Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Paul Morantz is an American attorney at law specializing in the prosecution of groups he describes as "cults", religious or otherwise, and their leaders. He is most recognized for his cases against Synanon, a behavior modification drug rehabilitation group in the 1970s, which attempted to kill Morantz and derail his efforts to destroy the group Since then, Morantz has continued practicing law specializing in the prosecution of religious groups. Morantz served as pro bono appellate counsel in Molko vs. Unification Church in 1988, which became the first case where the California Supreme Court recognized brainwashing as a wrongful and harmful tort, and allowed victims the right to sue for damages.Morantz is also a freelance writer and investigative journalist, who wrote the story for the 1978 television movie Deadman's Curve, based on the lives of surf singers Jan and Dean. The original story Morantz wrote was published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1974 and was scheduled to be the cover, but United States President Richard Nixon resigned soon after and the story was pushed off the cover. Morantz also has published an article in the Los Angeles Times about John Walker Lindh, the American man caught fighting with the Taliban. The article is an argument for understanding some of the psychological mechanisms which may have led to Lindh joining the Taliban and raises the question of whether he may have been brainwashed.. }
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- Paul_Morantz abstract "Paul Morantz is an American attorney at law specializing in the prosecution of groups he describes as "cults", religious or otherwise, and their leaders. He is most recognized for his cases against Synanon, a behavior modification drug rehabilitation group in the 1970s, which attempted to kill Morantz and derail his efforts to destroy the group Since then, Morantz has continued practicing law specializing in the prosecution of religious groups. Morantz served as pro bono appellate counsel in Molko vs. Unification Church in 1988, which became the first case where the California Supreme Court recognized brainwashing as a wrongful and harmful tort, and allowed victims the right to sue for damages.Morantz is also a freelance writer and investigative journalist, who wrote the story for the 1978 television movie Deadman's Curve, based on the lives of surf singers Jan and Dean. The original story Morantz wrote was published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1974 and was scheduled to be the cover, but United States President Richard Nixon resigned soon after and the story was pushed off the cover. Morantz also has published an article in the Los Angeles Times about John Walker Lindh, the American man caught fighting with the Taliban. The article is an argument for understanding some of the psychological mechanisms which may have led to Lindh joining the Taliban and raises the question of whether he may have been brainwashed.".