Jessica is a victim of cult mind control and of cultic abuse (like she says below, cultic abuse is 1,000 times worse than domestic abuse). Jessica was abused not only by Shoemaker but by the entire cult. They used lies, gaslighting, threats and maybe withholding things she wanted or needed; to control her. She has gone back and forth about her allegiance to Shoemaker and the cult before. Other cultic abuse victims and domestic abuse victims do the same thing. It is so hard for the victim of cultic abuse to leave the cult. Ruth stayed 8 years, I believe Pinky stayed for a while after her rape, Natacha stayed, my daughter stayed also after she was harmed. How long did India Oxenberg or Sarah Edmonson stay in Nxivm? It often takes many attempts to leave a cult, to leave a traumatizing narcissit. A cult member may be physically out but mentally in, or mentally in and physically out. Hopping from cult to cult is also a common reaction to leaving a high control, high demand group.
Perhaps Jessica is being threatened. The ex-members who wrote the “Leaving Nityananda” letter documented that some of them were threatened. I have been threatened.
There is also post-cult PTSD which can last for years without treatment.
https://www.dallascult.com/post-culttraumansyndrome/Here are two communications from Jessica to me and to the private investigator I hired to help me. The interchanges give you, the reader a taste for how difficult and confusing the situation was for all involved. The Movement Center was an evil, dysfunctional place where people were harmed under the leadership of Shoemaker and his inner circle.
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Jessica Becker
Also member of Pantsuit Nation
Lives in Portland, Oregon
MAY 24, 2019, 10:34 PM
Hi Jayne, this is Jessica from the ashram, please hide that handwritten information that I gave you because jen knows my handwriting well… please let me know that you got this.
Thank you
MAY 25, 2019, 7:13 AM (from Jayne)
Yes, it is safe. I will copy it in my writing and keep yours hidden. No one has come to see us except you.
Would you share what you told m e with my daughter? When I brought up the guru she said she felt like throwing up.
I am very confused.
MAY 25, 2019, 8:26 AM (from Jessica)
I stayed at my husband's last night. I will gladly share my experience with xxxxxx once I get moved out Jayne
How soon do you move out? I am here until May 31 . I am worried about her safety. (from Jayne)
(from Jessica)
I move ASAP
Beginning of June
(from Jayne)I understand
Thank you for your help and support.
MAY 25, 2019, 2:31 PM
(from Jessica)
You are welcome Jayne
Hi Jessica, my brother is an attorney and he has prosecuted many abuse cases in xxxxxxxxx. Would you be willing to share your experience with him and what you witnessed and what your suspicions are? He could talk to you next week. I am not sharing your name. (from Jayne)
MAY 25, 2019, 9:39 PM
Hi Jessica, are you at TMC? I have some updates. It is about 7:30pm and xxxxx will be asleep soon. Let me know if and when you are available. Thanks (from Jayne)
MAY 26, 2019, 1:03 AM (from Jessica)
Hi Jayne, what is your brother's name and what type of attorney is he? How is xxxxx?
MAY 26, 2019, 8:20 AM (from Jayne)
My brother ‘s name is xxxxxxxxx xxxxx. He is a lawyer from xxxxxxx. However he is also the xxxxxxxxxxx attorney. He has been working in that capacity for decades. In that role he prosecutes men (mostly) who hurt women. Monthly he prosecutes men who don’t pay child support . He prosecutes men who are domestic abusers when cases arise. He helped set up the domestic abuse shelter in my home town. He is a good guy. The reason I would like you to talk to him is to give him some background on what is going on here so he can offer me better guidance on how to help xxxxxx. I don’t feel it is safe for xxxxxx to stay here when I am not with her. My brother may determine the same thing especially if he talks to you. Having two family members talking to xxxxxx about leaving could help her make a decision that could save her life. I believe she has been indoctrinated and can’t see that this environment is dysfunctional and damaging to her. I am in touch with Natasha and I can share her emails with you. I have not mentioned your name to her. She suggested I talk to Sadvh. I found that odd and of concern. Is Natasha still under the sway of the Swami? xxxxxx is still physically weak and hurting. She has headaches daily. She can’t bend down with out getting dizzy. She has pain on her right side and can’t lift or carry things. Thanks for your help, stay safe.
I just got a very moving email from Natasha about her experience here. She says she was in a trance when she jumped off the bridge. She said her decision to leave was life affirming. What a place this is!
