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The following are links to media coverage in 1985 documenting exploitation
of followers by Adi Da (then Da Free John) and the Adidam spiritual cult. These are articles in newspapers where the author
did first hand research, including interviews with ex-devotees, or else are transcripts of TV shows meeting that criteria.
Summary of news items from the 1985 period,
and other miscellaneous allegations from that period -- posted by Connie, a
former devotee
Mill Valley Record newspaper article on Adi Da -
"Defectors Voice Several Charges" - April 3, 1985
San Francisco Chronicle newspaper article on
Adi Da - "Sex Slave Sues Guru" - April 4, 1985
San Francisco Examiner newspaper article on
Adi Da - "Goodies for Guru Keep Sect Poor" - April 4, 1985
San Francisco Examiner newspaper article on
Adi Da - "Hypnotic Da Free John -- Svengali of the Truth-Seeking Set" - April
5, 1985
San Francisco Chronicle newspaper article on
Adi Da - "Sex Practices Did Not Cease, Marin Cult Officials Admit - April 9, 1985
Mill Valley Record newspaper article on Adi
Da - "Sexual Experiments Continued After 1976, JDC Officials Admit" - April 10, 1985
Lake County Record Bee newspaper article
on Adi Da - "Crazy Wisdom Bent Minds, Say Ex-Cultists" - April 11, 1985
Lake County Record Bee newspaper article
on Adi Da - "Inner Circle Privy to Parties" - April 12, 1985
Mill Valley Record newspaper article on Adi
Da - "Da Free John Sect Sues 6 Ex-members on Extortion Charge" - April 17, 1985
Excerpt from AM San Francisco TV Show in April,
1985 covering sexual assault allegation against Adi Da
Mill Valley Record newspaper
editorial written by ex-devotee Mark Miller - May 8, 1985
NBC Today Show transcript on Adi Da and
his community from May 29th and May 30th, 1985
link to YouTube
video for Part 1 of the 2 part Today Show
Santa Monica Evening Outlook
newspaper article on Adi Da - "Saint or Sinner? Guru's Life Shrouded in
Mystery" - June 19, 1985
Mill Valley Record newspaper article on Adi Da
- "Former Sect Members Recall Experiences" - August 7, 1985
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