[32][33][34] Lauren Salzman and Kathy Russell were each given non-prison sentences. Raniere sought an injunction allowing visitation and phone calls from follower Suneel Chakravorty, who he claims is a paralegal working on his appeals. [72], NXIVM has been described as a pyramid scheme,[73][74][75][43] a sex-trafficking operation,[76] a cult,[77][78][79] and a sex cult. Unlike the Luciferian, a non-Luciferian's neurophysiological processes will not register as pleasure for this stimulus. My birthday is always a strange thing. [294], Frank Parlato was hired by NXIVM in 2007 to help with publicity. In a six-week trial, prosecutors presented a damning case against Mr. Raniere. [159] She is presently imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury. This documentary series from Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning directors Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer ( The Square, Control Room, The Vow) follows members who joined the self-improvement group NXIVM - whose leader was convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and other crimes - to reveal the emotional toll of unfolding events on these Nxivm sex cult co-founder Nancy Salzman sentenced to prison [56][44], NXIVM claimed its training is a trade secret, subject to non-disclosure agreements, but reportedly uses a technique the organization calls "rational inquiry" to facilitate personal and professional development. She pleaded not guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. [167] On December 9, 2022, the federal appeals court upheld the convictions and sentences for Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman. [253] Mack was reportedly a founder of DOS, a Raniere-affiliated Master/Slave group. In an eight-page letter, prosecutors said that Mr. Raniere has spent his life profiting from pyramid schemes and has otherwise received financial backing from independently wealthy women, like Clare and Sara Bronfman, heirs to the Seagrams liquor fortune. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. [80] In a 2010 Times Union article, former NXIVM coaches characterized students as "prey" for Raniere's sexual or gambling-related proclivities. 42 months in prison and a $150,000 fine. [274] In February 2014, Keeffe broke with Raniere and his group. All the Vancouver Actresses Linked to an Alleged Sex Cult - Vice Mr. Raniere and Nancy Salzman, a former psychiatric nurse, founded Nxivm (pronounced NEX-ee-um) as a purported self-help organization near Albany, N.Y. [271], Sarah Edmondson is a Canadian actress. Is NXIVM Still Active 2022? Does It Still Exist After Keith Raniere https://www.nytimes.com/article/nxivm-timeline.html. By that standard, HBO's The Vow should be a better story than Starz's four-part special Seduced. A Timeline of the Nxivm Sex Cult Case - The New York Times Former members said that as Nxivms curriculum progressed, Mr. Raniere used psychological manipulation to indoctrinate his followers into obedience. In 2019, multiple members including Raniere were convicted of various crimes related to their roles at NXIVM. NXIVM reportedly kept dossiers on Soares, Spitzer, political consultants Roger Stone and Steve Pigeon, U.S. [172] Judge Sunshine Sykes granted the motion, dismissing the lawsuit and granting Lions Gate Entertainment's request for attorneys' fees and costs. She eventually was appointed the head of NXIVM's Vancouver office. The leader of NXIVM ran an all-male fraternity that later allowed women into the curriculum and used "horribly demeaning" tactics to humiliate them, according to testimony from a former member . Courts ruled in favor of Ross. Fleeing the region with her son, an email bearing Keeffe's name explained: "I have full sole legal custody of Gaelyn. The company is listed as a "public relations" firm by the website of the City of Irvine (where it holds a business license). Here is a timeline of some of the events that led to Nxivms downfall. NXIVM, Sex Cult, & Slavery - Reconsider News 555 - Marc Elliot (NXIVM - Overcame Tourette's Syndrome) Several young actresses allegedly get brainwashed to serve a charismatic cult leader. The Vow: Is the NXIVM Cult Still Around in 2020? - POPSUGAR NXIVM - which began, in 1998, as a " personal and professional development program" dubbed Executive Success Programs - was founded by computer programmer Keith