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00:06What I thought I was getting into in the very beginning was a group of African-American people
00:12who were no longer interested in the desires of the traditional world.
00:21Look at how beautiful your people is.
00:23We cared not for monetary gain.
00:27We didn't care about houses or flashy cars or shoes, clothes, those types of wealth.
00:35We weren't going to protest.
00:37This is a culture. This is a movement.
00:39We weren't going to invoke physical violence on anybody.
00:44Build your tribe off-grid. We family here, bro.
00:47We wasn't even going to take the judicial approach.
00:50We were going to start our own from scratch like people have done before.
00:57That was not the case.
00:58Fuck this world. Fuck everything in it.
01:02It's supposed to make you go insane.
01:05It's gaming time.
01:06Nature Boy has always told every member,
01:08if you denounce me, you will be condemned from eternal life.
01:12And if he can make you believe that, then he has conquered your soul.
01:18Black man, it's gone.
01:20We need everybody right now.
01:21All the people.
01:22All the people.
01:22Stop.
01:23I can't take a walk around the neighborhood without having to ask permission.
01:26I can't even leave the house.
01:28And that's how I'm getting close to be treated.
01:30A lot of abuse happened.
01:32I would hear a lot of screams.
01:34Here comes the police.
01:36Helicopter circling.
01:37SWAT team in the back.
01:40They breaking the door up there.
01:41Yo, don't shoot.
01:44SWAT team in the back.
02:13I don't believe cult leader is something that you pick up from a manual.
02:20I think that cult leader has to be accompanied by some type of mental disorder.
02:28And your only agenda, the only thing you can process in your mind is yourself.
02:37What made it start escalating was that Velvet left.
02:42Bitch!
02:43Then she left!
02:45When Velvet left, it just seemed like the dynamics of the cult changed.
02:51I miss motherfucking daughter so fucking much, I'm hurting.
02:54I proceeded to give protection orders to keep me and my children safe from him.
02:59I'm not entirely sure where he is now.
03:03The reason for traveling was to stay outside of the United States jurisdiction so that he can get away with
03:09what he did.
03:11However, the last thing that I heard, he was in Atlanta, Georgia.
03:26Living in Atlanta, they were on a downward spiral.
03:30Honestly, living with Nature Boy was like living with, like, 14 different people.
03:35You never knew who you were going to get.
03:39He would assert his dominance in many ways, and one of them is just to humiliate us.
03:44You're automatically his slave now, so get with the program.
03:47Bitch, what did I tell you?
03:48Stay in the camp?
03:53The only reason why I'm staying is because I wanted to keep my family together, but I really don't like
03:58this guy.
03:59Smack that.
04:01It was honestly heartbreaking to see so many young people being controlled by a monster.
04:10My name is Jinye, and I am from Las Vegas, Nevada.
04:16Jinye is someone who had been watching Carbonation for quite some time.
04:22She was someone who was very proactive, I will say, boots on the ground.
04:28He really had them believing that he was God.
04:33On your knees.
04:35Who is your God?
04:37You are our three.
04:38I just felt like I have to do something about this.
04:41I thought that I could just create a community to help.
04:46I created this Instagram page named Carbonation is Falling.
04:51I created an alias, Agent Angelina.
04:55I would post about the fact that they're a sex cult, post videos of like the behavior, specifically the abuse.
05:02I created some flyers to post on people's like mailboxes and stuff and on their windshields so they'll know it's
05:07a cult in your community.
05:12It was a lot of work.
05:13It took a lot of sleepless nights, but I don't regret it because Carbonation is a sex cult ran by
05:19a monster who gets pleasure out of destroying other people's lives.
05:25If you ever stand over me, I will.
05:28It was a video specifically where he was having someone feed him strawberries and then he ended up slapping them.
05:37Did I act for a strawberry?
05:40Bitch, did I act for a strawberry?
05:42Huh?
05:43Don't you act for a strawberry?
05:46I was like, this is just too much now.
05:51So I decided to call the police.
05:54I just knew like I couldn't give up until I seen him go to jail because that would be the
05:59only thing that would give these people a chance at life again.
06:03Police showed up every single day.
06:06It was almost on cue.
06:08Here comes the police.
06:10Like clockwork.
06:11Clockwork.
06:11Boom.
06:12Y'all can't fuck with the police.
