NXIVM

NXIVM is a self-proclaimed American multi-level marketing company based in Clifton Park, New York. In early 2018, NXIVM’s founder, Keith Raniere, and his associate, actress Allison Mack, were arrested and indicted on federal charges related to DOS, including sex trafficking. Raniere was convicted in federal court of sex trafficking and racketeering on June 19, 2019. On September 30, 2020, Clare Bronfman became the first defendant sentenced in the case, when she was ordered to serve six years and nine months in federal prison. After Raniere’s conviction, he continued to direct loyalists from behind bars, encouraging continued recruitment.

About NXIVM in brief

Summary NXIVM NXIVM is a self-proclaimed American multi-level marketing company based in Clifton Park, New York. In early 2018, NXIVM’s founder, Keith Raniere, and his associate, actress Allison Mack, were arrested and indicted on federal charges related to DOS, including sex trafficking. Raniere was convicted in federal court of sex trafficking and racketeering on June 19, 2019. On September 30, 2020, Clare Bronfman became the first defendant sentenced in the case, when she was ordered to serve six years and nine months in federal prison. After Raniere’s conviction, he continued to direct loyalists from behind bars, encouraging continued recruitment. In September 2020, it was estimated about 50 to 60 people remained \”very loyal\” to Raniere; he was sentenced to 120 years in prison in October 2020. In the early 2000s, Seagram heiresses Clare and Sara Bronfman, daughters of Edgar Bronfman Sr., became attached to the organization. By 2003, 3,700 people had taken part in ESP classes, reportedly including businesswoman Sheila Johnson, former Surgeon General Antonia Novello, Enron executive Stephen Cooper, and Ana Cristina Fox, daughter of former Mexican president Vicente Fox. Other participants were reported to include entrepreneur Richard Branson, Edgar Bronman Sr., and actresses Linda Evans, Grace Park, and Nicki Clyne. In 2003, NXivM sued the Ross Institute in a case known as NXIVm Corp. v. Ross Institute, alleging copyright infringement for publishing excerpts of content from its manual in three critical articles commissioned by cult investigator Rick Alan Ross and posted on his website.

On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the defendant’s dismissal of the lower court’s ruling that the material obtained in bad faith was not a potential replacement for the original market market. In October 2003, Forbes published an article on NXIVS and Raniere. He told the magazine that he was troubled by the article and that he thought it was going to be a troubled and troubled cult. He said he was stunned by the positive story, including the top ranks, including Raniere and Sara Salzman, who had spoken to Forbes, saying he was ‘expecting a positive story’ and ‘expecting a positive outcome’ The company has been widely described as a cult, and was shown in court to have been a recruiting platform for a secret society called \”DOS\” in which women were branded and forced into sexual slavery. The company’s training is a trade secret, subject to non-disclosure agreements, but reportedly uses a technique the organization calls \”rational inquiry\” to facilitate personal and professional development. In 2013, the company filed suits in both New York and New Jersey, both of which were dismissed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. The suits were dismissed on appeal, but the court ruled that the defendant’s critical analysis of the manual was fair use since the defendant had used it in a secondary use.