Raniere and his business . [101][102] United States Attorney Richard Donoghue stated that Raniere "created a secret society of women whom he had sex with and branded with his initials, coercing them with the threat of releasing their highly personal information and taking their assets". ?, began involvement with the group in 2005. [255] In 2016, Porter was present at a NXIVM retreat ("V-Week") where 300 to 400 individuals were struck by an unidentified disease; Porter failed to report the outbreak, in violation of his duties as a licensed medical doctor. [229] Another reporter reached out to NXIVM member Marc Elliot, who promotes both the purported treatment and film, and did not receive a reply. Here Are the Major Players in the Case", "Lder de secta NXIVM enseaba que la violacin y el abuso infantil no son delitos", "Inside Nxivm, the 'Sex Cult' That Preached Empowerment (Published 2018)", "Inside the Tangled Web of NXIVM: The Surprising Players Sucked Into the Alleged Cult's Orbit", "Ordered to seduce Raniere, woman planned escape from NXIVM", "NYC Prison Dancers Linked to 'Sex Cult' NXIVM Start Social Justice Org", "NXIVM members dancing for Raniere outside federal prison", "Doctor Associated With Cult-Like New York Group Loses License", "NXIVM Trial: Prosecution's opening statements lasted 90 minutes", "NXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Convicted on Sex Trafficking Charges. [150][151], While incarcerated, Raniere has maintained his leadership role over NXIVM, regularly communicating with his followers by phone and through TRULINCS email. [42][270], Barbara Bouchey was a client of Nancy Salzman, having been referred to her in 1988. Parlato, Frank. I am glimpsing who I wanted to become so long ago. Ms. Mack will remain subject to home confinement until September, when she is scheduled to begin serving her sentence. Anyone can read what you share. She also wrote a memoir. [44], On December 15, 2017, the ABC newsmagazine 20/20 aired an expos including interviews with many former NXIVM adherents, including Edmondson and Catherine Oxenberg, who alleged that her daughter, India Oxenberg, was in danger from the group. Skip to main content Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. [27][28] Raniere was convicted on the top charge of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy as well as several other charges. Since then, an. Cult Education Institute :: Group Information Archives Mr. Ranieres sentencing was the culmination of his fall from grace and included hours of statements from more than a dozen victims. Prosecutors showed a biography that once appeared on a Nxivm website claiming Raniere attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute when he was 16 and immediately started taking graduate-level. She was sentenced to three years in prison on June 30. [240][241][242][243] On September 30, 2020, she was sentenced to six years, nine months in prison by a federal judge. I had to get Gaelyn away. India Oxenberg, daughter of actress Catherine Oxenberg, was introduced to the group in 2011. Nxivm website archive - Talk Vietnam [52] According to Vanity Fair, NXIVM leadership, who had spoken to Forbes, had expected a positive story. [92][29][99][258] He was found guilty of all charges at trial. She told Insider that she uses every speaking opportunity she can to share her story so that others don't fall into the same trap. But NXIVM, the Albany-based corporation founded by Raniere and Nancy Salzman in 1998, seems to have been truly adept at weaponizing the human desire to storify our lives. [146], In January 2020, Sarah Edmondson became lead plaintiff in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act civil suit filed in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York accusing Raniere and 14 associates (including Nancy Salzman, Clare Bronfman, Sara Bronfman, Lauren Salzman, Allison Mack, Kathy Russell, Karen Unterreiner, Brandon Porter, Danielle Roberts, and Nicki Clyne) of conducting illegal psychological experiments on members of the company and abusing them physically, emotionally and financially. Prominent NXIVM cult leader Lauren Salzman avoids jail time after 'extraordinary' cooperation She was a key aide to guru Keith Raniere and had been looking at a possible prison term. Station Archive Station Archive. After concluding that NXIVM members were being defrauded by Raniere, Parlato began blogging about the group on his sites ArtVoice, The Niagara Falls Reporter, and The Frank Report.