By Anon
River Phoenix (above left), who had a close relationship with his father (above right).
River Phoenix first had sex at the age of four.
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A Children of God booklet.
In Colorado, Arlyn and John joined the CIA-linked cult called the Children of God (The Family) which is associated with mind-control and child sexual abuse.
John and Arlyn became missionaries for the cult, in Texas, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
They produced several more children.
In Venezuela, Arlyn and John lost faith in the Children of God.
Arlyn said that the cult’s leader, David Berg, “sought to attract rich disciples through sex.”
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River Phoenix
Arlyn and John moved to Florida.
John worked as a gardener, but had to give up his job when he injured his back.
River Phoenix never went to school.
River Phoenix, aged 9, and his sibling, aged 7, performed in talent contests.
Encouraged by an executive of Paramount, they returned to California.
Arlyn got a job as a secretary at NBC.
River Phoenix, aged 10, did TV commercials for Ocean Spray, Saks and Mitsubishi.
He played guitar on the TV series Fantasy.
He appeared in 22 episodes of CBS’s Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
River Phoenix.
In 1985, he appeared in his first cinema film, a science-fiction adventure called
Explorers.
He got to know Corey Feldman.
In 1985, aged 15, River starred in the ‘hit’ film Stand By Me.
River said that, during the making of this film, he lost his virginity.
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River Phoenix and Martha Plimpton in Mosquito Coast.
In 1986, River was one of the stars of The Mosquito Coast.
Peter Weir, the director of
Mosquito Coast, observed the close relationship between River Phoenix and his father, John.
In 1988, the Phoenix family moved to Gainesville in Florida.
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River Phoenix starred in a number of gay-themed films, including My Own Private Idaho.
He also ‘got involved in heroin’.
In 1993, aged 23, River Phoenix ‘died of an overdose’.
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The Children of God cult has urged young people to become whores.
In 1999, the Children of God (Family International) published an interview with River Phoenix from beyond the grave.
[Q:] You know how everyone was suspecting you and Keanu of being gay. Was it true?
Keanu and I were like close brothers. We did love each other, but not in that way…
We made the mistake of making that movie, My Own Private Idaho.
It was very degrading, degenerate… we were telling them that it’s okay to be gay.
Well, it’s not okay! – It’s filthy!…
[Q:] I was wondering if you ever thought back to when you were younger, and in the Family. Did you believe anything that people told you about your past?
I was very young when my parents left the Family. It was very confusing for me because they had taught me to love the Lord, and to love Grandpa [David Berg], Papa Lion.—And I did.
I loved him very much, and everything the Family stood for.
My sister and
River Phoenix
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