Self-improvement guru set to face 'sex slave' accusers

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Some former members of the group, NXIVM, are poised to break their vow of silence for the first time by testifying against the organization's spiritual leader, Keith Raniere, who has been compared to a cult leader.

It was called"collateral" — nude photos and other embarrassing material that female members of an upstate New York self-improvement group turned over to their"masters" to ensure obedience, silence and sexual fealty to the organization's spiritual leader, Keith Raniere.

Prosecutors have been tight-lipped about who will testify about the sorority, called DOS, an acronym for a Latin phrase roughly translated as"Lord/master of obedient women." There's speculation that former members of Raniere's inner circle including TV actress Allison Mack and Lauren Salzman, the daughter of the group's top executive, could take the witness stand against him.

Either way, the case has resulted in a dramatic downfall for Raniere from a time when he was known as"Vanguard" by devotees in the United State and Mexico. Mack, best known for her role as a young Superman's close friend on the series"Smallville," also was charged, along with Clare Bronfman , an heir to the Seagram liquor fortune who bankrolled NXIVM. Salzman and two others also faced charges.

At her plea hearing, Mack tearfully said she had collected"collateral" against women and expressed regret about getting involved with Raniere — a change of heart from when she told The New York Times that, as one of the DOS"masters," she saw the women's servitude and willingness to be branded as acts of devotion.

 

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Crazy

May the truth come out

How people end up following some dipshit like that, to this extent, I will never know. I don't care how charismatic you are, c' mon people. This is why people like Trump get elected. Too many stupid, gullible, unhappy people out there.

It’s not going to go well for these sickos. The whole lot of them is about to fall. This will expose HW for the mass sickness Americans have been seeing for decades. Good riddance to bad rubbish!!

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