Sarah Kellen Vickers – Cult Victim?
We believe it is time that Sarah Kellen Vickers climbed down off her penthouse high horse and was arrested by law enforcement.
The woman credited with being Ghislaine Maxwell's lieutenant has never helped law enforcement (as far as we know), hides behind the controversial Florida plea deal and the fifth amendment.
She can be seen on Florida law enforcement video at her deposition in the Epstein child rape case. Sarah is wearing a black turtleneck and an Alice band. She looks like she's an extra from Big Little Lies and barely squeaks out her answers. It's like she was coached, which is everyone's right, but it looks manufactured. In our opinion.
We see you, Sarah, because we've read the documents associated with several of the cases where you were mentioned. You were fortunate you were not arrested for the Florida crimes. Here's the probable cause document as a reminder:
There have been other serious allegations against Kellen. During a testimony in a defamation court case, a butler, Renaldo Rizzo, who worked for billionaires Eva Dubin and Glenn Dubin, alleged:
"She (a 15-year-old girl) just lets it rip, and what she told me was unbelievable," Rizzo testified. "She proceeded to tell my wife and I… 'I was on the island and there was Ghislaine, and there was Sarah (Kellen),' and she said, 'They asked me for sex. I said no.'"
Rizzo later clarified, "She didn't specify who asked for sex. She said they asked for sex."
Rizzo testified that when she refused to have sex, Kellen took her phone and passport and gave them to Maxwell.
"And at that point, she said she was threatened," Rizzo testified.
In her latest personal reinvention, it looks as though Sarah is claiming she's a cult victim. Sarah stated in 2019 she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein but now her excuse may have morphed to include cult victimisation.
We found some new information recently concerning the alleged Jeffrey Epstein coconspirator via her husband's website. It may show her defence has recently taken on this new mind control element.
Sarah Kellen's modelling shots. Source: ArtofWoman
The allegations against Sarah are grave, shocking and extremely serious.
Her husband is the three-time NASCAR champ Brian Vickers. His online presence was updated recently and the charities he supports have an overall justice theme. One is even a cult information group, the Foundation Against Cult Threats.
According to Brian Vickers: "Justice and prison reform are very important to my wife and I. We have both been wrongfully accused of things in our personal and professional life before, so this always resonated for us."
We don't know whether to have the opinion that Vickers is a poor, deluded soul or is absolutely full of shit.
He adds: "Even outside of the justice system, in general, I would say that society's shift towards a mentality of "guilty until proven innocent" is wrong and very dangerous. You see this sometimes inside the justice system but the justice system also has other systemic problems."
In the newly updated section of Vickers' website, he has added FACT, The Sunny Centre and APJ to the list of organisations he supports.
Before her social justice phase, Sarah was publicising her skills as an interior designer, SLK Designs had projects in New York, the Caribbean, Palm Beach, and the Caribbean. In other words, her main client was probably Epstein. In our opinion.
She's also had two other names over the years- Sarah Bonk and Sarah Kensington. Sarah has been known to sport different hair colours in her attempts to reinvent herself.
Kellen (second left) at the track with Vickers (centre). Source Agent Hades, Twitter.
From our Ebook Sarah's Story.
She's now believed to be living on the down low in New York's Soho, after living for more than a decade in Miami.
Sarah Kellen Vickers with husband Brian in 2016 Source: Instagram
Was Sarah in contact with Epstein recently?
Her husband NASCAR's Brian Vickers
A summary of Sarah Kellen's life to date.
Why did Kellen Vickers get a foreign worker visa?
Sarah (front left) in a family portrait source – Facebook
Sarah was brought up as a Jahovah's Witness, married at 17, lived in Hawaii, divorced and pursued modelling.
Agent Hades on Twitter found these shots from her model portfolio.
Sarah in Art of Women
Is there a cult defence in US Criminal Law? Author: Eve Epsy.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are a fundamentalist religious sect with more than eight million of followers worldwide. The headquarters are New York where they publish their religious literature. The have active worship centers in 240 countries. In the United States, the Jehovah's Witnesses have tax exempt status as a charity organization. They are conservative in nature, promoting modesty, strict views on sexuality and on the roles of women in the household and church and tend to require members to commit to significant time in service to the organization.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are not unlike other conservative religious sects such as the Amish, Mormons, Orthodox Jews, Muslims or even cultural conservatism like those in Muslim counties such as Pakistan.
The word "cult" has no legal definition, nor is participating in a "cult" illegal. "Cult" is a word that carries a negative connotation, however, it is open to interpretation and tends to be defined by anti-cult organizations. The First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution protects individual rights to worship as they choose and provides for freedom of association, therefore forming a "cult" is not illegal.
If one is a "victim" of a cult for being raised in a fundamentalist household, then would people raised in any of the above mentioned religious or cultural sects also be "victims" of a cult?
Are the Jehovah's Witnesses a cult?
In the US, there is not a fixed definition of a cult nor is it illegal. The legal system website HG.org states that the U.S. First Amendment rights protect religious exercise, no matter how odd or non-mainstream they may be. The illegality of cult begins with another criminal violation such as financial crimes, sexual or child abuse.
The term "cult" is considered a pejorative term for offshoot or unique religious practices and would not likely stand up in court. The public perception of what a cult is does not match up with something that would be illegal. This is why family members have a difficult time getting adults out of one, because adults have the freedom to worship, live in a compound and give away all of their money. It is not illegal. When a religious organization conducts fraudulent transactions, or abuses people, is when law enforcement gets involved.
