Attorneys for O. Gene Bicknell originally filed the lawsuit against three of his business partners in July 2025
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Richard M. Silanskas Jr. admitted to creating fake religious emails to manipulate investor O. Gene Bicknell, an investor in American Heartland Theme Park
The emails, signed as “Sister Catherine,” aimed to convince Bicknell that God wanted him to fund the theme park
The planned Oklahoma park was announced in 2023 and promised significant economic impact before the project collapsed amid the lawsuit
A businessman admitted to posing as God and other religious figures in messages sent to a 91-year-old investor to deceive him…
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