NXIVM
Coverage of NXIVM in the Nexus archive.
- NXIVM cult leader sues Bureau of Prisons over winter blackout
Keith Raniere, founder of NXIVM, sued the Bureau of Prisons over a 2019 power outage at a Brooklyn jail that left detainees in freezing conditions. He claims the outage caused physical injuries and worsened existing health issues. The Bureau denied his claim after a $10 million class-action settlement was reached in 2023.
- I escaped the NXIVM sex cult after being brainwashed: This is how people are manipulating you into joining groups without you realising... from your yoga class to turning vegan
A former member of the NXIVM sex cult shares how groups manipulate individuals into joining through everyday activities like yoga classes and veganism, highlighting the dangers of brainwashing and coercive control.
- I was in NXIVM sex cult. I was branded with a hot iron, 'slave' women were ordered to have sex and torture each other if they broke the rules - this is how the leader controlled us
A former member of the NXIVM sex cult revealed she was branded with a hot iron, forced into sexual activities, and witnessed women being ordered to torture each other under the leader's control. The group's leader used coercive tactics to maintain dominance over members.