BBC star leaves show after ‘trying to recruit colleague to join brainwashing CULT that takes £1,000s from victims’
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A BBC star is accused of attempting to recruit members to an organisation alleged to be a "messianic cult". Former Radio Derby presenter Pam Sidhu departed her regular evening slot in November 2023 before the broadcaster launched an investigation into her ties to controversial group EDUCO.
![[Pam Sidhu, BBC radio host, voice artist, and mindfulness life coach.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sabrasradio-host-vo-artist-mindfulness-956893060.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
Founded by Irish-born self-help guru and businessman Dr Tony Quinn in the 1990s, the pseudo-religion has previously been accused of coercive control and brainwashing. It reportedly charges thousands of pounds for mindfulness-style seminars around the world, promising to reprogramme the mind like a computer.
![[Portrait of Dr. Tony Quinn.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000957164898_3bf9ed.jpg?strip=all&w=333)
Attendees have previously claimed they were encouraged to remortgage their homes to afford the extortionate fees and that it targeted vulnerable people. Millionaire Dr Quinn previously said he could cure cancer through positive thinking, with some former members saying they believed he was Jesus Christ.
![[Pam Sidhu, radio host, voice artist, and mindfulness life coach.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sabrasradio-host-vo-artist-mindfulness-956893129.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
Introductory events have reportedly been held in London as recently as 2020. In 2010, Dr Quinn was sued in the Irish High Court for alleged sexual assault, battery and fraudulent misrepresentation - claims he denied. Referring to Sidhu, a source close to the group told The Sun: “I’ve been trying to raise concerns about her for the last two years.
![[Pam Sidhu, radio host, voice artist, and mindfulness life coach, by the ocean.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/c6af43e8-6f6c-4ea8-8c88-9e8c3d610ea5.jpg?strip=all&w=875)
“Her and her husband were the Manchester recruiting team for EDUCO.”. The source said he initially contacted multiple people at the BBC but was continually “fobbed off”. Sidhu, who worked on a freelance basis, made a one-off return to the broadcaster’s local network when she covered for another presenter in August this year on BBC Radio Nottingham.
