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Mrs. Shelby, A.K.A. Mother Shelby is the main antagonist of the Law & Order episode "Sects". She is a perverted cult leader who runs the Children of the Divine cult, a cult where children are forced to use drugs and have sex with older men/women, their brothers and sisters, and even other children.
She was portrayed by Deborah Hedwall.
Her Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- While running her cult, she did the disgusting acts of forcing kids to use drugs and having sex with older men/women, other children, and blood family, she even watched and sometimes participated in the raped
- Forced David Ranson and Stacey, his sister, to have sex with each other.
- If members tried to leave, Shelby would force them into a concentration camp to make them obedient and scared.
- Gave drugs to her son, David, and didn't even try to help him while he died, making her responsible for filicide.
- Members who left usually died from overdoses or suicides and the ones that didn’t, went on a forum to talk about the abuse endured.
- Due to her actions, she is the reason why Delores Diamond was killed and her son, David, attempted suicide later on.
- No matter how guilty she is, she still tried to manipulate her children into not telling the truth and was shown to be smug.
- In court, despite the evidence that she committed several rapes, she lied to the court that she was disgusted by the book of David and that she did what every spiritual leader had once done
- While she was shown to be slightly affectionate to Stacey at a restaurant meetup, seeing as her reaction was to ask for the location of Richard/David, this was to manipulate her.
What Prevents Her From Being Pure Evil?[]
- While she passes the heinous standards due the the massive scale of her crimes, her hundreds of victims, and the horrific depravity of her actions, she suffers from off-screen villainy with most of her crimes taking place completely off-screen.
External Links[]
- Mrs. Shelby on the Villains Wiki
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