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Nathan Rich
Other Names:Hotpot King (Chinese: 火锅大王)
Birth Date:13 February 1982
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Relatives:Sharon Rich (aunt)
Known For:Criticism of Scientology
Nationality:American
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Nathan Rich (born February 13, 1982) is an American YouTuber with half a million subscribers, author, and Scientology critic. He appeared on alongside classmate Tara Reile about their experiences at the Scientology boarding school, the Mace-Kingsley Ranch School.[1]

Early life and education

Rich is the only child of Julie Miriam Rich, a pet communicator, who died from cancer in 2010. He completed only two school grades, seventh and eighth grades, at Dunedin Academy. He spent four years at the Mace-Kingsley Ranch when he was 8 and 14 years old. At 17, he left home and was later disconnected by his family.[2] [3] He spent seven years homeless while using and dealing drugs before attending community college.

Scientology

Mace-Kingsley Ranch

At 8 years old, Rich was sent to the Scientology boarding school, the Mace-Kingsley Ranch in Palmdale, California, and then again at age 14.[1] Rich alleges the Ranch was an abusive environment, with punishments including being scrubbed with a metal fence brush and paddling from the staff.[4] [5] [1]

Documentaries

In October 2017 Rich appeared in episode 17 of the U.S. documentary series, .[4]

Autobiography

In 2018, Nathan Rich published a book about his experiences in Scientology and at the Mace-Kingsley Ranch, titled Scythe Tleppo: My Survival of a Cult, Abandonment, Addiction and Homelessness.[6] According to reviewer Tony Ortega, "Scythe Tleppo is a roller coaster ride between these moments of clarity and one shocking scene after another told in brutal detail about the ways Nathan was abused, the ways he abused himself, and his ever downward spiral to homelessness and near-suicidal drug use."[7]

Personal life

Since moving to China, Rich has started a video blog sympathetic to the People's Republic of China.[8] [9] Among the views he holds are that those who had taken part in the Hong Kong protests were "terrorists" and "right-wing",[10] and that Taiwan was an integral part of China and could therefore not be a state.[11] He has also commented on the China–United States trade war[12] and China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leah Remini Blasts Scientology Over Treatment Of Young Children. Inquisitr. Minnis. Glenn . 11 October 2017. 28 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Scientology 3rd Gen Nathan Rich Tells His Horror Story of Surviving Scientology. Surviving Scientology Radio. iHeartRadio. 28 September 2018. 23 August 2019.
  3. Carolla. Adam . Adam Carolla. TAK 210 - Nathan Rich. The Adam Carolla Show. 10 December 2018. 23 August 2019. subscription.
  4. News: Bentley. Jean . 'Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath' Investigates Church's Treatment of Children. The Hollywood Reporter. 10 October 2017. 28 June 2019. Third-generation Scientologists Nathan Rich and Tara Reile both attended the New Mexico Ranch in the late '90s, and outlined some of the treatment they say they received there..
  5. Sanders. Ash . Children of Scientology: Life After Growing Up in an Alleged Cult.. subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20190629033439/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/scientology-children-second-generation-846732/ . 29 June 2019 . Rolling Stone. 24 June 2019. 28 June 2019.
  6. Book: Rich . Nathan . Scythe Tleppo: My Survival of a Cult, Abandonment, Addiction and Homelessness . 2018 . Dynasty Systems . 9781949629996.
  7. Web site: Ortega . Tony . Sharp new memoir digs into Scientology's toxic cruelty experienced by those who grow up in it . The Underground Bunker . 5 September 2019.
  8. Web site: Wertime. David. China just won the first U.S. presidential debate. 2021-01-23. POLITICO. en.
  9. Web site: Jung. Chauncey. Restricting Chinese Journalist Visas Will Not Stop China's Propaganda Campaigns. 2021-01-23. thediplomat.com. en-US.
  10. News: Li. Jane. China's messaging against the Hong Kong protests has found a new outlet: Pornhub. Quartz. November 13, 2019. December 26, 2019.
  11. Web site: Taiwan News. Dream Lucid refutes Nathan Rich's claims that Taiwan belongs to China Taiwan News 2020/04/28. 2021-01-23. Taiwan News. April 28, 2020 .
  12. News: Erlich. Reese. Foreign Correspondent: The U.S. Trade War with China is Not Going So Well. The Progressive. August 8, 2019. December 30, 2019.
  13. News: WeChat Or Chinese Journalists: Who Is Doing China's Bidding Abroad?. Initium Media. Initium Media. 22 June 2020. 5 July 2020. Worldcrunch.

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