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Synanon, originally known as Tender Loving Care, was a new religious movement founded in 1958 by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in Santa Monica, California, United States. Originally established as a drug rehabilitation program, Synanon developed into an alternative community centered on group truth-telling sessions that came to be known as ...
Synanon members began to exhibit violent behavior, which culminated in 1978 when Dederich inspired followers to try to kill Morantz. [23] Three weeks earlier, Morantz had won a $300,000 judgment against Synanon on behalf of a married couple.
Rory Kennedy and Mark Bailey, the filmmakers behind HBO's docuseries "The Synanon Fix," spoke about the group, its followers and the dangers of blindly following a charismatic leader.
The Synanon Fix is an American documentary series directed and produced by Rory Kennedy. It explores the rise and fall of Synanon, told through the eyes of former members, into its descent into a cult. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2024. [2] [3] It premiered on April 1, 2024, on HBO. [4]
Synanon's founder Chuck Dederich, had attended a session of Alcoholics Anonymous and felt he could replicate the sober lifestyle program for drug users. Dederich would open one of the country's ...
The followers each got a year in jail while Dederich was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to give up control of Synanon. He died in 1997 after a series of strokes.
Late the following year, representing clients who were suing Synanon, Morantz walked into a hotel conference room in Visalia, Calif., to finally take a deposition from Dederich, whom he called ...
[10] The troubled teen industry has continued to be associated with Synanon and the various CEDU spin-offs. [11] Former students have made the assertion that CEDU was an acronym for Charles E. Dederich University, [12] while CEDU marketing materials claim, this stood for "See Yourself As You Are and Do Something About It". [13]