Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders.
Former high-ranking NXIVM member Allison Mack was released from federal custody early due to “good conduct” credit under the First Step Act release initiative, prison officials said.
Warren Jeffs once threatened to "break" Rebecca Musser, but the former FLDS member would find her own power while playing a critical role — more than once — in taking down the powerful polygamist leader.
Gwen Shamblin rose to fame through her extreme religious-based weight loss philosophy that she claimed taught people “how to stop bowing down to the refrigerator and how to bow back down to him."
"He intentionally inflicted brutal and lifelong harm on innocent victims that he groomed and abused into submission,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Mollie Bracewell wrote in a sentencing letter advocating for a life sentence for alleged sex cult leader Larry Ray.
Nicki Clyne, Nancy Salzman and more former NXIVM members shared their thoughts on the cult in the documentary "The Vow," two years after Keith Raniere was found guilty of multiple charges.