After the TV show Smallville concluded in 2011 after ten seasons, Allison Mack felt somewhat lost. She had spent nearly all of her adult life playing the role of Chloe Sullivan, a journalist who sought out the truth in the show’s town.
When she was 28, Mack felt lost and unsure about her direction in life, describing it as a difficult period of transition, she shared with Fine Magazine in March 2017. She credited a teacher and mentor, Keith Raniere, with providing invaluable support during that time.
I couldn’t believe it when I found out! After everything, Raniere actually encouraged her to get on stage, and she did! She’s in this play called Red Velvet at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and I’m just… completely blown away. It’s amazing to see her pursuing this!
Mack believes having a mentor is essential for everyone. He feels we all benefit from the guidance and wisdom of others, and that being open to advice can lead to significant personal growth and fulfillment. Mack shared that he was struggling with uncertainty when his mentor suggested he take time for self-reflection. He took that advice and used the space to understand himself better.
It seemed like simple gratitude then, but looking back, it feels more like being subtly taught to believe something.
In April 2019, Mack admitted to being part of a criminal enterprise and helping to force women into sex trafficking, all under the direction of Raniere. She received a three-year prison sentence in 2021.
Facing up to 17 years in prison, Mack promised in a heartfelt statement that this experience would help him change his life for the better.
In a statement submitted with her sentencing, Mack explained that she fully embraced the teachings of Keith Raniere, believing his guidance would help her become a better person. She dedicated her loyalty, money, and life to him, a decision she now deeply regrets and considers the biggest mistake of her life.
During her sentencing, she expressed remorse, saying she was sorry for involving others in NXIVM and for subjecting them to the harmful and emotionally abusive practices of its leader.
Allison Mack, who is now 43 years old, was released from prison in early July 2023. Her story is the focus of a new podcast from the Canadian Broadcasting Company called Uncover: Allison After NXIVM, which will launch on November 10th. According to the CBC, the podcast explores the complex issues of power, responsibility, and finding forgiveness.
In June 2019, Raniere was convicted on seven federal counts, including sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit forced labor, wire fraud, and racketeering. Despite maintaining his innocence, he received a 120-year prison sentence in October 2020.
Keith Raniere emotionally, physically, and sexually abused his victims to satisfy his own desires, according to Seth D. DuCharme, the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. William F. Sweeney Jr., then the FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge, described Raniere’s control over the women he harmed as something out of a horror story.
Keith Raniere, now 65, operated his self-help organization, NXIVM, for over two decades, supported by wealthy followers and positive testimonials. However, he also secretly led a group of women he coerced into sexual relationships.
Catherine Oxenberg described a disturbing scene where women were passionately kissing her daughter India Oxenberg’s NXIVM leader, Raniere. In a 2019 documentary, she recalled the women weren’t just giving quick pecks, but engaging in slow, lingering kisses. Her husband, witnessing this, turned to her and said, “It looks like he’s having sex with all of them.”
In 2018, federal prosecutors accused Keith Raniere, the head of the Albany, New York-based organization NXIVM (pronounced like the drug Nexium), of having sexual relationships with a changing group of between fifteen and twenty women since 2003.
According to the allegations, these women were restricted to only having sexual relationships with Raniere and were forbidden from discussing those relationships with anyone else. The Nxivm training also reportedly taught that men should have multiple partners, while women were expected to be faithful to just one.
NXIVM contained a secret subgroup called DOS – an acronym for a Latin phrase meaning roughly “Master over the Obedient Female Companions” or “The Vow.” DOS members were ultimately responsible for finding and recruiting new women to join the group.
People wanting to join the group were required, according to the Department of Justice, to offer damaging personal information – like compromising photos and videos – about themselves or their families. This information was used as leverage to ensure they remained loyal and compliant with Raniere, as it would be exposed if they tried to leave the group or refused sexual favors.
According to court documents, the group, known as DOS, functioned like a pyramid scheme. Members, called ‘slaves,’ were expected to recruit others, becoming ‘masters’ themselves in the process. These new ‘masters’ then owed loyalty and service not only to the people they recruited but also to those higher up in the pyramid structure.
DOS members were also branded near their pubic region with a symbol invoking Raniere’s initials.
Raniere, known as “Vanguard” by his followers, was also accused of running a complex pyramid scheme. Women paid him for mentoring and to advance in the program, they had to pay increasingly more money—a five-day workshop, for example, could cost over $5,000.
