Jeriah Mast indicted (again)

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JohnH
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Re: Jeriah Mast indicted (again)

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I really don’t know why cam didn’t disband and return funds to donors. They’re sitting on a gigantic pot of cash which will be a feeding frenzy for any lawyer who can convince one of the many victims to sue (with a contingency fees of 40-50% of course).

CAM would have to either aggressively defend against such lawsuits or face shutting down when all the funds run out.
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JohnH wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 8:16 pm I really don’t know why cam didn’t disband and return funds to donors. They’re sitting on a gigantic pot of cash which will be a feeding frenzy for any lawyer who can convince one of the many victims to sue (with a contingency fees of 40-50% of course).

CAM would have to either aggressively defend against such lawsuits or face shutting down when all the funds run out.
You don't think the victims are entitled to their day in court and a substantial financial settlement?
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ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 8:21 pm
JohnH wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 8:16 pm I really don’t know why cam didn’t disband and return funds to donors. They’re sitting on a gigantic pot of cash which will be a feeding frenzy for any lawyer who can convince one of the many victims to sue (with a contingency fees of 40-50% of course).

CAM would have to either aggressively defend against such lawsuits or face shutting down when all the funds run out.
You don't think the victims are entitled to their day in court and a substantial financial settlement?
I never made any judgment either way. I’m just saying that I’m surprised an institution that attempted for a while to evade responsibility didn’t also protect its assets.

I don’t think transferring 40-50% of CAM’s current assets to lawyers would really be a particularly just outcome either, but that’s what’s likely to happen.
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JohnH wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 1:55 pm
Southerner wrote: ↑Thu Dec 04, 2025 11:28 am https://cvillerightnow.com/news/208802- ... tradition/

Another link regarding the attempted abduction.
Does this have to do with Haiti or Jeriah Mast?
I, Southerner, ask the moderators of this forum to remove my two poasts in this thread about the attempted abduction. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Not only did Mast get his flights paid for by CAM , they proved him a vehicle he used traveling all of Haiti in his role of food distribution to schools and orphanages gave him untold young boys to seduce.
The number of trips do not reflect his long term stays , even towards his last years in Haiti, owned his own home.
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RK-2424
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To refresh those who don’t know all the facts back in 2019, when MAST WAS EXPOSED FOR HIS SEXUAL ABUSES OF YOUNG BOYS….CHECK OUT THIS LInk

https://splash4ripples.com/.2019/06/10/ ... -offender/
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RK-2424 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 17, 2026 5:39 pm To refresh those who don’t know all the facts back in 2019, when MAST WAS EXPOSED FOR HIS SEXUAL ABUSES OF YOUNG BOYS….CHECK OUT THIS LInk

https://splash4ripples.com/.2019/06/10/ ... -offender/
Your link is broken
This case was talked about on here quite a bit back when it first broke.
If facts are what one is looking for I am certain there are more reliable sources than the blog referenced.
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Apparently today is the deadline for pretrial motions in the federal case against Jeriah, and a plea deal may be in the works, according to Roys Report
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In May 2026, Mast filed a motion to dismiss the indictment under the federal statute — 18 U.S. Code §2423 — claiming the statute doesn’t apply to him because the sexual acts at issue were “non-commercial” and that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority in criminalizing his acts.

Mast acknowledged in his motion that a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit precludes him from prevailing on his argument, but he said he wanted to preserve the matter for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The district court followed the 6th Circuit’s precedent, finding that Congress has authority to implement the federal statute under the Necessary and Proper Clause to enforce treaties under Article I of the Constitution. The court denied Mast’s motion to dismiss and the case will proceed.

During a May 2019 interview with the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio, Mast “admitted to law enforcement that he molested 30 or 31 boys in Haiti over a span of about 15 years.” The current federal indictment involves the abuse of those Haitian minors.
This positioning doesn't reflect well in my view...
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