UPDATE:: Judge Freezes Assets Of Kansas City, Kansas, Sect Found To Engage In Human Trafficking
A federal judge has frozen the assets of a Kansas City, Kansas-based sect that was hit with a $7.9 million judgment last year for human trafficking.
U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson found that members of the group formerly known as the United Nation of Islam had fraudulently transferred assets to non-profit groups they created in order to prevent Kendra Ross, the woman who obtained the judgment, from collecting the money.
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In November, Crabtree issued a bench warrant for Jenkins' arrest after finding that he had ignored court orders. Jenkins remains at large.
The Value Creators once operated a variety of businesses in the Quindaro district of Kansas City, Kansas, with names like Your Diner, Your Supermarket, Your Service Station and Your Colonic Center.
UPDATE:: 'Supreme Being,' formerly of KCK, must pay $8 million to woman for human traffickingA woman who said she was forced to work without pay for a decade — beginning when she was 11 — is suing the spiritual leader of a group she describes as a cult based in Kansas City, Kan.
A woman who spent 10 years toiling without pay for a Kansas City, Kan., religious group has won an $8 million judgment against the group and its leader.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree issued a 57-page ruling Wednesday, finding that Kendra Ross was the victim of human trafficking at the hands of Royall Jenkins and his group, which calls itself The Value Creators.
Crabtree, who referred to the group as a cult, found that Ross was subjected to physical and emotional abuse and years of "humiliating and degrading treatment."
The judge ruled that she was entitled to damages for pain and emotional distress. He also imposed punitive damages.
Kendra Ross, who is now 26, alleges that from the age of 11 until 2012, when she “gathered her courage and strength to escape,” she was the victim of human trafficking at the hands of Royall Jenkins and his organization, The Value Creators.
The group, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam, forced Ross to work in restaurants and as a maid, cook and childcare provider in several cities, including Kansas City, Kan., Atlanta, Dayton, Ohio, and New York, the suit alleges.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., estimates that Ross performed more than 40,000 hours of uncompensated labor for the group.
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According to the suit, Jenkins formed the UNOI after “angels and/or scientists” abducted him and escorted him through the galaxy on a spaceship and instructed him on how to govern earth.
The suit contends that he subsequently told his followers to refer to him as “Allah on Earth,” “Allah in Person,” or “The Supreme Being.”
Human trafficking alleged at United Nation of Islam in KCK | The Kansas City Star
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