The father of a Sarah Lawrence College student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor and other offenses in Manhattan federal court. Lawrence Ray is ...

Larry Ray was accused of starting a sex cult at Sarah Lawrence in a 2019 investigation by The Cut. Ray, the father of one of the students, was later convicted of sex trafficking and other crimes.

Based on real events, Lifetime’s latest thriller tells the story of Larry Ray, an ex-convict who moved into his daughter’s Sarah Lawrence dorm and manipulated her friends into a cult led by him.

After "The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence" was published in April 2019, a joint FBI and NYPD task force began investigating the allegations. Less than one year later, Ray was arrested.