06:14They can watch me.
06:14I'm not doing anything illegal.
06:16I'm going to be very honest.
06:18Seeing the police presence showing up, it was heart racing.
06:22What's up?
06:25That's why I record everything.
06:27Oh, I'm recording this.
06:28Are you good?
06:28Every time they would come, we would just say like, oh yes, would you like anything?
06:32Nature Boy would be like, hey officer, yeah, come right on in.
06:35Everybody's cool.
06:35Okay.
06:36Thank you guys.
06:36I appreciate it.
06:37It's all good.
06:37After they would leave, we'd be on live and we'd be like, see y'all, nothing's going on here.
06:42Is everything okay?
06:43Everybody good?
06:44Are you answering to their authority or my authority?
06:46Your authority.
06:47Outstanding.
06:48Outstanding.
06:49Nothing would ever stick.
06:51He really felt like he was just completely invincible.
06:53Listen, I let you in to let you know nothing was going on.
06:57I didn't have to do that.
06:58You work for me.
06:59I work for the states.
06:59And I pay taxes, so I pay your bills.
07:01Okay, have a nice day.
07:03We're going to keep on pushing.
07:05We're going to do whatever we have to do to see him go to jail.
07:07We're going to do whatever we have to do.
07:17In the cold, there's a lot of ups and downs, there's a lot of ins and outs.
07:20The thought-stopping cliches weren't even working no more.
07:23I think it was always a lot of inconsistencies, but I think that the ridiculousness was so
07:28in our face.
07:29Janae wanted to leave.
07:32She was hit that night because she was supposedly disrespecting nature boy.
07:39We're just hearing her getting slapped over and over again.
07:43And next thing you know, they're having sex.
07:50I was assaulted that night by the women on his orders.
07:55When I tried to get out to my Uber, he calls me back inside.
08:00And he tells me, just let me come inside of you one last time.
08:07I just froze.
08:16I didn't know what rape was because within the cult, rape was a culture.
08:26It was so scary.
08:28It was so scary.
08:32It was so scary.
08:33I didn't know what to do, but to just pray to God.
08:38The real God.
08:45The next day, it was a lot of confusion.
08:47It felt like a lot of pain, a lot of hurt.
08:51I wanted to just heal.
08:53That's what I wanted.
08:56He's walking back to me.
08:59Eligio and his nature decided to broadcast that Janae was beat up and, you know, she ended
09:05up leaving the cult.
09:06I'm forcing it.
09:07But the females kind of slapped her pretty hard.
09:13We had sex and then I woke up.
09:17She was gone.
09:21Along the years, me and Janae, we've had like a relationship online.
09:26I tried to call her.
09:28Her phone was disconnected and everything, like all our social media.
09:32The only thing that was still open was Facebook Messenger.
09:37And I messaged her, but I was like, hey, where are you?
09:40Are you good?
09:41Give me a call when you can't.
09:43My biggest thing was I just didn't want her to go back.
09:47And so I ended up telling her about the videos that he put of her on Twitter where they were
09:52like engaged in sexual acts.
10:07When I saw those sexual videos of me, it made me feel like humiliated.
10:13It made me feel like I would never have a life without Nature Boy.
10:17I never consented for them to be posted when I left.
10:22I Googled.
10:23I was like, is it against the law to post pictures and videos of people doing sexual acts without
10:30their consent?
10:32And it came up like revenge porn.
10:34I was like, oh, this is the crime.
10:35So you should press charges.
10:38I told her I had been talking to the detective, but they said that they would need a victim.
10:46Initially, you know, she was heavily, heavily indoctrinated with like that cult program.
10:51And she was like, man, I don't want to be the cause of like a black man falling.
10:54But it's about the fact that you deserve justice.
10:59We didn't know it was bad.
11:01We didn't know any of the sexual assaults were actually sexual assaults.
11:05We just went with it.
11:06And he would sodomize us and tell us that he can do anything to us.
11:15Jenny helped me understand, like, but it was hard me taking on all that.
11:21It's hard me taking on that title of me bringing down Nature Boy.
11:28And I'll never forget it.
11:32She called me and she's like, I'm ready.
11:35So the first step was she went to the precinct and they took a general police report.
11:46So my name is Jenny.
11:48I was recently, or is it my ID?
11:51A part of a cult that's known as a sex cult.
11:55And they're located here in Atlanta.
11:58The person who runs it, his name is Elio Bishop.
12:01What happened is he's doing revenge cards.
12:03And he has a big presence online.
12:05So he's posting a card of me and him without my consent.
12:17I first heard about Nature Boy, Elio Bishop, when a report was assigned to me.
12:24I am Sergeant Monica Pinozian.
12:26I work for DeKalb County Police Department.
12:31Once I started investigating it and speaking with the other detectives,
12:35oh, well, that's the sex cult.
12:36And everybody in the unit pretty much knew about it.
12:40There were a lot of welfare checks done before I got involved.
12:46We couldn't force anybody to come forward.
12:49We couldn't force anybody to claim to be a victim.
12:53So we would get stuck.
12:57Janae's case came across my desk,
12:59so we drove to have that initial interview with her.
13:04Our interview initially started with the allegations of the revenge porn.
13:08But as we spoke with her,
13:10we found out the allegations of rape and false imprisonment.
13:14Can you just give me a little background on what's going on?
13:17Okay, well, um,
13:20I just got out of a cult.
13:23The cult leader, his name is Elio Lee Bishop.
13:27I decided I wanted to leave.
13:30When I tried to leave, I went to say goodbye.
13:33He said, you're not going anywhere.
13:36I'm not letting you go.
13:37You know, takes my hand and he's taking me to the other room.
13:40He's telling me, let's have sex.
13:43He's not going to really let me go at this point.
13:46We made love.
13:47And at this point, I'm like, okay, I'm not going to get out.
13:50So I'm going to have to sneak out.
13:54Interviews concluded at 1228.
13:57I felt almost excited because we had enough for an arrest warrant.
14:04But the scale was huge.
14:11It was surreal.
14:12This was a major thing for us.
14:15There's a history in the U.S. with cults going bad.
14:18Tragedy tonight in Waco, Texas.
14:20At least four federal agents and a member of a cult group are dead
14:24after an hour-long gun battle at the cult's ranch.
14:27Fourteen other agents were wounded in the shootout
14:29that started when law officers tried to enter the compound.
14:32The last thing I wanted was anything to go bad.
14:36We had to properly identify him.
14:39He wasn't going by Elysio Bishop.
14:41He always went by Nature Boy.
14:43Me, I am Master Teacher, Nature Boy.
14:46So now we have to figure out, okay,
14:48do we have the proper identification on him?
14:50Then we started to identify the other people in the cult.
14:54Everybody goes by a different name.
14:56Tell them your name, Reflection.
14:57I'm EJ.
14:59I'm Master True.
15:00Captain Solar.
15:02After that, we had to start on the history.
15:07The main person I worked with was the T.
15:10She had documented his journey.
15:12She had a history that was very important for us.
15:18It was a whirlwind of emotions.
15:23When the detectives reached out to me to ask for videos,
15:27of the abuse, it's become something greater
15:31than what I ever thought.
15:35So it was a huge relief when I knew
15:40that I wasn't going to have to document abuse anymore.
15:46Elysio promised spiritual enlightenment
15:49that turned into an environment
15:53that he used to have sex with women.
15:56You must connect back to nature.
15:58To lure men to protect him,
16:00to be the fall guy when needed.
16:04Carbonation is a sex cult,
16:07a dangerous and destructive sex cult.
16:12Once we started watching the videos,
16:15we focused on his behavior.
16:18One of the limitations we had with the evidence
16:21was where did it occur.
16:24Most of the stuff didn't happen in DeKalb County.
16:27So there were crimes we had no right to press charges on.
16:31We also needed a search warrant.
16:33There were all of these electronics in that house.
16:37Angels of the Mozart!
16:38How did we discern that this was a cult?
16:41That this is someone who is controlling these people,
16:44who's manipulated these people?
16:47Elysio, he's not a stupid person.
16:49I think he knew the signs that something was coming.
16:59In the house, we're doing lives.
17:01He's not telling us anything about what happened that night.
17:04Just calling Janae crazy.
17:06He's not really telling us a story.
17:08Next thing you know,
17:09we do indeed get a warrant in the mail.
17:12But when I showed it to him,
17:13he said, man, throw that away, man.
17:15And so I'm like, it's a real warrant.
17:17And they're just like, throw it away, that's trash.
17:20We all forget about it.
17:22He's making fun of the police.
17:26Next thing you know,
17:27police cars all in the front yard.
17:31Helicopter, circle.
17:32Hey, right here.
17:33SWAT team in the back.
17:35Helmet, Kevlar with shields.
17:38Vast battering rail.
17:39Everything.
17:40Hey, we're good. We're good.
17:41Then they knock down the door.
17:44They breaking the door open. Yo.
17:45Coming out.
17:46Coming out.
17:47We're good.
17:47Don't shoot.
17:49They came in there.
17:51Searched the house.
17:52They arrested him.
17:53They arrested everybody, technically.
17:55Touch your hands behind your back.
17:56He's in class.
17:57He's walking to you.
17:57I got it.
17:58But they really only wanted him.
18:00Y'all, it's going down.
18:01It's going down.
18:02It's going down.
18:02We're live here.
18:03Channel 12, Bego News, y'all.
18:05Charlie with the mother...
18:06He is here, yes.
18:07The court has been turked around,
18:09for the good and for the better.
18:13All of y'all need to take this as an opportunity
18:16to get out and get to packing.
18:19Aliyo Bishop, a.k.a. Nature Boy and Guy himself,
18:22a whole lot of hot water.
18:24It's boiling.
18:25You understand me?
18:28DeKalb County police raided a home
18:30after a three-week investigation.
18:32Bishop was taken to the DeKalb County Jail
18:34on charges of rape, false imprisonment,
18:36and sharing sexually explicit content on social media.
18:40Some officers, detectives, and a tactical team
18:42swarmed the home.
18:42Several people were led away in handcuffs
18:44and put into squad cars.
18:46He controls them.
18:47Lately, it's been turned into abuse
18:48from what the neighbors been complaining about
18:50from what I hear.
18:51Police would only tell us that Bishop
18:53was taken to the DeKalb County Jail.
18:55I first found out he was arrested
18:56through social media
18:58because everything went viral.
19:00I was very shocked.
19:01You know, those people
19:02pried my child out of my arms
19:04to allow him to abuse me.
19:06And they knew that I wasn't in the wrong.
19:09Go!
19:10Go!
19:15I was happy.
19:16I was happy.
19:20When I found out that he had charges,
19:23initially, I was only aware
19:25of the revenge porn charges.
19:27So when we found out that
19:29rape charges and false imprisonment charges
19:32were added,
19:33I was surprised.
19:36Police arrested him here at this home
19:38in the neighborhood in DeKalb County.
19:40When he was arrested,
19:41honestly, it felt surreal.
19:43In my mind, he's not locked up.
19:45In my mind,
19:46I keep the thought frequency
19:47that he is free.
19:49From that point,
19:50everybody's released
19:51except for Nature Boy.
19:52Literally, the only person
19:53that's not released is him.
19:54Certain people choose to leave.
19:57Four years of indoctrination.
20:01What in the world
20:04just happened?
20:08Is this going to be another situation
20:10where he's going to escape the system?
20:28Bishop is on trial for rape
20:29and is said to be the leader
20:31of the Illegical Carbon Nation.
20:33He's accused of raping a female member
20:35as she tried to escape
20:36and then posting revenge porn online.
20:44So, it was about two years
20:46since I pressed charges on Nature Boy
20:48and a lot happened.
20:51I was definitely harassed
20:53and very much abused by online critics.
20:58The whole world is looking at Mr. Bishop
20:59like he's a bad guy
21:01because these news channels
21:02and these trolls from the internet,
21:04they defame his character.
21:06A lot of people called me a liar.
21:09The alleged victim
21:10never, ever used the word rape.
21:15I don't know about the rape charge.
21:19Obviously, it's always going to be
21:21her word against his,
21:22especially when there's not
21:24that physical evidence.
21:30I'm going to tell my truth.
21:32People are going to know our stories
21:34and I think that ultimately
21:38justice will be served.
21:40I think that he will end up in jail
21:43because I feel like
21:45he doesn't know when to stop.
21:49I was a bit nervous.
21:51I was just glad just to get it out
21:53because a lot of people didn't know
21:55exactly what happened that night.
21:58we raised your right hand
22:00and I will swear you in
22:01as the official trial
22:02of Jervis and Ms. Hayes
22:04between the state of Georgia
22:06and Elegio Bishop.
