KEY POINTS
- NXIVM, led by Keith Raniere, masqueraded as a self-help group but was exposed as a sex cult.
- Allison Mack was sentenced to three years for recruiting women into the cult's secret DOS subgroup.
- Now released, Mack is speaking publicly about her indoctrination and remorse through the CBC podcast Allison After NXIVM.
The name NXIVM may sound like a self-help organisation, but behind its veneer of empowerment lay one of the most disturbing criminal enterprises in modern America. The group, led by Keith Raniere, lured women with promises of personal and professional growth, only to subject them to psychological control, sexual exploitation, and physical branding.
