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County in Oregon, United States
The Franklin allegations centered on Lawrence E. “Larry” King Jr., manager of the Franklin Community Federal Credit Union, accused in 1988–90 of hosting “lavish parties” where minors were sexually abu...
The Franklin allegations linked Nebraska politicians and businessmen through three broad classes of evidence presented during the late-1980s inquiry: witness testimony from alleged victims and associa...
Law enforcement first entered the as a financial probe: federal agents raided the in November 1988 looking into $38–$40 million in alleged tied to manager Lawrence E. “Larry” King Jr. . Allegations th...
The grand jury concluded that the lurid Franklin allegations were "a carefully crafted hoax," found no evidence tying alleged perpetrators to organized child abuse at ’s parties, and traced the rumors...
rejected the after concluding the lurid stories were fabricated, pointing to witness recantations, inconsistencies in testimony, a lack of corroborating physical evidence, and evidence that some accus...
have been detaining people inside and immediately outside courthouses across multiple states in recent months, a practice documented in local reporting and tracked by advocacy groups, and one that has...