Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile is a biography of Werner Erhard written by legal journalist Steven Pressman. St. Martin's Press published the first edition of the work in 1993. Pressman first became interested in writing a book about Werner Erhard in 1991 while working as a journalist for California Lawyer; he carried out research and investigative work for the book from 1991 to 1993.

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  • Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile is a biography of Werner Erhard written by legal journalist Steven Pressman. St. Martin's Press published the first edition of the work in 1993. Pressman first became interested in writing a book about Werner Erhard in 1991 while working as a journalist for California Lawyer; he carried out research and investigative work for the book from 1991 to 1993. He conducted interviews during research for the book, and utilized documents from court transcripts and previously published accounts. The book gives an account of Werner Erhard's early life as Jack Rosenberg, his exploration of various forms of self-improvement techniques including Scientology and Mind Dynamics, and his foundation of Erhard Seminars Training "est" and later Werner Erhard and Associates and the Est successor course, "The Forum". Pressman details the rapid financial success Erhard had with these companies, as well as controversies relating to litigation involving some former participants in his courses. The work concludes by going over the impact of a March 3, 1991 60 Minutes broadcast on CBS where family members made allegations of abuse against Erhard, and his decision to leave the United States. Outrageous Betrayal received a generally positive reception. Testimony within the United States House of Representatives has cited Pressman's book for historical background on Erhard and his companies, and it has been referenced in books on psychology, cults and new religious movements. Representatives of Werner Erhard and of Landmark Education, the successor company to The Forum, expressed dissatisfaction with the book. During the course of his research for the book Pressman received multiple letters from Werner Erhard's attorney Walter Maksym, and in 1994 the Chairman of Landmark Education Art Schreiber referred to the book as "defamatory". In 1998, Landmark Education attempted to compel Steven Pressman to reveal the unnamed sources he had consulted while researching Outrageous Betrayal. Landmark Education later dropped this matter after it settled its litigation against the Cult Awareness Network (CAN). As a result of this settlement, CAN agreed not to sell copies of Outrageous Betrayal for at least five years after it emerged from bankruptcy.
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  • Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile is a biography of Werner Erhard written by legal journalist Steven Pressman. St. Martin's Press published the first edition of the work in 1993. Pressman first became interested in writing a book about Werner Erhard in 1991 while working as a journalist for California Lawyer; he carried out research and investigative work for the book from 1991 to 1993.
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