sex trafficking and fraud, officials said.
- On Friday morning, a sex trafficking warrant was executed at the home co-owned by alleged 'TikTok Dance Cult' pastor Robert Israel Shinn, located in the 7700 block of McGroarty Street in Tujunga.
- The warrant targeted alleged sex trafficking, tax evasion, mail fraud and money laundering and also covers COVID-19 pandemic-related fraud, while Robert Israel Shinn has denied all wrongdoing connected to his operations.
- No shots were fired and no one was injured during the warrant execution, authorities said.
- The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said, `The investigation remains active and ongoing.` said the U.S. Postal Inspection Service spokesperson, and it remains unclear if anyone was arrested or if Shinn was present when law enforcement arrived.
- Shinn, his Shekinah Church and 7M Films are subjects of Netflix's 2024 documentary Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, in which former members describe him as an abusive cult leader.
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LA home linked to ‘TikTok cult’ pastor seen in Netflix docuseries raided in sex-trafficking probe
Federal officers descended on a California home connected to "TikTok Cult" pastor Robert Shinn, featured in the 2024 Netflix documentary "Dancing for the Devil," Friday as part of an investigation into sex trafficking and other crimes.
'TikTok Cult' pastor's L.A. home searched after sex trafficking warrant served
(KTLA) — Federal and local law enforcement served a search warrant for alleged sex trafficking Friday morning at a Los Angeles home owned by a controversial pastor and subject of the Netflix docuseries "Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult." El Monte Police Department officials confirmed to Nexstar's KTLA that authorities served the search warrant around 6 a.m. at a home located in the city's Tujunga neighborhood. In addition to allegations…
Authorities search home allegedly tied to ‘TikTok cult’ featured in Netflix documentary
Federal and local law enforcement searched for evidence of sex trafficking and other crimes Friday at a home in Tujunga that’s reported to be tied to a church that’s the subject of a Netflix docuseries that labeled the operation as a “TikTok Cult.” The El Monte police tactical team assisted with serving a search warrant in the 7700 block of McGroarty Street in Tujunga around 6 a.m., said El Monte Police Sgt. Art Saenz. The U.S. Postal Service w…
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