60-year-old man accused of targeting students at Sarah Lawrence College and subjecting them 'to sexual and psychological manipulation and physical abuse.'
Father accused of manipulating daughter's classmates into prostitution
He is believed to have laundered about $1 million from his victims, most of whom were teens and young adults who participated in so-called therapy sessions he put on to purportedly help with psychological problems, prosecutors said.Sarah Lawrence College said in a statement to ABC News that the school"just learned of the indictment," but called the charges"serious, wide-ranging, disturbing, and upsetting.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman announces the indictment against Lawrence Ray aka "Lawrence Grecco" in New York, Feb. 11, 2020. He also made up lies about them, and, when they denied it, would subject them to interrogations that included"sleep deprivation, psychological and sexual humiliation, verbal abuse, threats of physical violence, physical violence, and threats of criminal legal action" -- actions that then garnered false confessions, according to the indictment.
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