(from Jessica)
MAY 26, 2019, 10:45 AM
Oh good about Natasha sending you a nice email…I have no idea if she and Swami are in touch..I had heard third hand from someone that they talk daily and text frequently… but that is third hand information.. the consensus amongst most people here is that Swami is the only thing that is keeping and kept Natasha alive because she is mentally ill and/or possessed… that includes sadvhi
I believe that sadvhi would just attempt to get xxxxxx out of the center quickly if you spoke to her
If you say to her that you believe that Swami hurt her
(from Jayne)
She would want her gone as fast as possible
So maybe that is the reason why Natasha said that
So maybe that is a wise idea
Seeing the email from Natasha gives more understanding of where she is now. Too many rumors and half truths!
(from Jessica)
Exactly
That is why I told you to talk to her
She knows SO much more than I do
I have only been here for two years, and I HAVE never been part of his inner circle
She was with him and his inner circle for MANY years
(from Jayne)
She has been covering up his abuse!
Attended all of his pujas, lunches, dinners etc
(from Jessica)
No Jayne
She attempted to out him
But myself and others
Wimped on her verbally
You must try and understand how conplex and difficult any domestic abuse pattern is
And then times this
By 1000
It's not at all cut and dry
So Natasha tried
And she is also attempting to recover
Go easy on her and anyone who is suffering
It's VERY complex
(from Jayne)
Sadvi I told me TMC is not liable for any damage caused to xxxxxx. Cover up!
(from Jessica)
Oh yes
Sadvhi
I thought you meant Natasha
And I would not take anything sadvhi says ( especially legally) to heart
She is one massive defense mechanism
Has been covering up for him for YEARS
Uses very sophisticated manipulative techniques verbally, and through body language to cover up
She is very skilled and willing to take a bullet for Swami
(from Jayne)
I want my daughter to be safe. It would be better for her to leave this damaging and dysfunctional environment as soon as she can make the decision to go. If the leadership would “kick her out” I would jump for joy!
(from Jessica)
As are many of these people
I bet then if you make it clear to sadvhi that you believe that Swami is abusing your daughter
She may just insist that she leaves
She doesn't want anyone here making waves
So that actually may be a good way
As long as you take her with you
I would ask Natasha
If she thinks that sadvhi would just want xxxxx gone if you bring in words like abuse
Natasha is smart
And as I said
She knows these people and their ways WAY better than me
I'm glad that you are in touch with her
And I appreciate you keeping my name out of this
For now
(from Jayne)
Natasha said that speaking ill about the guru just threatens people here.
(from Jessica)
Yup
(from Jayne)
I am respecting your privacy.
(from Jessica)
Do if you tell sadvhi that you think he abused your daughter physically and or sexually, maybe sadvhi will get xxxxxxx the fuck out of the ashram
So*
But ask Natasha
If that would work
She will know
(from Jayne)
I can’t “convince “ my daughter to leave she needs to make that choice or my help is worthless.
(from Jessica)
Yes
But if sadvhi tells her she can't stay
Then she can't stay
That is why I said that you should ask Natasha
(from Jayne)
That would be a blessing!
(from Jessica)
Yup
I have a feeling Natasha would agree that if you make a lot of noise and say words like “sexual abuse”, “abuse”, “criminal neglegance”in the context of Swami and his relationship with your daughter, that would get her thrown out immediately
And you can take her with you may 31
(from Jayne)
Great and If my sex crime prosecuting brother back me up it might just work!
(from Jessica)
Exactly
Talk to him and talk to Natasha
(from Jayne)
I am taking steps with my brother’s help.
MAY 26, 2019, 10:44 PM
Jessica missed your call.
May 26, 2019 at 10:44 PM
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Call Again
I am at my husband's
0:26
We spend Sundays together
What's up?
What puja?
The queen of great bliss?
That is great.
(from Jayne)
xxxxxx is spending her first night alone. I am afraid for her. Will she be hurt again?
(from Jessica)
Well first of all, I don't know if you can control her.. also, we still don't know what happened… so i would attempt to stay calm if I were you.. you may just want to come check on her in the early morning hours( like between 2-5)… I highly doubt that anyone is going to be doing anything with xxxxxxx now… with you in town, with the puja.. the queen of great bliss puja is a lovely puja that is about prosperity and blessings and Swami Prakashsnanda and the Tibetan llama lead it
Our spiritual ceremonies have nothing to do with abuse or sex
I'm sorry that this is such a difficult
For you
Memo from the private investigator
xxxxxxxxxx Legal Investigator
xxxxxxxxxx – PSID xxxxxxx TEL: xxxxxxxxxx
[email protected] FAX xxxxxxxxxx
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Jayne Lyons
FROM: xxxxxxxxxxx
DATE: August 1, 2019
RE: xxxxxxxxxx Matter
__________________________________________________________________
Jessica Becker
(561) 290-9580
This is not going to be my normal memo. I do not believe I have ever written a memo and included any personal information on myself. However, I want to do it this way so everything is out in the open and so you understand what I did and why it was done this way.
