Lea Saskia Laasner
Lea Saskia Laasner Vogt (* 1980 in Winterthur ) is a Swiss author . She became known through her bestselling book Alone Against the Soul Catchers , which she published in 2005 with the help of Hugo Stamm .
Life
In the book she describes how she and her parents, who joined the sect Licht-Oase , moved from Switzerland to the center of the sect in Belize in 1992 . She also describes life in isolation there and how she was sexually abused by the leader of the sect, called “Benno” in the book, as well as her escape from the sect in 2001.
The German Arno Wollensak is behind the name "Benno". Julie Ravell, the partner of Wollensak, designated as a medium of the spirit being Ramtha (also Ramtha ) until it the use of this name 1997, a judgment of the Austrian Supreme Court at the instigation of the owner of the trademark right on the word mark Ramtha, JZ Knight, was prohibited. Then she named the spirit being she allegedly channeled Maghan . She called herself “the source” in the inner circle.
Laasner received the Prix Courage in 2005 for her courageous public appearance. Accepted and looked after by a cousin in Switzerland, she was able to complete a three-year training course at a commercial college.
In 2015 Arno W. and Ravell were arrested in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo . The German judiciary requested the extradition of the two, which was rejected by a court in Uruguay due to the statute of limitations. The public prosecutor's office examined whether to proceed against the decision.
On August 28, 2016 , the handcuffed and gagged body of Arno W. was found on the beach at La Floresta , 50 km east of Montevideo.
Book publication
- Alone against the soul catchers. My childhood in the psycho sect . Recorded by Hugo Stamm . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-8218-5619-X .
Documentation
- Escape from the esoteric sect. Video in: Reporter from April 16, 2005 (28 minutes).
- To be continued - escape from the psycho sect. Video in: DOK from May 6, 2011 (39:30 minutes).
- Lea Laasner with people at Maischberger . ARD, broadcast on November 5, 2013.
Web links
- Publications by and about Lea Saskia Laasner in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Lea Saskia Laasner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Holenstein , "Delivered to the judicial authorities" In: Die Weltwoche edition 51/2005, accessed on September 5, 2016.
- ^ Supreme Court Austria, file number 4 Ob 96 / 97i, judgment of April 22, 1997.
- ↑ Dirk-Ulrich Brüggemann: Sect leader from Oerlinghausen in Uruguay arrested. In: Lippische Landes-Zeitung from July 1, 2015.
- ↑ Hugo Stamm : Laasner's tormentor arrested after fleeing for eight years. In: Tages-Anzeiger of July 3, 2015.
- ↑ Sect leaders are not extradited. In: Lippische Landes-Zeitung from October 14, 2015.
- ↑ Pascal Unternährer: tormentors by Lea Laasner was murdered in: Tages-Anzeiger .net / Newsnet from 31 August 2016th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laasner, Lea Saskia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laasner Vogt, Lea Saskia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterthur |