Annette Stephens / Bianchi
- Annette Stephens was in and out of Kenja until 1991.
- In 1992 we asked her to leave over ethical concerns.
- She claims since then she was “deprogrammed”, then states that she embarks on years of therapy with “anti-cult” therapists :
Louise Samways, and Bob Tein (in order to “recover” and be “deprogrammed” from the realities she
acquired in Kenja, they both place her under hypnosis). She recovers
“memories”.
TRANSCRIPT*
Q. Who are they? -- these therapists?
A. Louise Samways and Bob Tein.
Q. Bob who?
A. Tein.
Q. How do you spell that?
A. T-E-I-N
Q. And were you hypnotised by one of those Psychologists?
A. They both used different techniques. They both used hypnosis.
...
Q. In this dicey memory that you have, isn’t it true that when you were
under hypnosis with Dr Tein that you recovered a memory of Mr Dyers
doing a processing session with you while you were naked, isn’t that
true?
A. Yes, I do remember that. *
- In 1991 Louise Samways uses Annette to promote her book “Your Mind Body Energy” (Sydney Morning Herald, 12 August 1992).
- There
Annette states she intends to bring the American hate group “Cult
Awareness Network” to Australia (Sydney Morning Herald, 12 August
1992).
- She does. She immediately identifies herself with the agenda of this American deprogramming referral group.
- In 1992 – 1993 she involves herself in an attempt to discredit Ken Dyers and so destroy Kenja.
- She
convinces Wendy Beaver to talk her 20 year old son Michael (a young man
with a serious substance abuse problem, residing in a psychiatric
hospital and declared paranoid schizophrenic) into a deprogramming.
- Annette
takes Wendy and Michael Beaver to a Melbourne home to meet a Martin
Katchen ( a student doing his PhD thesis under Rachel Kohn).
- Wendy states Michael is to be deprogrammed by somebody doing their PhD thesis in the “Kenja cult”.
- The house belongs to a woman (an ex-Kenja participant who had been asked to leave Kenja) and her three daughters.
- This
woman, her 3 daughters, Martin Katchen, Annette Stephens and Wendy
Beaver all seem to be involved in a meeting to “deprogram” Michael.
- Michael, after this meeting is to apparently write a letter denouncing Ken and Kenja for an ex-politician Stephen Mutch.
Michael had refused to do this until after this meeting.
- Michael, having written this letter, commits suicide.
- Two
months after Michael’s suicide, the 3 daughters present at this meeting
bring false charges of molestation against Ken – (their mother never
knew of this alleged molestation).
- Annette is the one who organises the linking of the girl with Stephen Mutch (not the police).
- Annette is a featured witness in the subsequent case where Ken is EXONERATED ON ALL CHARGES.
- Annette Stephens (now Bianchi) is badly discredited in this case.
- Today her name is still linked to deprogrammings targeting Kenja participants, and to attacks on Kenja.
* From the cross-examination of Annette Stephens, in the District Court of NSW, Regina v Kenneth Emmanuel Dyers, 1996
published 4/7/2009
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