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(#12) There Is A Secret Faction Within Nxivm
Within Nxivm, there is another secret faction. Select women in the group are asked to join the secret sorority, known as ‘DOS.' There is speculation DOS stands for Dominant Over Submissive, which would make sense considering the group has master and slave roles. Typically in DOS, there are around six slaves for every master. The DOS is designed to have female participants only - the only exception to the rule is Raniere, the slave master over all. The women who are asked to join are already members of Nxivm, but leaders or "masters" make the offer enticing by explaining that Raniere's teachings are fully revealed in the secret faction. Once women join, they are required to recruit additional "slaves" with the goal of one day reaching the "master" level themselves. The women are forced to wear a collar at all times and are told when they can sleep and eat. They also must respond to text messages from their masters within 60 seconds, or they receive corporal punishment.
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(#8) The Members Are Branded
After the probationary period ends for the slaves, the women are asked to sign agreements promising to follow Raniere and his teachings for the rest of their lives. They are also required to develop a strict vegetarian diet, both because Raniere thinks the special diet helps the women gain a better understanding of his teachings and also because he prefers women to be very skinny. Former members have said it isn't a unique vegetarian diet - rather, it is starvation. But the most horrific thing the women are forced to do is receive a branding from a hot iron. Former member Sarah Edmondson explained that she was under the impression that she would be getting a small tattoo, but what she got was something else entirely. She explained she went into a room and was told to undress and lay down on a table. Once on the table, several other women held down her arms and legs. She was told to repeat, “Master, please brand me, it would be an honor.” The painful process takes about 20 minutes, and Edmondson claims several other women received brandings the same night she did. The brand consists of a shape which creates Raniere's initials and is placed on the woman's hip. Edmondson went to the police about her alleged forced branding.
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(#14) Raniere Makes Excessively Grand Claims About Himself
Raniere claims to have been a child prodigy and considers himself to be a genius. On his website, he boasts that he was speaking full sentences by the time he was one year old. At the age of 12, he taught himself high school mathematics in 19 hours. A year later, he excelled in college-level math. He also claims to have started college at the age of 16. Raniere brags that he was in the Guinness World Records in 1989 for having the highest IQ. Records indicate that Marilyn Vos Savant actually held that title until 1989, when Guinness discontinued the category.
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(#3) One Member Admitted To Holding A Woman Captive
In late March 2019, Lauren Salzman, daughter of NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman, plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy and "knowingly and intentionally harbored Jane Doe 4, a woman whose identity is known to [Salzman], in a room in the home in the Northern District of New York." According to court documents published by the New York Post, she confessed that she held the woman from March 2010 and April 2012 and "threatened to deport Jane Doe 4 back to Mexico if she did not complete labor requested by myself and others."
Salzman is looking at a sentence of at least 20 years unless she cooperates with authorities in taking down the organization all together.
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(#7) NXIVM Suspended Operations After Allison Mack's Arrest
NXIVM made an official announcement that the group was suspending operations due to "extraordinary circumstances." The statement was made sometime in April after Allison Mack's sex trafficking arrest, although it is not clear when.
The group's website has the following message on its landing page:
It is with deep sadness that we inform you we are suspending all NXIVM/ESP enrollment, curriculum and events until further notice.
We will be in touch with more information for anyone currently enrolled in upcoming events/programs.
While we are disappointed by the interruption of our operations, we believe it is warranted by the extraordinary circumstances facing the company at this time. We continue to believe in the value and importance of our work and look forward to resuming our efforts when these allegations are resolved.
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(#1) NVIXM Leader, Keith Raniere, Was Found Guilty Of Sex Trafficking
According to the Associated Press, Raniere was arrested in Mexico on March 26, 2018, and extradited to Texas to appear in court under charges of sex trafficking. In a federal arrest complaint, authorities said Raniere oversaw a "barbaric system" in which women were forced to become slaves as a means to move up within the group. If they tried to escape, Raniere would threaten them with extortion.
On Jun 19, 2019, just over a year after his arrest and following Allison Mack's guilty plea, Raniere was found guilty of sex trafficking. Court documents obtained by People allege the conviction includes the claims that both Mack and Raniere kept slaves and lied about the intentions of their organization.
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Many people like stylish and unique tattoos, but they should be vigilant before designing tattoos. Over the years, many women have joined a secret organization called Nxivm, which is headquartered in Albany, New York, and has chapters throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. These women were told to get a tattoo before joining the conference. A woman shared that the whole process takes 20-30 minutes, and the room is full of burnt human flesh.
Since the end of the 1990s, an estimated 16,000 people have participated in this organization. The organization claims that its goal is to help people eliminate psychological and emotional barriers and achieve a better self. However, the organization has been controversial these years. The random tool introduced stories about 17 women from the cult Nxivm.
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