22:11The threat that runs
22:12through this entire story
22:15is a desire for spirituality.
22:18What you will hear
22:19from all of the former members,
22:21Aaron, from Kendra,
22:23from Janae and all of it,
22:25young people longing
22:27for a kind of knowledge.
22:31March 24th, 2022,
22:34Janae alleges
22:35that this young man here,
22:37Elegio Bishop, raped her.
22:39She also was falsely imprisoned
22:41by Elegio Bishop,
22:43meaning that she was not allowed
22:45to leave.
22:46She gives an interview
22:47to law enforcement.
22:48She never actually tells law enforcement
22:50that Mr. Bishop raped her.
22:52She described
22:54making love.
22:55Big point in this case
22:57is whether or not
22:58she decided to make love
22:59to him or not.
23:01That's what the state
23:02has to prove to you.
23:04All right.
23:05Call your first witness.
23:08It felt good to speak up
23:10against my abuser.
23:11He felt small to me.
23:14It felt like,
23:15now you listen.
23:23I want to take you
23:24to the night of March 24th
23:272022.
23:28Do you remember that day?
23:35March 24th.
23:38He basically was trying
23:40to convince me
23:40to sleep with him.
23:42How did you respond to that?
23:44I said, no.
23:45I said, I don't want to.
23:47I kept rejecting him, actually.
23:49And he kept telling me,
23:51let me come inside you
23:52one more time.
23:53And I asked him,
23:54why would you want
23:55to do that?
23:56He puts his hands up
23:58and he told me,
23:59I'm not going to rape you.
24:01And when he said that,
24:02I froze.
24:04He's never said
24:05that word with me before.
24:07He's never even told me
24:10he's never going to rape me
24:11before.
24:11So when he had said that,
24:13I froze.
24:14I didn't know what to do.
24:16Why did you feel like
24:17you couldn't leave
24:18in that moment?
24:20He had his arms around me
24:22and my legs around him.
24:25And I felt like
24:26I couldn't resist him
24:28anymore.
24:29And I kept telling him,
24:31no.
24:33I said,
24:34it's about self-abiding
24:34what will last time.
24:36And he didn't stand
24:37and he said,
24:38okay.
24:38That's it.
24:39All right.
24:40Okay.
24:41He went ahead
24:42and proceeded to
24:45do it.
24:46You started having
24:47sex at that point?
24:48Mm-hmm.
24:49What happened next?
24:52My body started
24:53to shut down.
24:54And I felt like
24:56my body started
24:57to reject him.
24:58At this point,
24:59I'm crying to myself.
25:02So after that,
25:04after he was done
25:05and he finished,
25:07I told him,
25:09I still want to leave.
25:10And he interrupts me
25:12and says,
25:13shut up.
25:14You're my bitch.
25:16You're my property.
25:18You're not going anywhere.
25:20You're not going nowhere.
25:24I felt powerful
25:25in some type of way.
25:26I also felt vulnerable.
25:29I had a mission.
25:30I had a purpose to do.
25:32I felt like
25:33I was the only one
25:34that could do it
25:35in that moment.
25:40Good afternoon,
25:41miss.
25:41My name is Robert Book.
25:43I represent Mr. Bishop.
25:44I just have a few
25:44questions for you, okay?
25:45Yeah.
25:46Okay.
25:46So he's asked you
25:48a bunch of times,
25:49have sex with me,
25:50have sex with me,
25:50and your response
25:51is no.
25:51No, no, no.
25:52No.
25:52And then eventually,
25:54he says just one more time
25:56and you say,
25:56okay.
25:57After he said,
25:58I'm not going to leave you.
26:00Mm-hmm.
26:01Which means he's not going to,
26:03he's not going to force you,
26:04right?
26:05I didn't know that.
26:08Watching the trial
26:09was actually crazy.
26:11Listening to his attorney,
26:12I'm like, wait,
26:13he might,
26:13he's actually sounded
26:14pretty good.
26:15Like, he might have a chance.
26:16So your response was,
26:19okay, right?
26:20I was scared
26:21after he used the word rape.
26:23You were so scared
26:25that you left the Uber
26:26outside and came back
26:27inside the house
26:27and went to the second floor.
26:29I was confused.
26:30I was vulnerable.
26:31And I was being
26:32really needed.
