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Paul Morantz is an American attorney and investigative journalist. He is known for taking cases alleging brainwashing by cults, self-help groups and for sexual misconduct by psychotherapists. Other cases were against therapists, religious organizations, and corporations. His successful prosecution of Synanon led to an attempt against his life, by means of a rattlesnake. == Early life and career == Morantz was born and raised in Southern California. After high school he served in the United States Army in 1963 for six months as a reservist. He then attended Santa Monica City College and the University of Southern California (USC) as a journalism major. Morantz became a sportswriter for the USC school newspaper the ''Daily Trojan''. In 1967 he interviewed O. J. Simpson. Later that year he became co-sports editor of the Daily Trojan along with Lance Spiegel. In 1968, the ''Los Angeles Times'' offered Morantz a job as a sportswriter but he decided to go to law school instead. While in law school, Morantz took a position writing for the ''Pigskin Review''. He played for USC Law School in the basketball intramural league.〔 After graduation, Morantz became a Los Angeles public defender. He left the public defender's office in 1973, then worked part-time as both a lawyer and writer. During this time, he developed his feature-length article on surf singers Jan and Dean that was later published in Rolling Stone magazine, and wrote the story for the made-for-television movie.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Morantz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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