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Open Free for All / I'M HUNGRY BITCH. WAKE YOUR ASS UP !!!!
« on: November 10, 2007, 06:36:23 AM »34
Open Free for All / 'O CUM ALL 'YE FAITHFUL
« on: November 09, 2007, 12:59:02 PM »
> So what did Mel do today?
>
> I have his schedule right here:
>
> 8:00AM Smoked some bowls on his new Tokemaster.
>
> 11:00AM Listening to some cd`s by Hawkwind
>
> 1:00 PM Went to see his Proctologist
>
> 3:00PM Went to High On The Hill
>
> 4:00PM Went to Gay Bar
> 5:oo PM Calls Betty to inform her of plans that include "fucking" a innoscent male kid.
> 6:00 PM pays Male prostitute 2 "Fuck" him in his corn-hole.
> 7;00 PM feels the slimy, aids ridden cum drip out his annus as he loudly fladulates.
> 7:30 Pulls over 2 lick the, deseased semen that lay, bubbling in his panties.
> 8:00 PM On the drive home. calls Betty to clean his 24" dildo
preparing it 4 the inncertion.
> 10:00 After pleasuring the fool she lays back, spreading her vien bulgging, leg .
pulling the puss ridden scab he says aaawwww ZZZZZZ
>
> I have his schedule right here:
>
> 8:00AM Smoked some bowls on his new Tokemaster.
>
> 11:00AM Listening to some cd`s by Hawkwind
>
> 1:00 PM Went to see his Proctologist
>
> 3:00PM Went to High On The Hill
>
> 4:00PM Went to Gay Bar
> 5:oo PM Calls Betty to inform her of plans that include "fucking" a innoscent male kid.
> 6:00 PM pays Male prostitute 2 "Fuck" him in his corn-hole.
> 7;00 PM feels the slimy, aids ridden cum drip out his annus as he loudly fladulates.
> 7:30 Pulls over 2 lick the, deseased semen that lay, bubbling in his panties.
> 8:00 PM On the drive home. calls Betty to clean his 24" dildo
preparing it 4 the inncertion.
> 10:00 After pleasuring the fool she lays back, spreading her vien bulgging, leg .
pulling the puss ridden scab he says aaawwww ZZZZZZ
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Open Free for All / MILLER NEWTON
« on: November 09, 2007, 12:05:41 AM »
Reverend Doctor2 Virgil Miller Newton, III, formerly National Clinical Director for Straight, Inc.(1) and Alleged Child Abuse at Straight, Inc. under his Watch
The following alleged events preceded the departures of Miller Newton and his wife Ruth Ann Newton from Straight in 1983. In front of hundreds of other kids, Miller Newton grabbed 15 year-old Leah Bright by her hair, threw her on the floor, said 'I want this girl the fuck out of my group,' and sentenced her to no sleep from Saturday afternoon to Monday night--80 hours.(2) When Ms Bright told her old comer in private that she felt suicidal, she says she was made to wear a sweat shirt with the word PSYCHOTIC on it!(3) In 1990 Karen Norton was awarded $721,000 for being abused at Straight. She testified that Newton had thrown her against a wall.(4) Marcie Sizemore was in Straight between 80-82. She says she was beaten and thrown against a wall.(5) In Feb 82 Straight-Atlanta settled with 3 kids represented by the ACLU who claimed they were suffering "inhumane treatment".(6) The Florida state agency responsible for overseeing drug rehabilitation programs was Health and Human Services (HRS). An HRS report in April 1981 found that teenage clients at Straight had been threatened by administrative staff members with being either court ordered into Straight or being committed to a mental institution unless they voluntarily entered Straight. Several former clients reported to the Saint Petersburg Times in 1981 that they had been treated similarly by Straight staffers.(7) On July 17, 1980 Michael Calabrese went to Straight to visit his brother. He claims he was detained for 9 hours by Straight staffers who threatened to retain him for two years with a court order unless he voluntarily signed himself in. He says he got into a shouting match with Miller Newton (Newton was Straight's Administrative Director in July 1981) during this intake.(
Acting on a complaint on September 30, 1980 Florida state health officials (HRS) interviewed a male juvenile client at Straight-St Pete whom they found being held against his will for treatment for a drug problem he did not have. Straight released this minor. An investigation by HRS responding to a complaint by an Orlando woman on March 4, 1981 found that her son was being held against his will at Straight. (She had previously filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus to get her other son out.) On March 16, 1981 state officials Terrell Harper and Marshall met with Miller Newton and two female clients who had recently escaped from Straight-St Pete but had been returned. In the presence of the state officials Newton threatened the two girls that they could be "sent to a mental institution," and then told one of the girls he was considering advising her parents to take her to a treatment program in Georgia where she could be "locked-up for 6 months" on just her parents signature. HRS removed one of the girls the next day. The other child was removed three days later by her mother at the recommendation of a court appointed guardian ad litem. State investigators found that the locks to the bedroom doors where these girls sleep--a Ms. M's home--had been reversed to lock from the outside.(9)
Arletha Schauteet attended a sibling interview on Oct 23, 1981 in order to see her brother. She was held against her will until April 21, 1982. At one point she had escaped only to be kidnapped, in a violent 30 minute struggle, by her mother, two adult males, and a woman and taken back to Straight. At one point she says Miller Newton told her that if she persisted in saying she was held against her will, "the state of Florida would take over and put my mother in jail for kidnapping." Detective Brown from the Sanford, Fl Police Department secured her release. [Judge C. Vernon Mize signed a preemptory Writ of Habeas Corpus in the interest of Ms. Schauteet, the date is smeared, but appears to be 1982.] On Jan 19, 1983, an 18 year-old student intern in the Seminole County's sheriff's office named Hope Hyrons (photo top next page) attended a sibling interview so she could visit her brother. They tried to make her sign herself into Straight. She resisted, and she was made to walk and hitch hike back to Longwood, Fl--a 2 hour drive away. A month later she was kidnapped by her mother and father and two strange men and carried to Straight. She fought to get out of the intake room and was restrained. When she told her captors her legal rights were being violated, she says Rev. Miller Newton walked in and said, ""Well, I don't give a damn about your legal rights." Two days later a social services official secured her release. Newton and Straight settled out-of-court with her in 1983.(10) On June 19, 1982, Fred Collins, Jr, a B level engineering student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, (Fred now has a Ph.D. in mathematics) attended a Straight sibling interview in order to visit his brother. Fred was detained in a room with guards at the door for 7 - 10 hours, refused permission to go to the bathroom by a group of kids who related to him their stories of perverted sexual activities and drug addiction, trying to persuade him to admit to same. He finally consented to sign in for a 14 day observation period. [Thirteen years later, Marilyn Kearns' intake at Kids of North Jersey sounds remarkably similar to the experience of Fred Collins, Arletha Schauteet, and Hope Hyrons. Ms. Kearns alleges that when she was 23 years old, she attended a sibling interview at Kids, preliminary to visiting her sister. She says she was held in an intake room for hours until she agreed to sign up for treatment herself! [from author interview] ] Four and a half months later, 20 - 25 pounds lighter, Fred escaped from Straight. In a 1983 trial in which Miller Newton testified, Fred was awarded $220,000 for false imprisonment.(11)
David Levin, former assistant state prosecutor for Sarasota County, Florida, led the criminal investigation of Straight-Sarasota in 1983 resulting in the closing of that treatment camp. The prosecutor's office in Sarasota was publicly stating that the counselors doing the abuse at Straight- Sarasota had admitted under oath that they had been taught to do their abuse at Straight-Saint Petersburg. Statements from fellow prosecutors and Congressional inquiries about abuse at Straight forced James T. Russell to investigate Straight on numerous occasions, but he never found any wrong doing. [Levin is shown here from CBS' West 57th Street segment on KIDS in 1989.]
The following 1983 civil suits/criminal investigations immediately preceded Newton's resignation: May--Michael Daniels sued Straight-St Pete for driving him insane; Aug--Newton and Straight-St Pete settled separate suits with Arletha Schauteet and Hope Hyrons.(12) Aug--Martin Brashears, an adult, sued Straight-Atlanta for false imprisonment.(13) Sept--Larry Williams sued Straight-Sarasota. Sept--Benson Williams sued Straight-Sarasota for beatings, pulling him by hair, hanging him by his underpants to a bedpost, and for torture.(14) Sept--Florida state's attorney office for Sarasota County released a damning 600 page criminal investigation of Straight-Sarasota including statements from current/former counselors of kidnappings, false imprisonments, threats of being court ordered unless client voluntarily enrolls, enrolling clients who were not drug dependent, hair pulling, neck grabbing, throwing against walls.(15) Straight-Sarasota voluntarily closed so state dropped its investigation. Principal investigator, assistant state attorney David Levin would later say ". . . it was child abuse and torture--was directed by Miller Newton".(16) On Sept 3 a boy named Charles was brought to Straight. Charles had been kidnapped in Albuquerque, New Mexico by two private detectives hired by his mother, and placed in leg irons. A Florida judge later ruled his release because proper commitment procedures had not been followed, and because the judge found no evidence of drug addiction or abuse.(17) In Oct--Michael Keen sued Straight-St Pete for false imprisonment(18) and Jacqueline A. Stallings sued Straight-St Pete for physical assaults and false imprisonment. She eventually won case #83012161C1 for Straight committing a "malicious act" against her.(19) On Nov 15, 1983 Newton and wife resigned from Straight.(20)
End notes on KIDS of North Jersey
1. Miller Newton became an assistant director at Straight on January 15, 1980, though he was a parent member before that. His resume shows him as the director of Straight, St Pete in 1981. In a press release on July 13, 1982 Board Chairman Mel Sembler announced that Miller Newton had been officially appointed as Straight's national clinical director on or about July 4, 1982. However, he told reporters that much of the clinical responsibilities for Straight were already being handled by Newton. Even Newton boasted that, "The local programs are responsible to me. That was going on before. [Source: St. Petersburg Times, July 14, 1982, p. 3B.]
2. Trebach, Arnold, The Great Drug War, p. 40. St. Petersburg Times, 1-30-83, p. 1B. Georgia Emmon's of Clearwater, FL witnessed the incident--St Petersburg Times, 1-30-83, p. 4B.
3. Deposition of Leigh Bright for Fred Collins, Jr. trial. March 7, 1983.
4. Baum, Dan, Smoke and Mirrors, p. 158; The Tampa Tribune, 11-11-90. Attorney Karen Barnett, 813-229-1111, handled Norton's case and three others
The following alleged events preceded the departures of Miller Newton and his wife Ruth Ann Newton from Straight in 1983. In front of hundreds of other kids, Miller Newton grabbed 15 year-old Leah Bright by her hair, threw her on the floor, said 'I want this girl the fuck out of my group,' and sentenced her to no sleep from Saturday afternoon to Monday night--80 hours.(2) When Ms Bright told her old comer in private that she felt suicidal, she says she was made to wear a sweat shirt with the word PSYCHOTIC on it!(3) In 1990 Karen Norton was awarded $721,000 for being abused at Straight. She testified that Newton had thrown her against a wall.(4) Marcie Sizemore was in Straight between 80-82. She says she was beaten and thrown against a wall.(5) In Feb 82 Straight-Atlanta settled with 3 kids represented by the ACLU who claimed they were suffering "inhumane treatment".(6) The Florida state agency responsible for overseeing drug rehabilitation programs was Health and Human Services (HRS). An HRS report in April 1981 found that teenage clients at Straight had been threatened by administrative staff members with being either court ordered into Straight or being committed to a mental institution unless they voluntarily entered Straight. Several former clients reported to the Saint Petersburg Times in 1981 that they had been treated similarly by Straight staffers.(7) On July 17, 1980 Michael Calabrese went to Straight to visit his brother. He claims he was detained for 9 hours by Straight staffers who threatened to retain him for two years with a court order unless he voluntarily signed himself in. He says he got into a shouting match with Miller Newton (Newton was Straight's Administrative Director in July 1981) during this intake.(
Acting on a complaint on September 30, 1980 Florida state health officials (HRS) interviewed a male juvenile client at Straight-St Pete whom they found being held against his will for treatment for a drug problem he did not have. Straight released this minor. An investigation by HRS responding to a complaint by an Orlando woman on March 4, 1981 found that her son was being held against his will at Straight. (She had previously filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus to get her other son out.) On March 16, 1981 state officials Terrell Harper and Marshall met with Miller Newton and two female clients who had recently escaped from Straight-St Pete but had been returned. In the presence of the state officials Newton threatened the two girls that they could be "sent to a mental institution," and then told one of the girls he was considering advising her parents to take her to a treatment program in Georgia where she could be "locked-up for 6 months" on just her parents signature. HRS removed one of the girls the next day. The other child was removed three days later by her mother at the recommendation of a court appointed guardian ad litem. State investigators found that the locks to the bedroom doors where these girls sleep--a Ms. M's home--had been reversed to lock from the outside.(9) Arletha Schauteet attended a sibling interview on Oct 23, 1981 in order to see her brother. She was held against her will until April 21, 1982. At one point she had escaped only to be kidnapped, in a violent 30 minute struggle, by her mother, two adult males, and a woman and taken back to Straight. At one point she says Miller Newton told her that if she persisted in saying she was held against her will, "the state of Florida would take over and put my mother in jail for kidnapping." Detective Brown from the Sanford, Fl Police Department secured her release. [Judge C. Vernon Mize signed a preemptory Writ of Habeas Corpus in the interest of Ms. Schauteet, the date is smeared, but appears to be 1982.] On Jan 19, 1983, an 18 year-old student intern in the Seminole County's sheriff's office named Hope Hyrons (photo top next page) attended a sibling interview so she could visit her brother. They tried to make her sign herself into Straight. She resisted, and she was made to walk and hitch hike back to Longwood, Fl--a 2 hour drive away. A month later she was kidnapped by her mother and father and two strange men and carried to Straight. She fought to get out of the intake room and was restrained. When she told her captors her legal rights were being violated, she says Rev. Miller Newton walked in and said, ""Well, I don't give a damn about your legal rights." Two days later a social services official secured her release. Newton and Straight settled out-of-court with her in 1983.(10) On June 19, 1982, Fred Collins, Jr, a B level engineering student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, (Fred now has a Ph.D. in mathematics) attended a Straight sibling interview in order to visit his brother. Fred was detained in a room with guards at the door for 7 - 10 hours, refused permission to go to the bathroom by a group of kids who related to him their stories of perverted sexual activities and drug addiction, trying to persuade him to admit to same. He finally consented to sign in for a 14 day observation period. [Thirteen years later, Marilyn Kearns' intake at Kids of North Jersey sounds remarkably similar to the experience of Fred Collins, Arletha Schauteet, and Hope Hyrons. Ms. Kearns alleges that when she was 23 years old, she attended a sibling interview at Kids, preliminary to visiting her sister. She says she was held in an intake room for hours until she agreed to sign up for treatment herself! [from author interview] ] Four and a half months later, 20 - 25 pounds lighter, Fred escaped from Straight. In a 1983 trial in which Miller Newton testified, Fred was awarded $220,000 for false imprisonment.(11)
David Levin, former assistant state prosecutor for Sarasota County, Florida, led the criminal investigation of Straight-Sarasota in 1983 resulting in the closing of that treatment camp. The prosecutor's office in Sarasota was publicly stating that the counselors doing the abuse at Straight- Sarasota had admitted under oath that they had been taught to do their abuse at Straight-Saint Petersburg. Statements from fellow prosecutors and Congressional inquiries about abuse at Straight forced James T. Russell to investigate Straight on numerous occasions, but he never found any wrong doing. [Levin is shown here from CBS' West 57th Street segment on KIDS in 1989.]
The following 1983 civil suits/criminal investigations immediately preceded Newton's resignation: May--Michael Daniels sued Straight-St Pete for driving him insane; Aug--Newton and Straight-St Pete settled separate suits with Arletha Schauteet and Hope Hyrons.(12) Aug--Martin Brashears, an adult, sued Straight-Atlanta for false imprisonment.(13) Sept--Larry Williams sued Straight-Sarasota. Sept--Benson Williams sued Straight-Sarasota for beatings, pulling him by hair, hanging him by his underpants to a bedpost, and for torture.(14) Sept--Florida state's attorney office for Sarasota County released a damning 600 page criminal investigation of Straight-Sarasota including statements from current/former counselors of kidnappings, false imprisonments, threats of being court ordered unless client voluntarily enrolls, enrolling clients who were not drug dependent, hair pulling, neck grabbing, throwing against walls.(15) Straight-Sarasota voluntarily closed so state dropped its investigation. Principal investigator, assistant state attorney David Levin would later say ". . . it was child abuse and torture--was directed by Miller Newton".(16) On Sept 3 a boy named Charles was brought to Straight. Charles had been kidnapped in Albuquerque, New Mexico by two private detectives hired by his mother, and placed in leg irons. A Florida judge later ruled his release because proper commitment procedures had not been followed, and because the judge found no evidence of drug addiction or abuse.(17) In Oct--Michael Keen sued Straight-St Pete for false imprisonment(18) and Jacqueline A. Stallings sued Straight-St Pete for physical assaults and false imprisonment. She eventually won case #83012161C1 for Straight committing a "malicious act" against her.(19) On Nov 15, 1983 Newton and wife resigned from Straight.(20)
End notes on KIDS of North Jersey
1. Miller Newton became an assistant director at Straight on January 15, 1980, though he was a parent member before that. His resume shows him as the director of Straight, St Pete in 1981. In a press release on July 13, 1982 Board Chairman Mel Sembler announced that Miller Newton had been officially appointed as Straight's national clinical director on or about July 4, 1982. However, he told reporters that much of the clinical responsibilities for Straight were already being handled by Newton. Even Newton boasted that, "The local programs are responsible to me. That was going on before. [Source: St. Petersburg Times, July 14, 1982, p. 3B.]
2. Trebach, Arnold, The Great Drug War, p. 40. St. Petersburg Times, 1-30-83, p. 1B. Georgia Emmon's of Clearwater, FL witnessed the incident--St Petersburg Times, 1-30-83, p. 4B.
3. Deposition of Leigh Bright for Fred Collins, Jr. trial. March 7, 1983.
4. Baum, Dan, Smoke and Mirrors, p. 158; The Tampa Tribune, 11-11-90. Attorney Karen Barnett, 813-229-1111, handled Norton's case and three others
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Open Free for All / It's Just Another Day in Mel Sembler's World
« on: November 08, 2007, 11:08:58 PM »
During the 80's, Sembler served on President Reagan's White House Conference for a Drug-Free America. Sembler was also a leader in raising funds to help get George H.W. Bush elected and pay for his inauguration. Life, such as it was, continued for the kids in the "program" Mel and Betty created...
1980:
January: Miller Newton was hired as assistant director. His "expertise" in juvenile drug rehabilitation was gained through a single workshop on alcoholism and the experience of having a son in Straight.
A young man went to Straight, St. Petersburg with the intent of visiting his brother, a client at the warehouse. The young man was kept in an intake room for 9 hours, where staff members threatened to have him court ordered unless he "voluntarily" signed himself into the program. Forcing siblings into the program would also become a Straight trademark.
After receiving a complaint, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) investigated Straight, St. Petersburg. They determined that a juvenile male was being held against his will for "treatment" of a drug problem he didn't have. Straight, Inc. officials were ordered to release this child.
1981:
March: HRS again investigated Straight after receiving a complaint from a woman stating that her son was being held against his will. She had already filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus and gained the release of her other son.
March: 2 state officials met with Miller Newton and 2 female clients. The clients had recently escaped from Straight, St. Petersburg but had been forcibly returned. In the presence of the state officials Newton threatened the 2 girls, saying they could be "sent to a mental institution." Miller also told one of the girls he was thinking about telling her parents to take her to Georgia, where their signature could get her "locked up for 6 months." HRS freed one girl the next day, the other was freed 3 days later. State investigators found that the locks on the bedroom doors at the host/foster home where the girls slept had been reversed to lock from the outside. Yet another Straight trademark.
April: HRS determined that administrative staff members at Straight were indeed threatening prospective clients with court orders and mental institutions unless they "voluntarily" entered the warehouse. Several former "clients" told the St. Petersburg Times that Straight staff members used the same threats during their intakes as well.
August: Straight opened a new warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia.
October: A young woman went to Straight to get permission to speak to her brother who was already a "client." She managed to escape the intake room, only to be kidnapped after a violent, 30-minute struggle and returned to the warehouse by her mother, 2 adult males and another woman. At one point, Miller Newton told her "the state of Florida will take over and put your mother in jail for kidnapping" if she kept saying she was being held against her will. The young woman was finally released in April 1982 by a Writ of Habeas Corpus and a detective from the Sanford, FL Police Department.
Miller Newton was awarded a degree in public administration and urban anthropology from an unaccredited correspondence school. The question remains - What do these 2 subjects have to do with children or drug rehabilitation??
1982:
Miller Newton became the National Clinical Director for Straight, Inc.
January: Straight opened a new warehouse in Cincinnati, Ohio.
February: Straight, Atlanta settled with 3 children who were represented by the ACLU. The ACLU agreed that the children had suffered from "inhumane treatment."
June: A college student (and legal adult!) went to the St. Petersburg warehouse in order to get permission to vist his brother who was already a "client." Current clients standing in front of the intake room door prevent him from leaving for 7-10 hours and even refused to let him use the bathroom. The clients in the room told him stories of perverted sexual activities and drug addiction, trying to make him admit the same. He was finally worn down and agree to sign in for a 14 day observation. He escaped 4 and a half months later, 25 pounds lighter due to the food restrictions Straight staff used as punishment because he wanted to leave.
July: HRS sent ANOTHER LETTER (page one) (page two) this time to Miller Newton, confirming allegations of "Marathoning," "The Spanking Machine," "Confrontations," "The Peanut Butter Diet," and Newton's policy of preventing legal adults from leaving the warehouse.
October: A staff trainee escaped from Straight, Sarasota and went to law enforcement with her accounts of rape, torture, abuse, neglect and kidnapping. This prompted an investigation by the State's Attorney. During the investigation, the young woman was provided with a bodyguard to prevent "straightlings" from kidnapping her back to the program. She became the first person court ordered OUT of Straight. The investigation led to 13 criminal indictments against staff members.
Straight opened a new warehouse in Springfield, Virginia. Director Mel Riddile trained under Miller Newton.
1983:
The prosecutor's office in Sarasota publicly stated that the counselors inflicting the abuse at Straight, Sarasota learned their treatment methods at the St. Petersburg warehouse, the ORIGINAL Straight founded by Mel and Betty Sembler.
January: An intern at a local sheriff's office and legal adult went to Straight, St. Petersburg to visit her brother, a client in the program. Staff members tried to force her into the program. She resisted and walked/hitchhiked home. A month later, she was kidnapped by her parents and 2 strange men and taken back to St. Petersburg. She fought to get out of the intake room and was held captive by other clients. When she told her captors her legal rights were being violated, Miller Newton walked in and said, "Well, I don't give a damn about your legal rights." 2 days later a social services official secured her release. She sued Straight and Miller Newton.
July: Under the weight of criminal indictments, which would have led to a public trial, Straight, Sarasota closed for good.
August: Miller Newton and Straight, St. Petersburg settled 2 lawsuits with former "clients." A legal adult sued Straight, Atlanta for false imprisonment.
September: The State's Attorney for Sarasota County released a damning 600 page criminal investigation of Straight, Sarasota. It included statements of abuse from current/former staff members. The statements detailed kidnappings, false imprisonment, threats of being court ordered unless clients "voluntarily" enroll, enrolling kids who were not drug dependent, hair pulling, grabbing clients by the neck, and throwing children against walls.
2 former "clients" sued Straight, Inc. for abuses suffered in Sarasota. One child filed charges that included beatings, pulling him by the hair, hanging him by his underwear from a bedpost, and torture.
A young man was brought to Straight in leg irons. He had been grabbed in another state by 2 private detectives hired by his mother. A Florida judge ordered his release from the warehouse because proper commitment procedures had not been followed AND the judge found no evidence of drug abuse.
October: Straight, St. Petersburg was sued twice. One case charged false imprisonment, the other - false imprisonment and beatings. In that case, the judge ruled that Straight committed a "malicious act" against the former client.
November: Miller Newton and his wife Ruth Ann resigned from Straight, Inc.
1984:
The CBS news program 60 Minutes aired an expose' on the abuses at Straight.
May: Miller Newton opened Kids of Bergen County in Hackensack, New Jersey. A Straight clone, the program soon developed into Kids Center of America, with warehouses in Texas, Utah and California.
1985:
First Lady Nancy Reagan and Britain's Princess Diana visited the Springfield, Virginia branch of Straight, Inc.
1986:
Straight used quotes from Virginia Governor Charles Robb and Florida Congressman Charles Bennett in brochures promoting the program.
Mel Sembler became the President of the 40,000-member International Council of Shopping Centers. This position made Mel the international leader and spokesman for the shopping center industry.
1987:
The state of Ohio took Straight, Inc. to court in an attempt to close Straight, Cincinnati on the grounds of criminal child abuse. The day before the trial, the Cincinnati warehouse closed and transferred the kids to the Atlanta and Detroit warehouses.
1988:
Even though Straight, Cincinnati closed, Straight, Inc. was sued by Cincinnati area individuals and corporations for $1.5 million they had contributed to the program back in 1982. The class-action suit stated that the donations were made with the understanding that Straight, Inc. would open AND maintain a warehouse in the Cincinnati area.
Mel Sembler served on the National Finance and Steering Committee for the George Bush for President campaign.
1989:
The California branch of Miller Newton's Kids program closed while under criminal investigation for child abuse. Straight, Inc. took over the warehouse and all the "clients."
Mel Sembler was Finance Co-Chairman for President Bush's Inaugural.
February:
Mel Sembler was awarded the ambassadorship to Australia by President George H.W. Bush.
Joseph Zappala, ANOTHER founding member of Straight, Inc., was awarded the ambassadorship to Spain.
On ABC's news show 20/20, Florida State Prosecutor David Levin described Straight, Inc. as "a sort of private jail, utilizing techniques such as torture and punishment which even a convicted criminal would not be subject to."
August: According to internal documents, an HRS licensing team was ready to deny Straight, St. Petersburg a new operating license after inspectors discovered abuses such as withholding medication and food, depriving clients of sleep, and using excessive force.
August: At a follow-up visit to Straight, St. Petersburg, the HRS licensing determined that Straight officials had failed to comply with previous orders to correct the ongoing abuses at the warehouse and were again ready to deny the operating permit. While at the facility, the licensing team received a phone call informing them that NO MATTER WHAT they found, the St. Petersburg warehouse would still receive its license.
Internal documents from HRS specifically name Mel Sembler as the person who made repeated calls to HRS officials and exerted significant pressure on them for the purpose of keeping Straight open.
Mel Sembler donated $5,000 to the Republican Party of Florida.
1980:
January: Miller Newton was hired as assistant director. His "expertise" in juvenile drug rehabilitation was gained through a single workshop on alcoholism and the experience of having a son in Straight.
A young man went to Straight, St. Petersburg with the intent of visiting his brother, a client at the warehouse. The young man was kept in an intake room for 9 hours, where staff members threatened to have him court ordered unless he "voluntarily" signed himself into the program. Forcing siblings into the program would also become a Straight trademark.
After receiving a complaint, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) investigated Straight, St. Petersburg. They determined that a juvenile male was being held against his will for "treatment" of a drug problem he didn't have. Straight, Inc. officials were ordered to release this child.
1981:
March: HRS again investigated Straight after receiving a complaint from a woman stating that her son was being held against his will. She had already filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus and gained the release of her other son.
March: 2 state officials met with Miller Newton and 2 female clients. The clients had recently escaped from Straight, St. Petersburg but had been forcibly returned. In the presence of the state officials Newton threatened the 2 girls, saying they could be "sent to a mental institution." Miller also told one of the girls he was thinking about telling her parents to take her to Georgia, where their signature could get her "locked up for 6 months." HRS freed one girl the next day, the other was freed 3 days later. State investigators found that the locks on the bedroom doors at the host/foster home where the girls slept had been reversed to lock from the outside. Yet another Straight trademark.
April: HRS determined that administrative staff members at Straight were indeed threatening prospective clients with court orders and mental institutions unless they "voluntarily" entered the warehouse. Several former "clients" told the St. Petersburg Times that Straight staff members used the same threats during their intakes as well.
August: Straight opened a new warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia.
October: A young woman went to Straight to get permission to speak to her brother who was already a "client." She managed to escape the intake room, only to be kidnapped after a violent, 30-minute struggle and returned to the warehouse by her mother, 2 adult males and another woman. At one point, Miller Newton told her "the state of Florida will take over and put your mother in jail for kidnapping" if she kept saying she was being held against her will. The young woman was finally released in April 1982 by a Writ of Habeas Corpus and a detective from the Sanford, FL Police Department.
Miller Newton was awarded a degree in public administration and urban anthropology from an unaccredited correspondence school. The question remains - What do these 2 subjects have to do with children or drug rehabilitation??
1982:
Miller Newton became the National Clinical Director for Straight, Inc.
January: Straight opened a new warehouse in Cincinnati, Ohio.
February: Straight, Atlanta settled with 3 children who were represented by the ACLU. The ACLU agreed that the children had suffered from "inhumane treatment."
June: A college student (and legal adult!) went to the St. Petersburg warehouse in order to get permission to vist his brother who was already a "client." Current clients standing in front of the intake room door prevent him from leaving for 7-10 hours and even refused to let him use the bathroom. The clients in the room told him stories of perverted sexual activities and drug addiction, trying to make him admit the same. He was finally worn down and agree to sign in for a 14 day observation. He escaped 4 and a half months later, 25 pounds lighter due to the food restrictions Straight staff used as punishment because he wanted to leave.
July: HRS sent ANOTHER LETTER (page one) (page two) this time to Miller Newton, confirming allegations of "Marathoning," "The Spanking Machine," "Confrontations," "The Peanut Butter Diet," and Newton's policy of preventing legal adults from leaving the warehouse.
October: A staff trainee escaped from Straight, Sarasota and went to law enforcement with her accounts of rape, torture, abuse, neglect and kidnapping. This prompted an investigation by the State's Attorney. During the investigation, the young woman was provided with a bodyguard to prevent "straightlings" from kidnapping her back to the program. She became the first person court ordered OUT of Straight. The investigation led to 13 criminal indictments against staff members.
Straight opened a new warehouse in Springfield, Virginia. Director Mel Riddile trained under Miller Newton.
1983:
The prosecutor's office in Sarasota publicly stated that the counselors inflicting the abuse at Straight, Sarasota learned their treatment methods at the St. Petersburg warehouse, the ORIGINAL Straight founded by Mel and Betty Sembler.
January: An intern at a local sheriff's office and legal adult went to Straight, St. Petersburg to visit her brother, a client in the program. Staff members tried to force her into the program. She resisted and walked/hitchhiked home. A month later, she was kidnapped by her parents and 2 strange men and taken back to St. Petersburg. She fought to get out of the intake room and was held captive by other clients. When she told her captors her legal rights were being violated, Miller Newton walked in and said, "Well, I don't give a damn about your legal rights." 2 days later a social services official secured her release. She sued Straight and Miller Newton.
July: Under the weight of criminal indictments, which would have led to a public trial, Straight, Sarasota closed for good.
August: Miller Newton and Straight, St. Petersburg settled 2 lawsuits with former "clients." A legal adult sued Straight, Atlanta for false imprisonment.