26:34You know,
26:35they had this whole plan.
26:36I'm like, dang,
26:36like, what if he actually
26:39gets out?
26:41All right.
26:41It's been a long day.
26:48I'm feeling pretty positive
26:49about it.
26:49When Booker got up
26:51and he got a chance
26:51to cross-examine,
26:52I feel like it went pretty good.
26:54More of the facts
26:55are coming out.
26:57We are live
26:58in DeKalb County
26:58this afternoon
26:59with this court case
27:00now paused
27:01until Thursday
27:02at 9 a.m.
27:03The judge says
27:04everyone will come back then
27:05and they will continue
27:06this trial.
27:20Today,
27:21I will be giving
27:22my testimony.
27:26I'm looking forward to it.
27:27I don't want to carry
27:28this over anymore
27:29than we already have.
27:31Me and Kendra are married,
27:33so there's a level
27:34of mutual understanding
27:37between us.
27:38I think because
27:39we have each other,
27:40it's not as hard,
27:43but it is a hard thing.
27:45Dealing with the feelings
27:46of being here
27:47and not knowing
27:48what to expect.
27:49Mm-mm.
27:50I was thinking,
27:51oh, snap,
27:52what if I stumble?
27:53Then I'm like,
27:54oh, they're going to think
27:54I'm lying,
27:55or they're going to think
27:56I'm like, you know,
27:58trying to dodge the question.
27:59The thing is
28:00that you're human.
28:01We're human.
28:02Mm-hmm.
28:02They're not going to
28:03be judging you
28:04to that degree
28:05that you judge yourself.
28:13Mm-hmm.
28:16were folks able to say no
28:18to a lead G.O. bishop?
28:20No.
28:21Not without some form
28:22of reprisal,
28:24some type of reprimand.
28:25What would happen
28:26if someone said no?
28:27That varied.
28:28So I've seen people
28:30be put in closets.
28:32I've seen people
28:33be kicked,
28:35slapped,
28:36hit.
28:38So the main points
28:40with this
28:40was the history
28:42of his behaviors
28:44that we saw
28:45from not only
28:46Mr. Bishop,
28:47but also
28:48his followers.
28:50Mr. Bishop
28:51would often refer
28:52to women
28:53as not having
28:54their own mind.
28:58He said
28:59we were his property
29:00and that he could do
29:01anything he wanted
29:02to us.
29:03No one was coming
29:04to save us
29:04in this foreign country.
29:07He said no one cared
29:08about black girls
29:09like us.
29:13All of you bitches
29:14belong to me.
29:15The abuse
29:16that was inflicted
29:18upon them
29:18was actually not even
29:19looked at as abuse,
29:20but in fact,
29:21it was considered
29:22to be disciplinary.
29:24And I will have
29:25my way with you
29:26as I see with it.
29:27When I want to,
29:30where I want to,
29:31how I want to,
29:33and if any one
29:34of you disrespect me,
29:38then to be a bless you, girl.
29:43When I finally testified,
29:45I felt like war.
29:47Like, it was like war.
29:49Like, that's how I felt.
29:50I felt like I was here
29:51to protect my bloodline.
29:55I've literally witnessed
29:56Elegio Bishop
29:58threatening to kill me
30:00and my child
30:01on multiple occasions.
30:04He said that
30:05my life is over
30:07if he ever saw me again.
30:09And I have to now
30:11protect my family,
30:12my child,
30:13from himself.
30:15And that's all
30:16I have to say.
30:19I had heard
30:21that the defense
30:22had some trouble
30:23with Elegio Bishop.
30:25Do you want me to talk
30:26to your client in that?
30:27Or?
30:29Okay.
30:29Let's take five minutes.
30:32He had expectations
30:34that couldn't be met
30:35because they're not
30:36legally viable.
30:39And so,
30:40instead of having
30:40an attorney
30:42who was able
30:43to control his client,
30:44his client was trying
30:45to control him.
30:46Okay, I would like
30:47to fire my attorney
30:48and find new counsel.
30:50That is not an option.
30:51We're not stopping
30:52the trial
30:53for you to get
30:53a new lawyer.
30:54That's not how this works.
30:56It got shut down.
30:58Mid-trial,
30:58you cannot stop
30:59and fire your attorney
31:01without a just cause.
31:03The options are
31:04proceed with Mr. Booker
31:07or proceed
31:08without an attorney.
31:10He wanted more
31:11of his followers
31:12to testify.
31:14But if you put
31:16all those people
31:17out there,
31:18they're then subject
31:19to a cross-examination
31:20by the prosecution.
31:22You just testified
31:23on direct
31:24that you had never
31:25seen Mr. Bishop
31:26be violent
31:26with anyone in the group.
31:28That's a fact.
31:31Get some stinking
31:33ass off me up.
31:35And that's not true,
31:36is it?
31:37That is true.
31:38I didn't know
31:39how the judge felt
31:40about Nature Boy.
31:42By the end
31:43of the trial,
31:44you could figure
31:45it out
31:46and you could tell
31:46she was not
31:47his biggest fan.
31:49She was
31:51as frustrated
31:52probably as
31:53his defense attorney
31:54with him,
31:55if not more.
31:57Mr. Bishop,
31:58do you want
31:59to be heard?
32:02You swear
32:03I just said
32:03something about
32:04the answer to the truth.
32:05Michelle,
32:07at all times.
32:09All right,
32:10what is it
32:10you'd like me
32:11to consider?
32:13I just want
32:14to say something
32:14to all of them.
32:17I forgive you.
32:18I forgive you
32:19and I still love you.
32:21I forgive you
32:22and I still love you.
32:25All right,
32:26I just needed
32:26the courtroom.
32:27We're done with that.
32:28What is the recommendation
32:30from the state?
32:32You've watched
32:32the defendant laughing
32:33in court
32:34as these young women
32:35are telling their stories
32:36of your honor again.
32:38He does not believe
32:39he did anything wrong
32:40and he will be a danger
32:43to this community
32:43and a danger
32:45to any women
32:46he encounters.
32:48As a defense attorney,
32:49you know,
32:50my job
32:50and my obligation
32:51is to zealously
32:52defend my client.
32:53There's only one true God
32:54and it's not
32:55Elagio Bishop
32:57and he knows that
32:59and I'm sorry
33:00with everything
33:01these folks
33:01have had to go through
33:03in this case.
33:05I do think
33:06Mr. Bishop,
33:07their judge,
33:08is redeemable.
33:11In all honesty,
33:12I wasn't sure
33:13on how the outcome
33:14could go
33:14because it's up
33:15to a jury
33:15so you just
33:17never know
33:17what they're
33:18going to decide.
33:21And those jury
33:22deliberations
33:23are underway
33:23right now.
33:24As soon as
33:25there's a verdict,
33:26we'll let you know.
33:34Guilty or not guilty,
33:38it's in the hands
33:39of the citizens
33:40of DeKalb County
33:41and how they feel
33:42about the nature
33:43of this case
33:44and if they feel
33:45like this person
33:46belongs back
33:46in their community.
33:57Do we have
33:58Mr. Bishop
33:59in courtroom seat?
34:01Yes, sir.
34:01Okay.
34:05I understand
34:06the jurors
34:08have reached
34:09the verdict.
34:18This is
34:19the verdict
34:20of the jury
34:21in indictment
34:22number 24,
34:23CR 1183,
34:25State of Georgia
34:26versus
34:27Elegio,
34:27Bishop.
34:30Count 1
34:31is raped.
34:39On count 1,
34:40how does the jury
34:41find?
34:44Guilty.
34:49And count 2,
34:51false imprisonment.
34:55Guilty.
34:57Count 3,
34:58count 4,
34:59and count 5.
35:02Guilty.
35:10When I heard
35:11them say
35:12all guilty,
35:13I was just like,
35:13wow,
35:14finally,
35:15someone believes
35:16me.
35:21I would have
35:22been inclined
35:22to exercise
35:23some discretion
35:24had Mr. Bishop
35:26shown any
35:26remorse,
35:28guilt,
35:29or regret
35:30throughout
35:30this process.
35:33Mr. Bishop,
35:35you're a master
35:36manipulator.
35:37You took
35:38advantage
35:38of
35:40these folks
35:42who were
35:42looking
35:42for some
35:44guidance,
35:45looking for
35:46some connection,
35:47or looking
35:48for some
35:49comfort.
35:51And you
35:52were able
35:52to fill
35:53a void
35:53for them.
