EXCLUSIVE
Beyond90Seconds.com has learned that Wayne Bent was released from jail this morning.
New Mexico Judge Gerald E. Baca issued a two page Order for Release on Thursday. The judge’s order was filed at the Union County Courthouse shortly after 8 o’clock (MST) this morning.
Beyond90Seconds.com contacted an employee at the jail in Clayton at about 9:45am (MST) [...]
Archive | November, 2008
Judge orders that Wayne Bent be released from custody
Emergency motion aims to get Wayne Bent out of jail
The embattled leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church may soon be out of jail if a judge rules in favor of an Emergency Motion for Release from Custody filed this afternoon by defense attorney Sarah Montoya.
Included in her 9-point argument, Montoya writes that letting Wayne Bent (aka Michael Travesser) out of jail would:
“…save the [...]
Seventh human foot washes ashore
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And the mystery deepens.
Yet another human foot has washed ashore in the coastal region of British Columbia and northern Washington State. The latest discovery came Tuesday afternoon in Richmond, B.C.
The Canadian Press reports that a New Balance shoe containing human remains was discovered by a woman walking her dogs along the banks of the [...]
VIDEO: "Return to Castle Dome, part 2"
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Return to Castle Dome, part 2 examines the Lord Our Righteousness Church through the eyes of one of its former ministers: Allen Armstrong.
Interviewed on July 26, 2008 near Yuma, Arizona, Mr. Armstrong spoke critically of LOR leader Wayne Bent. Mr. Bent presently faces criminal charges, including sexual contact [...]
"Healed's" mother reacts to comments from Bent's attorney
Regarding the State of New Mexico’s investigation into alleged sexual contact with minors by church leader Wayne Bent, much has been said/written about the child known as Healed. Letters and e-mails written by Healed have recently been published here.
Healed was also very much a topic of discussion in a recent Beyond90Seconds.com interview with Bent’s attorney, [...]
E-mails between girl and lawyer at center of contempt charge
Do e-mails written between a Taos attorney and an alleged victim in the State of New Mexico’s criminal case against a controversial church leader amount to “impermissible contact” with a State’s witness?
Definitely not, according to a motion filed on the attorney’s behalf today.
On November 3, Judge Gerald Baca ordered attorney Justin Lea to “show why [...]
Attorney charged with contempt fights back
NM vs. Bent
According to a court filing on his behalf, attorney Justin Lea “is excercising his right to excuse Judge Gerald Baca from presiding over the cause of action wherein the State seeks to have Justin Lea answer to a charge of contempt of court.”
This new development in the Wayne Bent case comes in a [...]
Attorney in contempt? Judge wants an explanation
NM Vs. Wayne Bent
*Post updated at 1:15pm PST to include response from counsel for Justin B. Lea
An attorney with a Taos law firm has been ordered to appear before District Court Judge Gerald E. Baca on November 10. According to an Order to Show Cause filed in Union County on Monday, Justin B. Lea, an [...]
Wayne Bent's attorney speaks out
*Update: November 4 / 10:34am PST: Order to Vacate
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SARAH MONTOYA AUDIO INTERVIEW (runs 39:09)
(November 3) In a recorded interview lasting nearly 40-minutes, the attorney tasked with defending Wayne Bent (aka Michael Travesser) addressed several aspects of the State of New Mexico’s criminal case against the controversial church leader.
Among the numerous topics addressed by Montoya:
Is Wayne [...]
Church's "final fast" wanes
“Life goes on…”
No word on whether jailed church leader Wayne Bent is still fasting today, but according to a copyrighted story in today’s Albuquerque Journal (subscription required), Bent’s followers are no longer fasting:
“They were looking for deliverance from God,” said Sarah Montoya, an attorney for the church’s leader, Wayne Bent. Montoya spoke with Bent’s son [...]