What are the characteristics of a cult? The website cultwatch.com lists many different ways an offshoot religion can be labeled a cult. These include: a single charismatic leader, the demand for significant amounts of money, overly happy people, vague information until you get to a meeting, declarations of being the "only true religion", hiding the teachings from the public, restrictions on who you can associate with, door-to-door solicitation, no questioning or debate about teachings or practices and demanding submission to the group.
Obviously, the Jehovah's Witnesses tick a few of these boxes, but not all of them. They do not have a single leader, in fact, individual congregations have a group of elders, not a single leader.
They do not require a tithe or other mandatory financial contributions. I have encountered several JW missionaries and I would not call them overly happy (think dancing girl in the Woodstock film from the '60s). Their website, JW.org, lists very plainly their beliefs, addressing controversial issues such as Salvation and their own Bible.
They do believe they are the only way into heaven, as do most Christian sects. They do go to door-to-door, they do, they do demand you adhere to a strict code of values and they frown upon associations outside of their organization. Again, they are not the only religion or Christian sect to do so.
There is no shortage of information about what they believe by both believers and former members. I've listened to multiple podcast from former members clearly discussing their experiences and the belief system.
As a group is the JW sexist? From what I've seen it seems as if women do not play a leadership role in the group or in their own households. This again is a choice as part of that religion.
Does abuse take place in the JW church? People have accused it of such, but with no formal structure, such as the Roman Catholic Church, this was handled at the local level. Did some people cover it up? Yes. Is it wrong? Yes? Do other fundamentalist Christian groups have similar organizations and issues? Yes they do. Does this make the Jehovah's Witnesses a cult? No, it does not.
This is not to diminish the claims of sexual abuse in the religion. It seems that parents and others put their acceptance in the local groups over the safety of their children. Also children raised in these groups are taught to be obedient and are less likely to report abuse. I would argue that other denominations have similar issues, but they've yet to be reported or they are so localized, they would not be in the national spotlight.
The religious order of the Jehovah's Witnesses is listed as a charitable organization with the Internal Revenue System (taxing authority) of the United States and has tax-exempt status.
According to the International Cultic Studies Association, the three main characteristics of a cult are undue influence, fraud and misrepresentation. While there appears to be pressure to conform and be accepted by church leaders and elders, one could argue that is not undue influence. The Jehovah's Witnesses are very clear about their views and expectations on their website and they do not demand financial contributions, therefore, fraud and misrepresentation would also not apply to the group.
Is that a viable excuse for someone's criminal actions?
If one was to claim that they suffered brainwashing and mind control from a conservative religious group, then the actions they were programmed for would be fundamentalist versions of morality, sexuality and gender roles. Jehovah's Witnesses main goal is to please Jehovah (God) through submission and service. Scheduling teenage victims, laying out sex toys and preparing a massage room does not seem like something one would be brainwashed to do having grown up in the Jehovah's Witness faith.
A review of psychological journals reveals that people leaving a fundamentalist faith, not just the Jehovah's Witnesses, report a sense of isolation and depression because leaving the faith often costs them all of their friendships, familial relationships and associations (Friedson, 2014). Shunning is not limited to the Jehovah's Witnesses and would not be unique.
How would one claim they were a victim of a cult?
If a lawyer would be able to establish the Jehovah's Witnesses as a cult, what harm would the lawyer establish towards Sarah Kellen? That she was brainwashed to be conservative? That her family shunned her when she began nude modelling? How does any of this have to do with an alleged cult? How does being raised in a strictly conservative / fundamentalist household equate to hunting new victims for sex trafficking? It is literally one extreme to the other extreme.
Would this stand up in court?
If was the prosecutor, I would challenge the establishment of the Jehovah's Witnesses as a cult. Then I would challenge Ms. Kellen/ Bonk/ Kensington/ Vickers as to how being raised in a religion the valued sexual purity and modesty would lead to booking trafficked minors. I would also ask her why she changed her name to Kensington? What was she hiding from? I would also challenge the $200,000+ payment she received close to the time of Epstein's death? I would also go through her taxes with fine toothed comb to make sure those payments were reported and how were they reported? It's well over the legal limit for a gift. Was it her salary? Was it paid as salary and if so, were the proper taxes and FICA (Medicare and Social Security) taxes paid? Was she a 1099 (independent contractor, responsible for paying her own taxes) or a W-2 (employee, where employer contributes to FICA and employee contributes to FICA)?
Closing Arguments
Ms. Kellen/ Bonk/ Kensington/ Vickers may have been raised in a fundamentalist religious organization which valued modesty, sexual purity and strict gender roles. She married at the age of 17 with her parent's consent and moved with her husband to Hawaii. She chose to live against the values of her faith and took up modeling. She left the church and was estranged from her family because of it. She became associated with Jeffery Epstein, presumably on a quest to become a model, and became a facilitator for the trafficking and abuse of minor children. She should be charged with child sex trafficking and probably many financial crimes.
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/are-cults-legal-35055
https://www.cultwatch.com/
https://www.icsahome.com/articles/cults-in-american-society–a-legal-analysis
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8510925/Parents-Ghislaine-Maxwells-lieutenant-fear-charged-Epsteins-sex-ring.html
Friedson, M. (2014). Psychotherapy and the Fundamentalist Client: The Aims and Challenges of Treating Jehovah's Witnesses. Journal of Religion & Health. (54)693–712.
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