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Bronson said a gang approached him on his first day in prison and demanded he sit at their lunch table. ??That was 9 a.m.,? he recalled in the video. ??At 11:30 a.m. ... a man was gutted and his intestines was put on my tray and exploded over my body.?
By the end of his fifth day, he said, he watched a man get murdered. Gang members asked him, ??Do you want to ride alone or do you want to ride with us?? He said, ??There was no way to survive, and so I joined.?
In the video, Bronson claimed he rose to national leadership within the Aryan Brotherhood and was a member for 20 years. He claimed he faced a murder charge but ??got off on a technicality.?
In 2007, he wanted to become sober and wanted out of the Brotherhood, he said, and he told gang leaders, ??Either take my life or give it back to me.? Within three years, he found salvation.
At the end of the interview, Bronson plugged his future fame, saying he had ??three possible movies, one for-sure movie, a cable series and two possible book projects based on the details and facts of my life.?
None of those works has been published.
David Kolbe, an attorney for Soto, said his 61-year-old theology professor client has advised people inside prison for years.
??At some point in years past, Dr. Soto became familiar with Kevin Bronson while he was incarcerated,? Kolbe told The Daily Beast. ??Dr. Soto was a mentor and spiritual adviser.?
When asked if Bronson manipulated Soto, Kolbe would only say, ??Dr. Soto always had the best of intentions. I??m not sure that was true of Mr. Bronson.?
??There??s a lot more to this story ? that is going to come out and I??m encouraging everybody in this environment to reserve judgment,? Kolbe added.
In September 2015, Soto and his wife filed a tort claim against the Warsaw Police Department seeking $4 million in damages following a raid on his home and his Grace College office by police. (Kolbe told The Daily Beast the claim is on hold as Soto deals with the criminal case.)
In his tort claim, Soto said he was a professor at Grace College for nearly two decades before he began counseling Bronson. He later became Bronson??s power of attorney and coordinated his legal, medical and social services, all while remaining his Christian mentor, Ink Free News reported.
Soto indicated that because of this, he??d ??become the target of a vindictive and unfounded investigation? by the police and suffered ??irreparable harm? to his reputation. He said his career was also hindered because student records were on a computer seized by cops, WSBT reported.
The tort filing says Bronson sought to make a film about his criminal past and ties to the Aryan Brotherhood, ??development of martial arts expertise? and conversion to evangelical Christianity, according to WSBT.
Bronson had a ??falling out? with churchgoers who invested in his flick, and cops were called to investigate ??alleged concerns expressed by investors and various members of Christ's Covenant Church and the community,? the TV station reported.
It??s unclear what led the flock to alert police. The tort filing claims Warsaw cop Paul Heaton??the officer Sheriff Rovenstine is accused of intimidating??led the investigation. He was also identified as a fellow congregant at Christ??s Covenant Church.
In March 2015, Heaton had allegedly contacted Soto for a police interview but the professor declined.
Weeks later, authorities issued three search warrants to obtain Soto's computers, laptops, cell phones and other property??including items belonging to Bronson that were stored at Soto??s residence, Ink Free News reported.
Special prosecutor E. Nelson Chipman, Jr. declined to comment further on the allegations against Rovenstine, Soto and Bronson.
David Sumpter, who owns Relentless Martial Arts Academy where Bronson worked for a spell, said he was duped by the felon, Fox 28 reported. He also said that Soto helped to convince him to let Bronson work out there.
??He used to be part of Relentless,? Sumpter told The Daily Beast. ??As soon as I found out that he was arrested for drugs and gang affiliation, I kicked him out and changed the locks on the doors.?
??I??m a Christian,? Sumpter added. ??I was trying to give him a chance.?
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