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Welcome to DAY 6 of 9 DAYS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC in the month of December! Named after the spirit of the season AND the MLM that was shut down by the FTC in 1974 after being found to be operating as a pyramid scheme. Check out our Giveaway before it ends! I hope your season is filled with the embodiment of HOLIDAY MAGIC, as we count down to 2022!

*The stories shared in LuLaBitch are our own personal experiences, opinions and allegations of our time in the cult LuLaRoe. Some accounts may be triggering. Please listen at your own discretion. This is meant as a companion series to the Amazon Docuseries, LuLaRich, and the Discovery+ show The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe and is in no way affiliated with the films.*

If you've seen The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe, you're familiar with Carla Hadfield, the owner of the Airstream and Sam's biggest victim. As with most exposes, a lot gets left on the cutting room floor, so when Carla expressed concern that some of what she shared might be cut out due to time constraints, I invited her to spill her guts to us. While Carla's MLM story isn't much different than most, what happened to her at the hands of a predator inside the organization definitely is. Through a series of vulnerable events, coercive conversations, and emotional manipulation, Sam stole almost everything Carla had, until she decided to fight back.

Show Notes

Watch The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe now! FREE 7-day trial! - https://amzn.to/3DOBqsU

Sam's Videos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSjJzu3N8g90IeX_w2KskQ/videos

LuLaRoe & Piphany - https://news.lularoe.com/news-articles/2019/2/11/memorandum-of-understanding-between-llr-inc-and-piphany

The Weed Farm that didn't Exist - https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/lularoe-nephew-sam-schultz-weed-farm-businesses

Sam is arrested - https://kutv.com/news/local/man-arrested-for-asking-people-to-invest-thousands-into-imaginary-marijuana-farm

What Sam posted the day Rise and Fall came out - https://www.facebook.com/508290233/videos/298932258822260/

Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/

Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb

How can you help?

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Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide

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