Rick Alan Ross, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rick Alan Ross

American anticult activist

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1952

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Rick Alan Ross (born 1952) is an American deprogrammer, cult specialist, and founder and executive director of the nonprofit Cult Education Institute.
He frequently appears in the news and other media discussing groups some consider cults.
Ross has intervened in more than 500 deprogramming cases in various countries.Ross faced charges of unlawful imprisonment over a 1991 forcible deprogramming of United Pentecostal Church International member Jason Scott; a jury acquitted him at trial.
In 1995, a civil lawsuit filed by Scott resulted in a multimillion-dollar judgement against Ross and his co-defendants.
Later, Ross and Scott reached a settlement in which Ross agreed to pay Scott US$5,000 and provide 200 hours of professional services at no charge. Ross was the only deprogrammer to work with members of the Branch Davidians prior to the Waco siege; some scholars later criticized his involvement with the siege.