6 weeks of testimony revealed lurid details linked to Nxivm, an alleged sex cult, including the branding of women who were held captive as 'slaves'
Several women testified how they blindly obeyed their"masters," screamed when they were branded and were pressured to have sex with Keith Raniere, the founder of a group called Nxivm.
Raniere ran an Albany, New York-based company offering pricey"self-help" classes to thousands of people across the United States, Canada and Mexico for two decades. An actress who testified in court said he was revered by his students and some saw him as the smartest men in the world.
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