A lawsuit by a disabled woman against fugitive Australian cult leader Rocco Leo has not been settled and will go to trial.
Rocco Leo’s former followers claim he preached a doomsday scenario, promising them a new life on an island — financed by their donations — to save them from the end of the world.
Cult leader Rocco Leo will seek an out-of-court settlement with a former parishioner he allegedly duped, a court in Australia has heard.
Followers claim Leo preached a doomsday scenario, saying he needed money to purchase
Fugitive doomsday cult leader Rocco Leo is being detained with his girlfriend at his coastal hideout in Fiji.
Earlier Leo, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend’s brother had been arrested for overstaying their visas.
South Australian authorities will not pursue doomsday cult leader Rocco Leo over 126 fraud allegations. According to the public prosecutor a review of the evidence had determined there were no reasonable prospects of a conviction.
In addition ex-members of the cult have been reluctant to speak out against their former leader.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says South Australian authorities have made no attempt to have cult leader Rocco Leo extradited from Fiji.
Xenophon says it’s almost “Keystone Cops stuff” that police have yet to seek Leo’s extradition.
Cult leader Rocco Leo has dodged financial doomsday by staging a last-minute court room resurrection over Skype.
Leo is being sued by two former church members who claim they donated large sums to the church under false pretences.
Australian Police are not looking to extradite fugitive cult leader Rocco Leo from Fiji, after he was arrested a week ago.
“If Fijian authorities determine that they are going to deport Rocco Leo we will execute that (arrest) warrant and if Rocco Leo is deported back to Australia we will extradite him from whatever state it is back to SA to put him before the courts.”
Australian cult leader Rocco Leo, who is wanted for charges ranging from tax evasion and assault to illegal possession of firearms and explosives, has been taken into the custody of Immigration authorities in Fiji.
Leo has been on the run from Australian authorities for more than a year.
Fugitive Australian cult leader Rocco Leo may be forced to pay damages to former members of his religious group if he does not instruct a lawyer to attend a court hearing next week.
Leo and two other Agape Ministries leaders, Joe and Marie Veneziano, are being sued in the Adelaide District Court by two former members of the group.
A man arrested after raids on Agape Ministries properties has gone on trial accused of possessing more than 22,000 rounds of ammunition.
Kevin Andrew Moore, 51, has pleaded not guilty to seven weapon and ammunition related charges.