Larry Ray, the convicted conman who authorities said “acted like a cult leader,” is at the center of Peacock’s “Sex Lies and the College Cult.”
Taking his scheme to the next level, Larry relocated several of the young adults to North Carolina where they worked hours upon hours trying to restore a decrepit house. That was, until Larry accused them of damaging his machinery and subsequently owing him hundreds of thousands of dollars, prosecutors stated in court. Unable to pay Larry back, the students turned to their family and friends, telling them they had done something wrong and desperately needed help.
"They'd become profit centers," former FBI special agent Frank Figliuzzi said."He has them drain the bank accounts of their parents--in some cases, their life savings because they convinced their parents, 'I have done this kind of damage, I owe this guy this kind of money, I'm in big trouble.'"Not everybody's parents were able to help them alleviate their imaginary debt, though. This rang true for Drury.
Theorizing about Pollok's involvement, cult expert Dr. Janja Lalich said in the documentary,"Everyone in a cult to some degree becomes a perpetrator. In Isabella's case, she sort of become the right hand person to Larry."Fed up with Ray's abuse, Drury confided in one of her clients in hopes that she'd finally be able to get away from him.
Drury, according to Washington Post reporter Shayna Jacobs--who reported on Ray's trial and was interviewed for the documentary--was"repeatedly suffocated her with a plastic bag. It was relentless and it was painful and it was terrifying." She wasn't ready to give up, though. Later, Drury once again asked a client for help, and this time, he was able to safely get her out of the city, she testified. This, Jacobs said, was"the beginning of the end" for Ray.The infamous New York Magazine article detailing Larry's abuse was published in April 2019.
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