Breaking News -- JZ under scrutiny for employment fraud
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:56 pm
http://theolympiareport.com/j-z-knight- ... ent-fraud/ . (DEAD LINK)
Authorities from the Washington State Department of Employment Security are probing charges that employees working for J.Z. Knight‘s Yelm-based Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment (JZK, Inc.) were routinely coerced to work for free while drawing unemployment benefits from the state.
Karri Konga, former Knight employee, has sent an affidavit discussing the employment fraud, alleging that, “While working for J.Z. Knight, president of Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment, (RSE), I was laid off for the summer, as were most all staff each summer. During June of 2006, I was called and asked to come in to work. I was never paid, as that is also common practice of RSE. They lay off staff during the summer to collect unemployment and ask them to come back and work for free. To be able to keep their jobs, staff obliges and remains quiet.”
Knight’s website described her as the “president of JZK, Inc., and Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment, a unique academy located in the foothills of Mount Rainier in Washington state.
“The school,” the website explains, “was established in the 1980s and hosts over 10,000 students from the United States and 60 foreign countries. JZ Knight is the “channel” through which Ramtha delivers his message. Ramtha is an ascended Master Teacher who learned in his lifetime the unlimited potential of our minds for creating reality and the extraordinary in our lives. Ramtha lived as a human being on earth 35,000 years ago. In that lifetime, he discovered the true nature of the human person, the power of the mind, and the malleable nature of physical reality.”
Knight, born (born Judith Darlene Hampton on March 16, 1946, in Roswell, N.M, currently lives in a 12,800-square-foot French chateau-style home in Yelm and, next door, teaches courses and runs RSE.
Knight has been married six times (five of which ended with divorce) and is the mother of two.
In addition to the charges of employment fraud, Knight is also currently embroiled in controversy over a YouTube video showing her making a presentation that includes an obscenity-laced tirade about Christians.
A different video shows Knight sharing the stage with Thurston County commissioner candidate Sandra Romero.
According to Public Disclosure Commission documents, Knight is the largest individual donor to Romero’s campaign, having made several contributions totaling $2,700.
Knight has donated the legal maximum to Bruce Lachney, the Democratic candidate for the 2nd District Washington State Senate seat (Pierce/Thurston counties).
Knight is a major donor to Democratic causes statewide, having contributed $50,000 to the Washington State Democratic Party this year alone.