In the summer of 2017, a former member of NXIVM filed a fraud complaint in New York, describing the organization as a cult that exploited people seeking genuine self-improvement. According to documents obtained by USA Today, the complaint argued that if practices like forced confinement, branding, sexual exploitation of members, and lawsuits against dissenters aren’t legitimate business activities in New York, then all fees and tuition collected by NXIVM were unjustified and fraudulent.
In March 2018, Raniere was arrested near Puerto Vallarta. He was found living in a luxurious gated community, in a villa he rented for $10,000 a week.
When federal agents took him into custody, the women he’d been living with sped after their car.
Although he hadn’t faced any charges yet, a statement published on the NXIVM website in late 2017 addressed abuse claims reported by the New York Times and other news organizations. It said the portrayal of the group in the media didn’t match his personal experience or how he knew the community.
Raniere stated that investigations had found no evidence to support claims of abuse, coercion, or harm. He expressed his concern over these allegations, emphasizing that non-violence is a core principle for him.
Raniere also claimed he had no connection to the group referred to as a “sorority” and that it wasn’t officially part of NXIVM, the organization he started in 1998 with Nancy Salzman. Salzman was known as the “Prefect” to his title of “Vanguard.”
Following Keith Raniere’s arrest, NXIVM released a statement saying they were cooperating with authorities to prove his innocence and show his true character. They expressed confidence that the legal process would reveal the facts.
In March 2019, Salzman admitted to conspiring to commit racketeering. As a result, in September 2021, he was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine, according to the Department of Justice.
According to then-Acting U.S. Attorney Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, the defendant illegally worked with Keith Raniere to threaten people who criticized Nxivm and to harm its members because of her strong, but misplaced, loyalty. The sentence, Kasulis stated, is meant to hold the defendant responsible for her actions and provide some relief to the women who were hurt and abused.
From February 2016 to February 2017, Mack was alleged to have recruited members for DOS, and had become a high-ranking figure in the group, second only to Raniere.
Following her arrest in April 2018, U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue stated that Allison Mack was accused of recruiting women into a group falsely presented as a mentorship program. This group was actually created and run by Keith Raniere, and the women involved were then subjected to sexual exploitation and forced labor for the benefit of those in charge.
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Sweeney stated today that another person has been arrested and charged in connection with a shocking and unbelievable crime.
Following Raniere’s arrest, Kristin Kreuk, who starred with Mack on Smallville, revealed she once took a course offered by NXIVM, called an “intensive,” to try and overcome her shyness. However, she explained she hadn’t been involved with the organization for five years and had limited contact with anyone still involved.
The actress strongly denied claims that she was part of a close-knit group or involved in recruiting women for exploitation. She stated she never saw any illegal activity during her involvement and expressed horror and disgust at the revelations about DOS. She thanked the courageous women who came forward with their stories, acknowledging the difficulty they must have faced, and said she was deeply upset and ashamed to have been connected with NXIVM. She hopes the investigation will bring justice to everyone harmed.
In 2018, Canadian actress Sarah Edmondson, who was also previously involved with Raniere’s group, publicly supported Kristin Kreuk on Twitter. Edmondson stated that Kreuk was never part of the inner circle of NXIVM, never participated in recruiting anyone, and had left the organization in 2013, before the abuse became widespread. She described Kreuk as a kind person who shouldn’t be associated with the scandal, and used hashtags related to cults, freedom, and truth.
According to accounts given to the New York Times in late 2017, individuals participating in the DOS branding ritual were told to request the procedure by saying, “Master, please brand me, it would be an honor.”
“I wept the whole time,” Edmondson recalled. “I disassociated out of my body.”
In a 2017 interview with VICE Canada, she explained that Raniere appeared to be presenting himself as a champion for women, someone who could help them overcome personal issues and become stronger. She had completed ten eight-day training sessions – a total of eighty fourteen-hour days focused on this material. She said it was a significant time commitment and she was still processing the information, trying to determine what she truly believed.
After I joined, I became scared, especially as I kept putting up more and more as collateral – things like nude photos and videos where I spoke badly about the people I cared about. That’s what I did to secure my place. I later learned others were asked to provide even more explicit content, and I often wonder what happened to those videos. I was terrified of my collateral being released, and that’s how they controlled us and kept us from speaking out.
