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Revision as of 19:29, 18 October 2005 by MCB (talk | contribs) (Revert POV material; has no place in encyclopedia article)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Paul A. Bonacci won a judgment of $800,000 compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages in a civil action against Lawrence King which featured allegations including kidnapping, mind control, satanic ritual abuse, and sexual abuse, and alleged various personal injuries, both physical and psychological.
The judgment in U.S. District Court in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 27, 1999 was a default judgment, following defendant King's failure to appear to answer the charges. At the time, King was imprisoned due to an unrelated matter, and was believed to be unable to pay for legal representation. As required by U.S. law and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the plaintiff's allegations were required to be taken as fact based on the testimony, since no contrary evidence was introduced. On that basis, the judge awarded monetary damages. The case was not appealed.
The Bonacci case was the subject of public interest due to allegations of abuse involving prominent Republican Party members with ties to the Reagan and first Bush administrations, as well as alleged connections to the CIA project MK-Ultra and other mind-control experiments.
The case, along with other allegations regarding Lawrence King, is the subject of an never-aired documentary film, Conspiracy of Silence, made by a British television company. Various criminal cases in state and federal courts in the King/Bonacci case, and similar allegations made by others, did not result in convictions.
Bonacci's attorney, and other parties including activists who assert the existence of widespread satanic ritual abuse cults and child sex rings, claim that there was a cover-up in the King/Bonacci case and similar cases. The existence of such cults and groups, and their participation in activities that were the subject of the Bonacci case, remains a controversial topic.