Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult: With Catherine Oxenberg, India Oxenberg, Janja Lalich, Steve Hassan. Seduced follows India Oxenberg's abuse and her own culpability inside the NXIVM cult, an organization marketed as a self-help group.
Raniere and Mack are both awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges (both have pleaded not guilty, and one of Raniere’s lawyers, Paul DerOhannesian, told Vanity Fair,“Many independent, smart, curious adult women participated in a search for happiness, fulfillment, and meaning exercising the ...
In the court papers, defense lawyers have similarly claimed the alleged victims were never abused. The women are instead described as "independent, smart, curious adults" in search of "happiness, fulfillment and meaning." But legions of NXIVM defectors and detractors have called th...
For most of us, this particular cult seems like it targets wealthy young women who have too much money and no meaning in their lives. Had they been taught something more than exercising, make up and conspicuous consumption, maybe they wouldn't be so empty. People with bills and deadlines ...
And it was at that exact time that Mark was hearing from Sarah [Edmondson, NXIVM whistleblower and The Vow participant] that she had been invited into DOS [the name for the secret female-only sect within NXIVM, a name derived from a Latin acronym meaning “...
Stone urged me away from the cult repeatedly. He would often begin phone calls to me with, “How’s the world’s smartest man today?” meaning Raniere. I would say “I’m doing fine.” Stone would go into a tirade. “This guy Raniere is full of shit and the whole thing lo...
The logline reads: “The Vow, Part Two reveals the manifold ways that Raniere and a trusted inner circle of acolytes conspired to induct women into a female-only sect called DOS, a name derived from a Latin acronym meaning ‘Master of Obedient Women.’ Including illuminating footage...
Raniere, founder and leader of the sex-slave sect NXIVM, was sentenced to a 120-year prison sentence in US federal court in Brooklyn, New York, after being found guilty of sex trafficking, child pornography, identity theft, racketeering, and money laundering. ...
Absolutely, and I think the other women who ate this way did too. I found it very difficult to concentrate on anything for more than an hour without my brain circling back to food. But I think it was the meaning and belief they put behind it that ultimately isolated them from the world...
@markvicente– you were right – I was vibrating with purpose and meaning. I loved it. Every second. And when it was over and had a front seat to my fellow speakers and@therealgzafrom WU TAN CLAN (performing with the@phunkynomads) and then the unbelievable@thunderstormartis. What...