The verdict essentially means that Keith Raniere, the leader of Nxivm, will remain in prison for the rest of his life.

Keith Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years in prison this week for turning his female followers into sex slaves, built an empire as an anointed prophet of self-improvement. One of the most important stages of this process was an initiation ceremony in which the man’s monogram was baked on the women’s loins.

At the court hearing, it was explained how Raniere manipulated and financially exploited members of the group that worked as a cult, how he starved the women to death and forced them to have sex. At the hearing, the testimony of 15 women was heard.

The judge said Raniere had mercilessly committed the crimes, which were only compounded by targeting girls and young women.

Nxivm is a New York-based company founded in the late 1990s that runs self-help workshops and distributes lifestyle tips, with conservative estimates that more than 15,000 people have attended the courses they offer. The company operated on a pyramid scheme, meaning that members had to bring in additional members to move up the rankings. Contributing to the popularity of Nxivm were Hollywood actors and wealthy celebrities as members. THE Smallville The series’ actress, Allison Mack, for example, is suspected of attracting large numbers of women to the organization and contributing to being sex slaves: She was arrested two years ago, pleaded guilty, awaiting sentencing.

Raniere, by the way, continues to plead not guilty, saying that the “unfair” trial is the result of a media campaign launched against him.

The Nxivm story was processed by HBO into a documentary series. THE At the inauguration oath you can read here.

“Write it down, Master, it would be an honor!”

That it did not occur to them what was happening? – Similar and similar comments were made in an article published in the New York Times in the fall of 2017, in which members who had previously jumped from an organization called Nxivm (pronounced nixium) spoke about how they came into contact with the sect in that moment and how they disguised themselves as self-knowledge. community.



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