The famous actor sentenced to life imprisonment

Foreign media report that 49-year-old was found guilty of 13 serious charges, including sexual assaults on three indigenous girls. According to the prosecution, he had built a network of abuse using his role as spiritual leader of a sect called the Circle”.

Investigations revealed that Chasing Horse had exploited the victims' confidence and sensitivity by manipulating them under promises and threats. In some cases, abuses have been justified as <x0ritual spiritual” or as a way to provide “to save<x3 family cells from serious diseases.

One of the victims claimed the abuse was justified as an act to save her mother, who was suffering from cancer, and that Chasing Horse threatened to tell no one.

Another testified in court that he had been forced to remain silent for years, since he was threatened with harm if he spoke. She said she was only 14 when she began abuse and described her childhood loss as an incurable wound.

My lost youth doesn't come back, nor does my childhood lose, my first time, my first kiss, the graduation ceremony I never experienced,” Said one of them.

Prosecutors also claimed his organisation functioned as a control system, where members brought young women and handed them over to him. Some of the cases include minors who were scheduled to marry as soon as they were of legal age.

The judge stressed that his actions constitute an extreme abuse of power and spiritual faith, naming his sentence to life imprisonment as necessary for justice against the victims. /oranews