DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Eligio Bishop, the leader of the suspected cult Carbon Nation, made his first appearance before a DeKalb County judge on Friday facing charges of rape and false imprisonment."Prohibition on sexually explicit transmission, three counts of that, one count of rape and one count of false imprisonment," DeKalb County Magistrate Judge Abbi Taylor told Bishop during his first appearance. "Because of those charges, I am not able to set a bond in your case."Bishop, who has been in the DeKalb County jail since late Wednesday evening, made his first appearance by Zoom on Friday."Outstanding" was the only words Bishop spoke during the virtual court hearing.A preliminary hearing in the case has not yet been scheduled.SUSPECTED CULT LEADER ARRESTED ON RAPE, FALSE IMPRISONMENT CHARGES DURING DEKALB COUNTY RAIDEligio Bishop, who goes by Natureboy, was arrested by DeKalb County police on charges of rape, false imprisonment, and transmitting revenge porn.Bishop faces charges of rape, false imprisonment, and sending sexual explicit messages.
Those charges were levied by a former member of Carbon Nation.The woman recently left the group and told police how Bishop mistreated women."We teach sexual education and we believe in nudity.
And so that’s one of the charges that’s trying to be brought against my chief that’s for revenge porn, but the female that was here, the woman that was here, she gave consent to actually release it for sexual education, it’s not just like porn, it’s for educational purposes," said Daylin Armstead, current Carbon Nation member..Eligio Bishop was arrested at a home on Arbor Chase in Decatur on April 13, 2022.