Sharon Gans Horn — who allegedly ran the Odyssey Study Group — died in January 2021 at age 86.
A one-time actress and accused cult leader cut her two kids out of her $3 million estate because they “betrayed” her, according to court papers.
For decades, Gans Horn and her late husband Alex Horn ran the Odyssey Study Group, a cult that allegedly from adoring followers to support their wealthy lifestyle, including posh homes in the Hudson Valley and a ranch in Montana. In her will, Gans Horn wrote she “intentionally excluded” son David Kulko, 60, and daughter, Ilsa Lee Kaye, 59, “for reasons that are known to David and Ilsa.”In 2015, Kulko sued Kaye, step brother Michael Horn, and Davail Inc, the partnership which owned the family’s Montana ranch.