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you had nuz ethnicities, of income levels, can so readily turn to wholesale pedophilia. not everybody engaged in. but if you were in the family you knew about it. >> the family denied karen zerby ever had sex with rick and say he, himself, never made this allegation. nevertheless, whatever happened in david berg's bedroom had a profound effect on rick and his sister. in recent years, davida has struggled with drug abuse and today earns her living as an exotic dancer. >> jesus christ, you know, anger does not begin -- does not begin to describe how i feel about these people and what they've done. you know, i mean, rage.
well, i consider her my sister, because to me she is. she's not flesh and blood. but i'm talking about davida. she calls me sometimes and we talk and tells me the stuff she's going through and it just breaks my heart, you know? >> david berg frowned upon conventional families, and rick was raised by a coterie of females along with a baby girl called davida. the pair grew up almost as brother and sister. as the family's patriarch continued to break sexual and religious taboos, rick and davida became his latest play things. >> growing up as a kid, i remember everything revolved, in our lives, around religion and sex.
it wasn't just the case of sort of, you know, sticking up for your mate or for your partner or the woman defending the man and being in denial because of it. no, they were active enablers and active participants in our abuse. >> rick and davida even starred in their own bedtime story, printed by the family as an example for all their children to follow. chapters dealt with potty training, discipline, and sex. >> the book was just written by my mother, because my mother was the one that raised -- like i said, ray s. rick and myself. so, she had just written these chronicles explaining, on a day-to-day basis how we interacted and what she was teaching us and what we were learning and that included sexual encounters she had with him and how she used to masturbate him to sleep and how she would make sure he would
but i'm talking about davida. she calls me sometimes and we talk and tells me the stuff she's going through and it just breaks my heart, you know? >> david berg frowned upon conventional families, and rick was raised by a coterie of females along with a baby girl called davida. the pair grew up almost as brother and sister. as the family's patriarch continued to break sexual and religious taboos, rick and davida became his latest play things. >> growing up as a kid, i remember everything revolved, in our lives, around religion and sex. they expected us to have some interaction between ourselves, with the intent that we would marry, get married, and become the future heirs to the throne
so to speak. meaning that we would be the next future leaders, the next gurus, the next david berg or next karen zerby of our time. >> not only were rick and davida encouraged to have sexual interaction, they also shared david berg's bed. >> i must have been 5 years old. i was married, supposedly to -- i was going to become one of david berg's brides and there was a ceremony with a ring and everything. and once i turned 5 years old, was when i was implicated to being one of his queens so to speak. and i remember, actually i used to look forward to going and spending time with him in the evenings, me and rick. because it was the only time he would actually let us watch cartoons. we were absolutely not allowed to watch any tv whatsoever. and it was the only time that we watched cartoons. he would always let us watch
diverse background, of diverse ethnicities, of income levels can so readily turn to wholesale pedophilia. not everybody engaged in. but if you were in the family you knew about it. >> the family denied karen zerby ever had sex with rick and say he, himself, never made this allegation. nevertheless, whatever happened in david berg's bedroom had a profound effect on rick and his sister. in recent years, davida has struggled with drug abuse and today earns her living as an exotic dancer. >> jesus christ, you know, anger does not begin -- does not begin to describe how i feel about these people and what they've done. you know, i mean, rage.
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