35:55But in
35:56the process,
35:56you completely
35:57took advantage
35:59of them.
36:00and have
36:01caused
36:02a potentially
36:02irreparable
36:03harm.
36:08He'll be
36:09sentenced to
36:10life without
36:10the possibility
36:11of parole,
36:12followed by
36:1310 years
36:13consecutive
36:14for the
36:14false
36:14imprisonment.
36:20Hi,
36:21Josh.
36:21I'll see you
36:22tomorrow.
36:22Good evening.
36:24I have to
36:28be completely
36:28honest.
36:30It was
36:31very emotional.
36:34I'm going
36:35to get
36:35emotional now.
36:36But it
36:37was like
36:38my work
36:38paid off.
36:40So.
36:47when a judge
36:48had announced
36:50the verdict,
36:52I was,
36:56I was so
36:57happy.
36:59Like,
37:00people look
37:01down on me
37:02for being this
37:03happy,
37:03but I don't
37:04care.
37:05I'm happy.
37:08so the
37:09moment she
37:10was like,
37:10life plus
37:1110,
37:12no parole,
37:15I get to
37:16live my life
37:16in peace.
37:20I do feel
37:22like I missed
37:22out on a lot
37:23of time
37:24that I can't
37:25get back.
37:26Sometimes your
37:28family never
37:28come back
37:29around after
37:29stuff like
37:30that.
37:30Sometimes your
37:31friends never
37:32come back
37:32around after
37:33stuff like
37:33that.
37:34I've watched
37:35people who
37:36were in
37:37carbonation go
37:37back home and
37:38their family does
37:39not accept them
37:40anymore.
37:41They are
37:41completely alone.
37:42I've watched
37:43people crash
37:44out.
37:46What do I do?
37:47Go out into
37:47the world and
37:49people are going
37:49to be like,
37:50hey, I haven't
37:50seen you around
37:51in a long time.
37:52Where have you
37:52been?
37:55What am I
37:55going to say?
37:56I was in a
37:57cold.
37:58I'm just going
37:58to tell them
37:59like I was out
37:59here running
38:00behind some
38:00guy named
38:01Nature Boy and
38:02I thought that
38:02I was living,
38:03you know,
38:04going to have
38:04eternal life in
38:05the jungle with
38:06this guy.
38:07Like, it's
38:08life destroying.
38:10You know,
38:10like my whole
38:11life felt like
38:12it was just
38:13like shattered.
38:16I feel guilty
38:17for everything
38:17that we didn't
38:18do.
38:19You got to
38:20know exactly
38:22who you are,
38:23what the truth
38:23is, or you
38:24lead yourself to
38:25anybody.
38:25They can
38:26potentially
38:26mislead you.
38:29So much
38:31richness that
38:32was in
38:32carbonation that
38:34was taken
38:35away.
38:35Gold in
38:36people,
38:37covered in
38:37dust, battered,
38:38bruised.
38:39It had to be
38:40dismantled.
38:41It had to
38:41be destroyed
38:43so people
38:44can resurrect
38:45and be the
38:46people that
38:46they're meant
38:47to be.
38:49He will
38:50continue to
38:50maintain his
38:51innocence.
38:52He will
38:53continue to
38:54blame the
38:55system and
38:57white supremacy.
38:58He will
38:59blame the
38:59victims.
39:00And that
39:01will be his
39:02story more
39:03than likely
39:03until the
39:04day he
39:04dies.
39:08nothing.
39:09that I
39:09talk about,
39:10I live this
39:11shit, man.
39:12I don't think
39:13it is the
39:14complete end
39:14of Nature Boy,
39:15unfortunately.
39:17He'll try to
39:17revive something.
39:20So,
39:22Nature Boy
39:23may live on.
39:30This is a
39:31prepaid call
39:32from Nature Boy
39:33an inmate
39:34at the
39:34DeKalb
39:35County Jail.
39:38you ain't
39:39never
39:39met
39:40the one
39:41like
39:41you
39:41never
39:42will,
39:42baby.
39:43No,
39:44you don't
39:45make history.
39:46You ain't
39:47never
39:47going to
39:47get me.
39:49I
39:49don't
39:50promise
39:50you
39:50again.
39:51Don't
39:52promise
39:53you
39:53again.
40:05I
40:16don't
40:33have
40:35to
40:35have
40:35to
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