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Jul 5, 2023 · The women were required to hand over “collateral” — embarrassing and incriminating information, including nude photographs — that would be publicly released if they disclosed the existence ...
May 11, 2019 · Sat 11 May 2019 01.00 EDT. T he federal courthouse in Brooklyn provided a bland judicial setting for some startling testimony this week, as former members of Nxivm, a self-improvement and...
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The article revealed how women were branded as part of an initiation process for DOS, an inner "sisterhood" of NXIVM. Former women in the cult spoke on the submission and obedience practices in...
Sep 7, 2021 · Years after Nxivm was exposed as a cultlike criminal enterprise built to conceal Mr. Raniere’s sexual, physical and psychological abuse of women and girls, the details of Ms. Salzman’s role...
- Raniere Convicted of Sex Trafficking
- 'Collateral' Included Nude Photos
- 'Human Fright Experiments'
- A 'Society of Protectors'
The nearly 200-page court document provides new details about the extent to which Canadians were allegedly involved in NXIVM (pronounced Nexium) and its offshoots — claiming the group filed reports with Vancouver police to silence opponents. Raniere was convicted of sex trafficking in New York last summer. The 58-year-old, known as Vanguard to his ...
As part of their initiation, the members of the group — known as DOS — gave secrets that could be used as damaging collateral should they fail to comply. Some were also branded in the pubic region with a symbol that appeared to be Raniere's initials. In the lawsuit, Edmondson claims the defendants provided an edited video of her being branded that ...
The lawsuit also describes "human fright experiments" allegedly conducted on NXIVM followers. One Canadian woman — Jane Doe 19 — claims she was asked to participate in a study in which she was connected to electrodes and shown "a video depicting the actual dismemberment of five women and movie scenes showing a gang rape and a racially motivated mur...
The U.S. lawsuit does not detail the involvement of the Canadian male plaintiffs, beyond saying that they were allegedly emotionally and financially harmed by NXIVM. But the court documents provide a general overview of a program called the Society of Protectors, founded by Raniere, that promoted men and masculinity. Members called Raniere "Big Dog...
May 30, 2018 · Feature. Inside Nxivm, the ‘Sex Cult’ That Preached Empowerment. Why did female members follow a guru named Keith Raniere, who now stands accused of sex trafficking? He made them feel like they...
Jun 19, 2019 · The leader of NXIVM, a group that espoused a philosophy of self-improvement but was accused of recruiting, grooming and even branding an inner circle of female sex slaves, was found guilty...
