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Michael Douglas says a cult threatened to kill him at a dinner
Michael Douglas says a cult threatened to kill him during a dinner party he attended with a girlfriend.
He recalled the group telling him they had tried to reach him and that he would have to be “eliminated.”
The group wanted him to join and give himself up, he said.
Douglas said he believed they might kill him, but they let him leave after he told them he was going.
He identified the group’s leader as Mel Lyman and said he alerted the police after the encounter.
Douglas shared the story while discussing his memoir, “One Helluva Ride,” which is available now.
Michael Douglas says members of a cult threatened to kill him during a dinner.
He recalled the encounter while speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience.
Douglas said the group wanted him to join and “give yourself up, to be part of it.”
He said he and his girlfriend feared they would be killed, but the group let him leave.
Douglas said the cult was led by Mel Lyman and that he alerted police afterward.
- Who
- Michael Douglas said members of a cult threatened him. He said it was led by Mel Lyman.
- What
- Douglas recalled being told he would have to be “eliminated” during a dinner.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- At a dinner; the location is not stated.
- Why
- Douglas said the group wanted him to join and give himself up to be part of it.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Douglas said the group told him it had been trying to reach him.
Douglas recalled the group saying he would have to be eliminated.
Douglas said he told the group he was leaving, and they let him go.
Douglas said he alerted the police.
- Person threatened
- Michael Douglas
- Group leader
- Mel Lyman, according to Douglas
- Setting
- A dinner with a lady friend
- Threat
- Douglas recalled being told he would have to be eliminated
- Aftermath
- Douglas said he alerted police
What people are saying
We've been trying to reach you, and you just don't get it. You don't get it. So, you're going to have to be eliminated.
They were going to whack me.
Then I said, 'I'm going to leave now,' and they said, 'Yeah, you better.'