NXIVM
NXIVM, an organization that brainwashed and blackmailed women into being “sex slaves,†has crumbled. In March 2018, its founder, Keith Raniere, was arrested and charged with sex trafficking for his role in the group, which then set off a domino effect: In the ensuing months, federal prosecutors would go on to charge more and more people for their involvement, some of whom have now plead guilty. The picture painted of NXIVM in media reports is disturbing, to say the least: that the purported “self-help organization†was instead a front for a sex cult that branded numerous female members with Raniere’s initials and coerced them into “master-slave†relationships. The past few months have seen the emergence of some truly abhorrent details pertaining to the case, relating to everything from enslavement to child pornography. The five women who were Raniere’s co-defendants have pleaded guilty to various charges.
NXIVM
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NXIVM, an organization that brainwashed and blackmailed women into being “sex slaves,†has crumbled. In March 2018, its founder, Keith Raniere, was arrested and charged with sex trafficking for his role in the group, which then set off a domino effect: In the ensuing months, federal prosecutors would go on to charge more and more people for their involvement, some of whom have now plead guilty. The picture painted of NXIVM in media reports is disturbing, to say the least: that the purported “self-help organization†was instead a front for a sex cult that branded numerous female members with Raniere’s initials and coerced them into “master-slave†relationships.
The past few months have seen the emergence of some truly abhorrent details pertaining to the case, relating to everything from enslavement to child pornography. The five women who were Raniere’s co-defendants have pleaded guilty to various charges.