One of the main people you wanted me to contact is Jessica Becker. As you know, I tried to identify Jessica’s husband, but was unable to do so. I also have not been able to truly identify her at this point and basically chasing my tail around trying to do so.
Because of having problems even identifying Jessica, I decided to call her telephone number this morning and asked if she would sit down in person and speak with me. Honestly, I don’t see the difference between knocking on her door and calling her to make an appointment to speak with her. Either she is going to talk with me or not. I do not deal with cases like this on a regular basis, but I deal with witnesses every day. Either a witness will talk or they won’t.
I called Jessica this morning at the telephone number listed above. I received a generic voicemail and left her a message. I simply stated my name, that I am a private investigator in the Portland area and asked her to return my call.
Jessica returned my call about 30 minutes later.
She was very pleasant when I answered the phone and asked what this was regarding. All I got out was this is a situation involving xxxxxx and mentioned The Movement Center. At this point her attitude totally changed and she went off on me. She told me two things. 1. She does not know where I got her number from. 2. If I contact her again she will call the cops.
At this point she hung up the phone.
Just a few minutes later I started getting texts from her telephone number. I received a total of three texts from her. I will paste these texts below. I did not answer her texts and I do not plan to do so.
I don't know if you got my phone number from xxxxxxx or her mother, but just a little bit of information about that..xxxxxxx mother harassed me on three separate occasions. The first time it was in our upstairs dish area, where I specifically told her that I did not have any interest or information.. she then later showed up at my bedroom door, which means she must have watched where I went after the first time she harassed me.. she pushed her way into my room as soon as I opened iit( at that time I would answer my door without asking who it is because I know my community members and trust them all implicitly), the second time my door was not locked, and I was doing my puja( a sacred ceremony) when she cane all the way in, ranting about her daughter.. I had to literally back her out the four, whole she stayed with us.. she smelled heavily of alcohol and seemed very out of her mind. the third time, was late at night, when I came out to the dish area to get a snack. She made an anti Semitic remark and made a verbal threat to commit an act violence to our teacher . I am Jewish, and a human, so as you can imagine, this was upsetting to me to say the least..I don't know how she got my phone number, but my best guess is that the second time she barged in to my room she either saw my business cards on my desk, or she took it from some time at dinner when I had written it down for another guest staying at the house at the time.( that guest messaged me about two months ago
On fb saying that she didn't know what she did with the paper I'd written my number on)
The fact that I even have had to think about these things, how she got my number, is this woman going to harm myself and my ashram, because of her own anti senitism and deacrimination, is enough to make me consider filing charges against her. I grew up in a town that was anti Semitic and it was quite scary.. if you or anyone else ever contacts me again, i will go to local as well as federal authorities to file reports on her that she is conspiring to commit a hate crime .. period.
And during her daughter's grastuation party earlier in the year, I had to remove myself from where she was sitting because she said,” is it true that there are a lot of former Jews who started this?” Followed by,” iwasng your founder a gay?”
I will report all of this if necessary. I hope for xxxxxxx sake that she stays with the community here, where she is amongst loving, kind people, who can actually support her .. because she clearly does not have that with her own mother.
End of Memo from the Private Investigator with copied texts from Jessica.
These two communications provide a flavor of how confusing, crazy, manipulating, damaging and dysfunctional the environment at the Movement Center was and how a victim could swing back and forth between being a victim and being a cult apologist, loving her group and her guru. I thank all the powers that be, that Ruth, Jess, Dan, Natacha, Pinky, Tom, Karla, Liz's children and grandchildren, my daughter, and others I may not know or have not mentioned are out and are alive and recovering. For the victims of this abusive, high demand, high control group, I have great compassion. Their road to recovery is all up hill and it is not smooth. Getting any kind of justice will be difficult, all the victims need our support and help. Shoemaker and his evil inner circle need to be exposed and stopped. I have provided names and contact information for law enforcement officials and for lawyers involved in following up on what is being reported. If you have information and if you are ready, please talk to them. Please share what you feel you can on the Frank Report to continue to expose the harm that has been done. Thank you
I can tell that her comments today seem orchestrated and scripted, since her language seems carefully-crafted to protect the Swami legally (from past comments she made).
These are not the comments of a person who's had a slight change of heart.
These are the comments of a person who's trying to 'legally' protect the Swami from past comments she made —- using specific legal language.
She spent months telling people “I got out, you can too” (and providing links to cult education networks).
But now, she's saying “everything was consensual, I flirted with the Swami, I was jealous of not going to Gold Beach, blah blah blah”.
This is the most FISHY reversal I've ever heard. LOL.
I'm wondering what prompted this change of heart?
Obviously, somebody from the ashram contacted her and used a carrot or a stick to get this laughable reversal.
I doubt we'll ever get the full story. lol.