A British boy who said he was kidnapped and taken to a ‘spiritual commune’ by his mother and grandfather six years ago was ‘brainwashed’ while living with them, his family in England have said, as they prepare to be reunited with him within days.
Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017. A picture of a luxury
Danny Masterson ‘s stepfather has claimed his kids lied to help their half-brother over the course of his high-profile rape trial – and could have perjured themselves by stating they abandoned him in the process.
In letters asking for leniency for their older brother, Jordan and Alanna Masterson painted their father, Joe Reaiche, as deadbeat and convicted rapist Danny as a parental surrogate.
In an interview this week, Reaiche – a former pro rugby league player-turned Scientologist who met Masterson’s
