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NXIVM (/ ˈ n ɛ k s i ə m / NEK-see-əm) was a cult led by convicted racketeer and sex offender Keith Raniere. NXIVM is also the name of the defunct company that Raniere founded in 1998, which provided seminars ostensibly about human potential development, and served as a front organization for criminal activity by Raniere and his close ...
In the early years, Raniere’s closest companions, “the original harem” as NXIVM whistle-blower and investigative journalist Frank Parlato called them, took care of his sexual needs, groomed women to become his lovers, and arranged abortions and other services as required. In 2017, Parlato observed that, “Karen Unterreiner (58ish) is the ...
- Carole Cusack
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Clare Webb Bronfman (born 1979) is an American heiress, convicted felon and former leader of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company and cult based near Albany, New York.She is the youngest daughter of billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram liquor chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Sarah Edmondson and her husband Anthony “Nippy” Ames, left in 2017, and Mark Vicente and his wife Bonnie Piesse, with assistance from Toni Natalie, Catherine Oxenberg (whose campaign to rescue her daughter India, a DOS branded slave formed the basis of the HBO series “The Vow” [2020]) and others formed the main whisteblowers on Raniere ...
- Carole Cusack
Aug 11, 2021 · NXIVM was a cult disguised as a multi-level marketing enterprise and self-help group. Founded in the 1990s by Keith Raniere, the cult gained many followers and thrived throughout the years until it was exposed by former members as a sex cult that involved physical, mental, and emotional abuse. In 2017, former NXIVM member, Canadian actress ...
- Jean Mendoza
Oct 29, 2020 · The lawyer had been paid for by Clare Bronfman, heiress to the Seagram’s liquor fortune, who has since pleaded guilty to her role in Nxivm and been sentenced to over six years in prison.
Apr 13, 2019 · A cult isn't just a set of religious doctrines, or interpretations, it's a way in which a person is conditioned socially. They train you to be socially retarded. One common thing with all of us ...