[295][270]. In October, Keith Raniere was sentenced to 120 years in prison for his role in leading a cultlike group called Nxivm, in which a harem of sexual slaves were branded with his initials on their pelvises and coerced into having sex with him. [276][277][278][279][280], Toni Natalie met Raniere in 1991 when he was pitching his business Consumer's Buyline. [263] After Raniere's conviction, Roberts was among the dancers outside the jail in which he was incarcerated. Bronfman was previously charged with racketeering, which she denied, in 2018. [55][60] On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal, ruling that the defendant's critical analysis of material obtained in bad faith (i.e. Pro-NXIVM Website, 'Let's Not Be Frank'; Nancy Pays - Frank Report [212] People who irrevocably turned against Raniere were said to have undergone "The Fall" and were labeled, in the words of a former member, as "Luciferians, lost people for whom bad feels good, and good feels bad. By 2017, several former members had asked New York State authorities to investigate Nxivm. On Wednesday, Allison Mack, an actress who pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges for her role in Nxivm, was sentenced to three years in prison. Thank you to all of you! [3] NXIVM is also the trademarked name of the defunct corporation that Raniere founded, which provided seminars and videos in the field of human potential development. Serial Number: 78109670", "Her Darkest Role: Actress Allison Mack's Descent From 'Smallville' to Sex Cult", "This Keith Raniere Sex-Cult Story Is Much Deeper Than Allison Mack's Arrest", "A Top NXIVM Sex Cult Recruiter Comes Forward, Says Founder 'Messed With the Wrong Person', "NXIVM's files on 'enemies' debated in court", "Witness: Bronfmans tried to apply political pressure", "FBI shifts mountain of data in NXIVM's seized computers", "Dalai Lama fills Palace with message of compassion", "Suspended Lama Tenzin Dhonden Had A Lover Too! [256][255][257], Keith Raniere, founder of NXIVM, arrested and indicted on a variety of charges related to DOS (a "secret sisterhood" within NXIVM), including sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, and conspiracy to commit forced labor in March 2018. [48][49][50] The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Raniere adopted the title from the 1981 video game Vanguard, "in which the destruction of one's enemies increased one's own power". [189], Every August, NXIVM members would gather in Silver Bay, New York, to celebrate Raniere's birthday, known as "Vanguard Week", which began as a single day and eventually expanded to 11 days. ', "India Oxenberg Opens Up About Her Family's NXIVM Nightmare: 'It's Like Freaking Shakespeare', "Filmmaker breaks down describing Nxivm's duplicitous ideas and evil intent The Underground Bunker", "Journalist on leave after tangle with secretive 'NXIVM' group", "The truth vs. the cult: How a journalist exposed Keith Raniere and NXIVM", "A&E Investigates: Cults and Extreme Belief; S1E1 'NXIVM', "HBO Plans Docuseries on Alleged Sex Cult NXIVM", "Alleged sex cult NXIVM focus of HBO documentary series", "India Oxenberg Open Ups About NXIVM Experience in 'Seduced' Docuseries for Starz", "From Alleged Cult Leader To Cowering In Closet: How Keith Raniere's Arrest Went Down", "Lifetime Is Making a NXIVM Sex Cult Movie After Founder Keith Raniere's Conviction", "NXIVM Sex Cult Movie Set At Lifetime With Catherine Oxenberg Producing; Peter Facinelli & Andrea Roth To Star", "Lifetime's Trailer For 'Escaping The NXIVM Cult' Shows Seduction And Anguish", "Nxivm 'sex cult' part one: How my daughter became trapped", Three critical articles pertaining to the, "Actress Who Allegedly Recruited NXIVM 'Slaves' Is Dancing for Prisoner Rights Now", "Is NXIVM Still Operational? Former NXIVM member turned prosecution witness Mark Vicente dismissed the group as a "cover movement" for support of Raniere. [154][155][156], On September 30, 2020, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York sentenced Clare Bronfman to six years and nine months in federal prison. [275] In 2015, Keeffe alleged that NXIVM leaders had planned to lure critics to Mexico with an invitation to an anti-cult