September: The State's Attorney for Sarasota County released a damning 600 page criminal investigation of Straight, Sarasota. It included statements of abuse from current/former staff members. The statements detailed kidnappings, false imprisonment, threats of being court ordered unless clients "voluntarily" enroll, enrolling kids who were not drug dependent, hair pulling, grabbing clients by the neck, and throwing children against walls.
2 former "clients" sued Straight, Inc. for abuses suffered in Sarasota. One child filed charges that included beatings, pulling him by the hair, hanging him by his underwear from a bedpost, and torture.
A young man was brought to Straight in leg irons. He had been grabbed in another state by 2 private detectives hired by his mother. A Florida judge ordered his release from the warehouse because proper commitment procedures had not been followed AND the judge found no evidence of drug abuse.
October: Straight, St. Petersburg was sued twice. One case charged false imprisonment, the other - false imprisonment and beatings. In that case, the judge ruled that Straight committed a "malicious act" against the former client.
November: Miller Newton and his wife Ruth Ann resigned from Straight, Inc.
1984:
The CBS news program 60 Minutes aired an expose' on the abuses at Straight.
May: Miller Newton opened Kids of Bergen County in Hackensack, New Jersey. A Straight clone, the program soon developed into Kids Center of America, with warehouses in Texas, Utah and California.
1985:
First Lady Nancy Reagan and Britain's Princess Diana visited the Springfield, Virginia branch of Straight, Inc.
1986:
Straight used quotes from Virginia Governor Charles Robb and Florida Congressman Charles Bennett in brochures promoting the program.
Mel Sembler became the President of the 40,000-member International Council of Shopping Centers. This position made Mel the international leader and spokesman for the shopping center industry.
1987:
The state of Ohio took Straight, Inc. to court in an attempt to close Straight, Cincinnati on the grounds of criminal child abuse. The day before the trial, the Cincinnati warehouse closed and transferred the kids to the Atlanta and Detroit warehouses.
1988:
Even though Straight, Cincinnati closed, Straight, Inc. was sued by Cincinnati area individuals and corporations for $1.5 million they had contributed to the program back in 1982. The class-action suit stated that the donations were made with the understanding that Straight, Inc. would open AND maintain a warehouse in the Cincinnati area.
Mel Sembler served on the National Finance and Steering Committee for the George Bush for President campaign.
1989:
The California branch of Miller Newton's Kids program closed while under criminal investigation for child abuse. Straight, Inc. took over the warehouse and all the "clients."
Mel Sembler was Finance Co-Chairman for President Bush's Inaugural.
February:
Mel Sembler was awarded the ambassadorship to Australia by President George H.W. Bush.
Joseph Zappala, ANOTHER founding member of Straight, Inc., was awarded the ambassadorship to Spain.
On ABC's news show 20/20, Florida State Prosecutor David Levin described Straight, Inc. as "a sort of private jail, utilizing techniques such as torture and punishment which even a convicted criminal would not be subject to."
August: According to internal documents, an HRS licensing team was ready to deny Straight, St. Petersburg a new operating license after inspectors discovered abuses such as withholding medication and food, depriving clients of sleep, and using excessive force.
August: At a follow-up visit to Straight, St. Petersburg, the HRS licensing determined that Straight officials had failed to comply with previous orders to correct the ongoing abuses at the warehouse and were again ready to deny the operating permit. While at the facility, the licensing team received a phone call informing them that NO MATTER WHAT they found, the St. Petersburg warehouse would still receive its license.
Internal documents from HRS specifically name Mel Sembler as the person who made repeated calls to HRS officials and exerted significant pressure on them for the purpose of keeping Straight open.
Mel Sembler donated $5,000 to the Republican Party of Florida.
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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / LOOK WHAT THIS LADY AND I FOUND.
« on: November 08, 2007, 01:21:52 AM »
WHO COULD HAVE LEFT THIS ?
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Open Free for All / THE QUESTION OF THE DAY
« on: November 06, 2007, 10:23:13 PM »
WHO WAS THIS MAN ? :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question: :question:
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Straight, Inc. and Derivatives / SPHINXTERS
« on: November 06, 2007, 08:02:08 PM »
WELL, KEITH IS A MILLIONARE NOW THROUGH THE CELL PHONE INDRUSTRY. KIERA WAS MY GAL WHEN I WAS ON 5TH PHASE. WHEN I 7TH STEPPED SOMEHOW SOMEONE SNITCHED TELLING STAFF I WAS GETTING SOME SO DEAN AND PAULA ASKED ME ABOUT IT. I 'FESSED-UP AND THEY SUGGESTED A START-OVER. LOL I SUGGESTED THEY GO "FUCK" ONE ANOTHER BUT DEAN SAID HE WOULD'NT GET HARD BECAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY.