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TikTok cult allegations explode as federal agents raid a property tied to 7M Films and Shekinah Church! “It sounded like gunshots,” reports a neighbor after the early morning raid. What did they find? #TikTokCult #7MFilms #ShekinahChurch #SexTrafficking #RobertShin
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your hands up.
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Out of this, a quiet Tahunga
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neighborhood rocked by flashbangs.
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Federal agents storm a property tied to
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the shocking allegations of sex
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trafficking. That dramatic raid today
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tied to an alleged tick tock cult.
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Fox 11's Gina Silva, she joins us now
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live in Tahunga with more there. Gina.
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Well, it may have started as a Netflix
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documentary, but now it is a full-blown
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federal investigation. Now, right behind
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me, this property is usually closed up
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tight every single day, but today
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federal agents ram through that gate.
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Anyone inside?
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It sounded like gunshots to me.
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In the early morning hours, local and
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federal law enforcement arrived in this
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quiet Tahunga neighborhood to serve a
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search warrant alleging sex trafficking,
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money laundering, tax evasion, mail
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fraud, and CO 19 pandemic related fraud.
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It's really, really creepy and um this
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is a really great, quiet little
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community and um a lot of families.
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They must have rammed the gate to get in
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there. Look at that. The front gate of
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the property lies mangled and twisted.
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Clear evidence of a forced entry. Sky
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Fox captured video of five people in
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handcuffs. This is the same location
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tied to Shakina Church and 7M Films,
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both at the center of serious
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allegations in a Netflix documentary
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released in May 2024.
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7M, an entertainment company founded by
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Robert Shin, who's also the pastor of LA
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based Shikina Church. The documentary
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titled Dancing for the Devil: The 7M Tik
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Tok cult alleges emotional and
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psychological manipulation.
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It started out fairly innocuous, but the
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control slowly grew.
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We feel liberated. We feel that finally
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maybe there's a chance for justice to be
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served.
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Melanie Lee joined Shakina Church at 15
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and left in her 20s. She accuses Pastor
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Shin of abuse and running the group as a
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cult. After years of urging law
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enforcement to investigate, she now says
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she feels vindicated.
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I know for a fact that they will find
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things that he's done that are, you
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know, evil and he's a criminal. I can
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definitely say that, you know, whatever
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is coming for him, he deserves it.
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Right now, the search warrant is sealed,
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so we don't have an idea as to what the
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agents were looking for at this specific
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property, but former members say
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whatever it is, they're confident the
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agents will find it. I'll send it back
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to you in the studio.
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How long, Gina, have federal
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investigators uh been working this case?
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The documentary came out in in May of
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2024. We don't know how long ago this
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investigation started and I like I said
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the search warrant is still sealed so we
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don't know the details but the former
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member we spoke with has been part of
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the investigation and she says that
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they've been working very hard on this
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for quite some time. She didn't give me
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a timeline. Gina Silva, thank you for
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your reporting.
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