NXIVM Survivor Describes Branding Experience
“Keith Raniere, even though he’s a sociopath he’s also very brilliant…”
Little was known about the self-help group turned sex cult NXIVM until Sarah Edmondson disclosed its darkest secrets to the world in her tell-all book Scarred. Her expose led to an international investigation to track down and eventually arrest the group's leader, Keith Raniere.
Sarah shares her harrowing experience with us on the latest episode of Crime Obsession.
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