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NXIVM (/ ˈ n ɛ k s i ə m / NEK-see-əm) was a cult led by Keith Raniere, who is now a convicted racketeer and sex offender. [3] NXIVM is also the name of the defunct company that Raniere founded in 1998, which provided seminars ostensibly about human potential [4] and served as a front organization for criminal activity by Raniere and his close associates.
Operating from 1998 to 2018, NXIVM had 700 members at its height, including celebrities and the wealthy. [3] [4] [5] Within NXIVM, Raniere was referred to as "Vanguard". [6] Scholars in the fields of religious studies, law, and sociology describe NXIVM as a cult.
Keith Raniere, who ran a cult-like group that kept women as virtual sex prisoners to service him in upstate New York, was sentenced to 120 years in prison on Tuesday. Raniere was convicted on ...
Mack was a member of NXIVM, an organization founded by Keith Raniere and headquartered in Albany, New York. Throughout its existence, advocates of NXIVM characterized it as a benign multi-level marketing company selling professional and personal development courses, while critics described it as a cult. [13] [14]
After NXIVM, a personal development company founded by Keith Raniere, was exposed as a pyramid scheme and cult that forced its female recruits into sexual slavery, it was soon discovered that ...
Allison Mack, the former Smallville star who became a ringleader of the notorious cult-like NXIVM, has been released early from prison.The 40-year-old actress had served two years of her three ...
Sentencing is under way for multiple NXIVM members, including founder and leader Keith Raniere, accused of crimes. Others are healing from trauma.
Clare Webb Bronfman (born 1979) is an American heiress, convicted felon and former leader of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company and cult based near Albany, New York.She is the youngest daughter of billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram liquor chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr.