Keith Raniere

Survivors of the NXIVM self-help group-turned cult say Keith Raniere attracted people with his personality and kept them inside through fear.

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Slaves in NXIVM were branded with the initials of leader Keith Raniere using a cauterizing pen, a medical device used to burn flesh.

A Brooklyn jury took less than five hours to find Keith Raniere guilty on all counts of sex-trafficking and other charges accusing him of coercing women into unwanted sex using systematic shame and humiliation.

Barbara Bouchey once found Keith Raniere’s self-help curriculum “profound and life-changing.”

The witness, identified as Sylvie, testified that she was forced to provide naked photos of herself and a stamped letter telling her parents she was a prostitute to earn admittance into a secretive group that kept women as "slaves." 

Lauren Salzman told a judge that she threatened to have the woman deported to Mexico if she didn't do her bidding.