‘One Tree Hill’ Star Reveals How She Was Lured Into Cult
Actor Bethany Joy Lenz said she was in a cult while at the height of her fame as a cast member alongside Chad Michael, Sophia Bush, and Hilarie Burton in the hit 2000s show, One Tree Hill.
“I had always been looking for a place to belong,” said Lenz in a People magazine interview to promote her upcoming memoir, Dinner for Vampires Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!), out Oct. 22.
Lenz, who grew up Evangelical Christian and an only child, said her faith became her social anchor when she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting at 20 years old. Then she met a pastor, Les, during bible study who slowly started convincing her and other members to move to a big house in Idaho to live in a commune-like environment.