conference; once in Mexico, the critics were to be arrested on false charges by order of a judge who had been bribed. There is no greater privilege than to materialize myself. #happyvalentinesday #love, A post shared by Sarah Edmondson (@sarahedmondson) on Feb 14, 2020 at 9:48pm PSTFeb 14, 2020 at 9:48pm PST. She didn't know exactly what was wrong, but her gut told her to leave, so she did. [264] Roberts' medical license was revoked in October 2021. Is NXIVM a Cult? What We Know - Rolling Stone Edmondson alleged that participants were blindfolded naked, held down by Mack and three other women, and branded by NXIVM-affiliated doctor Danielle Roberts, using a cauterizing pen. Vicente, a writer and director from South Africa, joined NXIVM after meeting and befriending Raniere while on vacation. Item(s) 0. I AM BECOMING I feel fibers of strength growing inside of me. What Is NXIVM - The True Story of the Sex Cult in HBO's The Vow This is where current and former NXIVM members, including top-ranking executives and Raniere's former sex slaves, are now. [113] Bronfman was arrested on July 24 and charged with racketeering. The Lost Women of Nxivm Pro-NXIVM Website, 'Let's Not Be Frank'; Nancy Pays $150K and Other NXIVM News March 14, 2022 Damon Brink starts new website that is decidedly not the Frank Report. Ross received a copy of a NXIVM training manual and published portions of it on his website. Have you heard of NXIVM? [234][235] In August 2019, the New York State Department of Health suspended Porter's license to practice medicine in the state, finding that he conducted studies without an appropriate human research review committee. Nxivm website archive. Classes by NXIVM had a number of idiosyncratic practices, described within the Rational Inquiry patent as "rules and rituals" and third-party sources as including: A 2018 documentary film directed by Alessandro Molatore showcases a purported study of the use of NXIVM's exploration of meaning technique to treat Tourette syndrome. Former members who were branded also allege that "AM," Mack's initials are also contained in the brands they received. In 2019, she plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy after stealing former members' identities, hacking into their emails, and altering video footage to avoid lawsuits against NXIVM. There are numerous reports that the cult at the center of HBO's new docuseries The Vow, NXIVM, is still active, despite its leader Keith Raniere's . She first shared a detailed account of her experiences on the podcast "Escaping NXIVM," before writing a memoir called "Scarred," and becoming a key voice in HBO's docuseries "The Vow.". NXIVM unveils new website - Frank Report Lauren Salzman testified that the women in D.O.S. [51], In 2008, the Bronfman sisters allegedly pressured Stephen Herbits, a confidant of their father, to ask Albany County District Attorney David Soares, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, and New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram to begin criminal investigations into NXIVM's critics. Yet this cannot be done without first raising human awareness, fostering an ethical humanitarianism, and celebrating what it truly means to be human - and this is our mission. The company ceased operations last year after a New York Times expos alleged that female members were used as sex slaves within the group. During a "fright study", Porter exposed subjects to disturbing videos, including actual footage of a decapitation. [293] Following Keith Raniere's sentencing in 2020, the editorial board of the New York Daily News praised Odato's work exposing NXIVM for its prescience, taking the unusual step of commending the work published by a competitor. [67][68] According to the Times Union, NXIVM "developed a reputation for aggressively pursuing critics and defectors who broke from its ranks, including using litigation to punish critics of Raniere, the organization, or its training methods. [7][8] The subsidiary companies of NXIVM recruited based on the multi-level marketing model and used curricula based on the intellectual property ("tech") of Raniere called "Rational Inquiry". [4][5] The United States seized ownership of NXIVM related entities and their intellectual property through asset forfeiture following Raniere's conviction.
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