When people asked her why she stayed, Edmonson explained that leaving didn’t seem possible for her then.
I’ve been following this for years, and it’s finally hitting home! The FBI finally got Raniere, and honestly, it was the women – eight incredible women who came forward – who really brought him down. It wasn’t just some quick investigation, you know? The media has been all over NXIVM and his other companies for ages, and state investigators were digging too. It took so long, but it’s amazing to see justice finally happening because of those brave women.
A 2003 Forbes report revealed that prominent figures who had participated in Executive Success Programs included Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET; Antonia C. Novello, a former U.S. Surgeon General; Edgar Bronfman Sr., chairman of Seagram, along with his daughters Clare and Sara Bronfman; and Ana Cristina Fox, daughter of former Mexican president Vicente Fox.
The magazine put Raniere on its cover, with an article about him called “Cult of Personality.”
Raniere stated he’d earned millions, but emphasized that profit wasn’t his motivation, describing his lifestyle as very modest. He also claimed not to take a salary, telling Forbes that he viewed all income as compensation for his work.
However, Edgar Bronfman told Forbes at the time, “I think it’s a cult.”
The billionaire, who passed away in 2013, revealed in an interview that he hadn’t spoken to his daughters for several months. He also claimed his then-24-year-old daughter, Clare, had lent $2 million to a certain group, but she disputed that claim.
In September 2020, Clare received an 81-month prison sentence after being found guilty of helping undocumented immigrants hide for profit and using fake IDs. This information comes from the Department of Justice.
Filmmaker Mark Vicente, who once made a positive documentary about Raniere and was a member of NXIVM, explained to the New York Times in 2017 that people don’t join the group wanting to lose themselves. He said they simply don’t recognize what’s actually happening to them as their personality is eroded.
Edmondson learned about NXIVM through Vicente. She told the Times that Lauren Salzman, who was a close friend and mentor to her, asked her to become a recruiter in January 2017.
Lauren was with Raniere in Mexico when he was arrested. She later testified against him in court and, in April 2019, admitted guilt to charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.
She told the court she never imagined she’d pick Keith, or that he’d pick himself, as a partner.
Lauren received five years of probation in July 2021 after prosecutors highlighted her significant help with their case, according to NBC News.
In a 2019 interview with Refinery29, Edmondson, who wrote the memoir Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult that Bound My Life, revealed she had recruited at least 2,000 people into the NXIVM program over several years.
The actress admitted she feels guilty about the people she introduced to the group, but emphasized she was always truthful. She explained that she once believed Keith Raniere was an incredibly intelligent and wise person, and she was completely unaware of the abuse that the FBI later uncovered involving the women in the group.
Honestly, before everything came out, I was obsessed with getting India Oxenberg away from Keith Raniere. I just knew, knew something was terribly wrong. I kept telling anyone who would listen – friends, family, even strangers – that India was in real danger, that he had her trapped, and I was frantic. It was like no one understood how serious it was, but I couldn’t rest until she was safe.
On October 19, 2017, a post on India’s Facebook page said, “I’m doing really well, actually. I would never do anything to put myself or my loved ones at risk.”
In a November 2017 appearance on Today, Oxenberg described the people of India as “one of the kindest,” but also expressed concern that their inherent goodness and kindness were being exploited.
Six years prior, the actress from Dynasty had introduced India to an Executive Success Programs course, describing it as “a fairly harmless program focused on personal development and business improvement.”
When NBC News reached out to NXIVM for a response, they were directed to a past statement where the organization said it strongly opposed violence, exploitation, and abuse.
By the time Raniere’s trial got underway, mother and daughter had reunited.
After the sentencing in 2021, India released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter expressing hope that the victims – including herself – would feel a sense of justice and increased safety now that the individual had disavowed Keith Raniere.
Before the NXIVM organization fell apart, Mack described finding Raniere’s program when she was struggling with personal issues.
She came across a group that aimed to empower women to fully embrace themselves, something she hadn’t encountered before. Describing it as exactly what she was searching for, she signed up for a weekend workshop and quickly felt a sense of belonging, realizing she’d found a community she connected with.
Read on for more about the people involved in NXIVM’s downfall:
On June 19, 2019, Keith Raniere, a co-founder of NXIVM, was convicted of several serious crimes, including racketeering, sex trafficking, and conspiracy to commit forced labor and wire fraud.
The accusations against Raniere, referred to as “Vanguard” by NXIVM members, stated that he led a secret group within the organization called DOS. Allison Mack, a high-ranking member of NXIVM known as a “first-line master,” allegedly recruited women to have sexual relations with him.
To become members, the women had to provide damaging photos or information that could be used to control them if they didn’t follow orders. They were also branded on their lower abdomen with a symbol combining the initials of Raniere and Mack.
According to a former member of DOS who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter in 2018, Keith feels pain when any woman in the group experiences difficulty, and his pain is felt by everyone. If someone displeased him, they faced backlash from the other women – essentially, they were shunned and isolated until they conformed.
On Oct. 27, 2020, he was sentenced to 120 years in prison and fined $1.75 million.
Allison Mack, best known for her role as Chloe Sullivan on the TV show Smallville, admitted in April 2019 to participating in a criminal enterprise that involved extortion and forced labor. She pleaded guilty to these charges, and other accusations related to sex trafficking were dismissed.
In 2006, she first encountered NXIVM at a seminar in Vancouver with her Smallville co-star, Kristin Kreuk. The program, called Jness and presented as a women’s empowerment movement, had been specifically planned to attract them, with key leaders close to Raniere traveling in for the event. The group made a strong impression, inviting her to meet Raniere and suggesting he could advance her acting career. She accepted and was flown to their headquarters in Albany, New York, via private jet, where she stayed for several weeks.
On April 18, 2019, after pleading guilty, Mack explained to the court that she had been misled. She said she initially believed Keith Raniere meant to do good, but now realized she was mistaken.
As a lifestyle expert, I’ve seen manipulative groups operate in devastating ways, and this case is particularly disturbing. I understand she confessed to falsely presenting her organization – which she called DOS – as a women’s empowerment group to attract new members. She then allegedly exploited those women, demanding personal photos and information that could be used to control them. What’s even more appalling is that she admitted to forcing two women to perform labor and services against their will. It’s a clear example of how easily good intentions can be twisted into something deeply harmful, and it highlights the importance of critical thinking and self-protection within any group or community.
According to a 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, a former roommate of Mack, who lived with her after she became involved with NXIVM, said she didn’t believe Mack knowingly trafficked girls. While acknowledging Mack still deserves consequences, the roommate thought Mack was so deeply indoctrinated that she genuinely believed the women were part of a world-saving mission linked to the leader’s supposed genetic superiority.
Mack was given a three-year prison sentence in 2021, but was released early in 2023.
Mack’s former wife, Nicki Clyne, stated she was also involved with DOS and disagreed with the characterization of the group as a sex cult.
In a September 2020 interview on CBS This Morning, Clyne acknowledged that events occurred and that there’s proof of them. However, she explained that understanding the details – how and why these things happened, and the motivations of those involved – requires a separate discussion. Despite everything, she stated she wouldn’t change her experiences.
The actress also mentioned she hadn’t talked to Mack in over a year. As part of his bail conditions, Mack wasn’t permitted to have any contact with people connected to NXIVM or the legal case against Raniere.
“This has been the hardest, most humbling experience of my life,” Clyne said.
Katee Clyne is famous for her role as Cally Henderson on Battlestar Galactica. After the show ended in 2008, she stopped acting for ten years. She returned to acting in 2018 with a part in the sci-fi web series Personal Space.
Nancy Salzman, a former psychiatric nurse, met Keith Raniere in 1997 and together they co-founded NXIVM in Albany, New York. Within the organization, Salzman was known by the title “Prefect.”
I was really shocked to hear that Salzman admitted to being part of a racketeering conspiracy back in March 2019. Apparently, it all stemmed from accusations that he stole people’s identities and messed with official records, all connected to a lawsuit against the company. It’s just a sad situation all around.
She told the court she was pleading guilty because she was indeed responsible for her actions. She admitted that some of what she did wasn’t just a mistake, but actually illegal, and explained she had convinced herself it was all for a worthwhile cause.
In so doing, she also said, “I compromised my principles.”
She was sentenced to 42 months in prison in September 2021.
Lauren Salzman, Nancy’s daughter, reportedly held preparatory ceremonies at her home for women in DOS before they were branded. According to a 2017 New York Times report, these ceremonies involved the women being blindfolded and transported to another location for the actual branding. Lauren allegedly had them repeat the phrase, “Master, please brand me, it would be an honor.”
She was among the important people sent to greet Mack in Vancouver in 2006. According to former NXIVM member Susan Dones, Lauren and Allison quickly became close friends by the end of that weekend, as she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2018.
On March 25, 2019, Lauren admitted to the crimes of racketeering and conspiring to commit racketeering. The court hearing where she pleaded guilty wasn’t publicly scheduled, and a full record of the proceedings was kept secret until certain parts could be removed.
Working with prosecutors, Lauren testified in federal court about May. She admitted she assisted Raniere in trying to evade the FBI in 2018, when agents raided the villa in Mexico where he was staying. She had traveled to Mexico with other members of DOS to attend a ceremony where they planned to reaffirm their loyalty to him.
Because she helped with the investigation, prosecutors asked the judge to be lenient. As a result, in July 2021, Lauren received a five-year probation sentence.
Clare Bronfman, the daughter of the late Edgar Bronfman Sr. and heiress to the Seagrams liquor empire, faced accusations of funding unlawful activities. She met Raniere in 2002 and quickly became a devoted follower of his organization, NXIVM. Eventually, she joined the board, becoming a major financial supporter and legal representative for Raniere, allegedly paying for lawsuits against those he considered opponents.
In 2003, Bronfman’s father told Forbes he believed she had lent NXIVM $2 million, but she disputed that claim. Her father, who passed away in 2013, also said, “I think it’s a cult.”
On April 19, 2019, Bronfman admitted to helping hide an undocumented immigrant in exchange for money and to using a dead person’s credit card to assist Raniere. As part of her punishment, she was ordered to give up $6 million.
“I sincerely regret my actions,” Bronfman told Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis. “I always tried to make a positive impact and assist others, but I did make errors in judgment.”
On September 30, 2020, she received an 81-month prison sentence. Judge Garaufis explained the harsh punishment by saying he was concerned about evidence showing she repeatedly used her money and social standing to scare, control, and punish anyone who had left NXIVM or was seen as an enemy of the organization.
Bronfman was released from prison into a halfway house in May 2024, per the Albany Times-Union.
Immediately after Bronfman admitted her guilt, Kathy Russell, who worked as an accountant for NXIVM for many years, also pleaded guilty. She was convicted of visa fraud for assisting in the creation of fake documents, as reported by the Albany Times Union.
Russell admitted he made a mistake. He expressed deep regret for the problems he created, acknowledging he’d acted against his own beliefs and would have to accept the consequences of his actions from now on.
Bronfman and Russell were the final co-defendants to accept plea deals, meaning Raniere will be the only one going to trial.
Marc Agnifilo, Raniere’s lawyer, stated to the New York Times that he doesn’t think Russell and Bronfman should have faced charges, and he’s pleased they are no longer involved in the case.
Russell was sentenced in October 2021 to two years’ probation and 200 hours of community service.
Clare’s sister, Sara Bronfman, pictured here with their mother, Georgiana, wasn’t accused of any wrongdoing connected to Raniere or NXIVM.
I’ve followed this case for years, and it’s heartbreaking to learn more. Like her sister, she was deeply involved with NXIVM for a long time, and reports say she and Clare contributed millions to the group. It’s just devastating to think about.
Mark Vicente, who was involved with NXIVM and appeared in the HBO documentary series The Vow, stated that Sara was among the people Keith Raniere most trusted.
According to a 2010 report in Vanity Fair, the Bronfman sisters spent over $150 million of their personal funds on NXIVM-related expenses over six years. This included $66 million to cover Keith Raniere’s debts, $11 million for a private jet, and significant funds to fight NXIVM’s legal battles against those it considered opponents. The report also claimed they attempted to hide these large expenditures from their father.
According to a friend of the sisters, their continued involvement with NXIVM stems from personal issues and family conflict. The friend believes they feel staying connected to the organization validates their own perspective, especially given their family’s disapproval.
In 2011, the Bronfman sisters claimed that Frank R. Parlato Jr., a developer from the Buffalo area whom they had hired as a consultant, had defrauded them of $1 million.
I’ve been following this case for years, and it’s been quite a ride. The FBI was looking into his business for a long time, and back in 2015, he was formally accused in New York of things like wire fraud and taking money from the Bronfman sisters. He always insisted he hadn’t done anything wrong, and thankfully, a judge eventually dropped the charges related to the sisters – I remember reading about it in The Buffalo News back in May 2018.
In August 2022, Parlato admitted to intentionally not filing a required IRS form. As a result, all other charges against him were dropped.
Frank Parlato carefully documented the accusations against NXIVM and the resulting trials of Raniere, Clare Bronfman, and others on his website, Frank Report. According to the New York Times, many NXIVM members first discovered the existence of DOS through his site, especially a post called “Branded Slaves and Master Raniere,” which led them to contact him for more information.
In May 2018, Parlato stated she was pleased to have contributed to the NXIVM investigation through her reporting. She also noted that numerous organizations nationwide have acknowledged her information as being key to the indictment of Raniere.
Raniere gave his first interview from jail to Parlato for Dateline in October 2020.
In 2017, Canadian actress Sarah Edmondson shared her story with the New York Times about her involvement in NXIVM and its secret society, DOS. She explained that she was branded with a symbol after being misled into believing it would be a simple tattoo.
She told the newspaper she cried throughout the entire experience, which happened in March 2017. She described feeling detached from her own body.
After joining NXIVM in 2007, Edmondson started a chapter in Vancouver, which then drew in other actresses like Clyne and her Battlestar Galactica co-star, Grace Park.
Like former member Vicente, Edmonson was also prominently featured on HBO’s The Vow.
According to her account, Lauren Salzman initially told her about DOS following a letter the actress wrote confessing past mistakes. Edmondson explained that Salzman presented the group as a positive influence, a way for women to challenge and overcome societal expectations of being overly emotional. The actress remembered Salzman describing it as a tough, empowering training program for women.
In May 2017, she and her husband, Anthony Ames, informed Lauren they were leaving the program. Several months later, NXIVM filed a police report claiming she and two other women from the Vancouver center had committed wrongdoing, but no charges were ever brought against them.
Actress Catherine Oxenberg publicly criticized NXIVM after her daughter, India, became involved with the organization. Catherine initially introduced India to the program, believing it to be a simple self-help course, but India ultimately joined a secret group within NXIVM called DOS.
Oxenberg told the Times that her daughter described the experience as a way to build character, but she became worried when India lost a lot of weight and stopped having her period.
In an August 2018 interview with TopMob News, author and mother Dinah Oxenberg, who wrote Captive: A Mother’s Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult, explained how she never lost hope. “I think it’s just part of being a mom,” she said, “I can’t give up on my child. Even when things seemed impossible, I kept going, believing things would eventually get better.”
India told People in October 2020 that her mother’s support had proved key to her recovery.
India explained that her mother created a supportive environment where she felt comfortable sharing her experiences, especially when difficult memories resurfaced. When India had panic attacks, her mother would simply comfort her and reassure her that she was safe.
I was in court with a couple of other former NXIVM members – we were called ‘Nicole’ and ‘Jay’ by the prosecutors – to hear the final arguments against Raniere back in 2019. It was a really intense experience being there, seeing it all come to a head.
During the trial, Jay explained that she became a victim in the DOS system after being brought in by India. As part of this, she shared an old intimate video and private details, which were used as a form of control over her.
In October 2020, India told People magazine that providing collateral—which involved sending nude photos and sharing private family information—felt like giving someone the power to imprison her.
After Raniere’s arrest in 2018, India returned to Los Angeles and shared her story in the Starz documentary series, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult. She explained that Mack restricted her to a 500-calorie daily diet, aiming to keep her thin as Raniere preferred.
India explained that one of her initial tasks was to attract Keith. Allison had told her it was meant to help her feel more secure, and India wanted to think that was true.
Honestly, hearing India speak after everything… it just broke my heart and filled me with so much hope. She said she just wants to live again, to help others, and to finally be seen as herself, not just as some tabloid headline about a ‘cult girl.’ It’s like, she wants the world to know the real India, the person NXIVM tried to erase. It was so powerful, and I’m just so incredibly proud of her for taking back her voice.
In a 2019 interview with Refinery29, Edmondson, who wrote the memoir Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult that Bound My Life, revealed she had recruited at least 2,000 people into the NXIVM program over several years.
The actress admitted she feels responsible for the people she introduced to the group, but emphasized she was never dishonest. She explained she once believed Keith Raniere was an exceptionally intelligent and wonderful person, and was completely unaware of the abuse and exploitation of women that was later revealed by the FBI investigation.
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