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Donna Flagg was unaware of Hoyt Richards's involvement in a cult until he called her in October 2001.

Hoyt Richards gave millions of dollars from his modeling earnings to cult leader von Mierers.

Donna Flagg is the founder of the Manhattan exercise firm Lastics Stretch Technique.

Cult leader Frederick von Mierers first met a 16-year-old Hoyt Richards in Nantucket, where Richards' family summered.

Members of the cult Eternal Values were led to believe they should give all their money to its leader, von Mierers.

Hoyt Richards's oldest sister, Katie McNabb, obtained a one-day officiant’s license in Massachusetts to marry the couple.

In 1998, leaders of the Eternal Values cult demanded Hoyt Richards end his four-year relationship with Donna Flagg.

In June 1994, Donna Flagg, who was newly divorced and living in Chelsea, was invited to Los Angeles by her friend Moe Lospinoso, a film producer.

Donna Flagg and Hoyt Richards had their first date at the now-closed French restaurant Gascogne in Chelsea, weeks after meeting in June 1994.

Hoyt Richards, 64, grew up in Berwyn, Pa., and is the fourth of six children of Bob and Terry Hoyt.

Hoyt Richards played varsity football at Princeton before a shoulder injury sidelined him.

Donna Flagg earned a master’s degree in human resource management and organizational development and a post-master’s in business education from N.Y.U.

Donna Flagg, 61, grew up in Middletown, N.J. with an older brother and her parents, Carole and David Flagg.

Hoyt Richards was indoctrinated into a religious cult whose leader forbade outside personal attachments.

John Richards Hoyt has used the professional name Hoyt Richards since starting his modeling career in the mid-1980s.

Hoyt Richards vanished from Donna Flagg’s life in 1998.

The reason for Hoyt Richards's disappearance from Donna Flagg's life was the subject of a recent HBO Max docuseries.

Hoyt Richards and Donna Flagg were married on Jetties Beach in Nantucket, Mass., on September 4.

Fitness-content creator Rob Perez has completed nine Hyrox competitions.

Hyrox coach Gibney stated that events have medical personnel, judges, and race officials responsible for safeguarding the competition and athletes.