A church youth group leader who allegedly blackmailed at least 240 women into being his slaves, forcing some of them to have sex with strangers and animals, has been arrested in southeastern Brazil.
Roney Schelb worked as a sales representative and as well as volunteering at a church in Muriaé, a city in the state of Minas Gerais.
The Minais Gerais Civil Police said the 32-year-old abused the women during a four-year period across 11 states.
Lead investigator Magno Machado Nogueira said Schelb came into contact with his victims by creating several fake social media and WhatsApp profiles, and offered to pay them between $970 to $2,400 for intimate videos and pictures.
But Schelb allegedly provided them with fake bank wire transfer receipts, and after receiving the nude images, he blackmailed the women by threatening to reveal the footage to their friends and family members.
Investigators also alleged that he would blackmail victims into sending him more videos and photographs, with one victim saying he demanded more than twenty a day.
It is alleged that he forced some of his victims to meet in person, where he raped them. Women from further away, he forced to have sex with other men or animals, and send him video footage.
Police say he forced some of his victims to sign sex contracts, similar to one found in erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, which stated they would allow him to do whatever he wanted to them.
The contracts also said he could hit the women as hard as he pleased.
Schelb was arrested October 11 at his home in Belo Horizante. Cops discovered documents detailing all of his victims' information as well as a laptop, tablet, and sex costumes.
Man 'forced' women in Brazil into having sex with strangers, animals
Roney Schelb is being accused of sexually abusing at least 240 women during a four-year period across 11 states in Brazil, forcing them into sexual acts with men and animals.
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