A self-help guru groomed women for sex, subjecting them to 'shame and humiliation' and threatening to expose their 'deepest, darkest secrets' if they didn't comply with his wishes, a federal prosecutor said.
A self-help guru groomed women for sex, subjecting them to"shame and humiliation" and threatening to expose their"deepest, darkest secrets" if they didn't comply with his wishes, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.
The prosecutor alleged that Raniere had sex with a 15-year-old girl and took nude photos of her; she also described how some female followers were branded with Raniere's initials. Keith Raniere, founder of NXIVM, entering a Dalai Lama event at the Palace Theater in downtown Albany on May 6, 2009.But Raniere's trial is expected to feature testimony from women who claim they were forced to have sex with Raniere. Five of Raniere's co-defendants, including TV actress Allison Mack , have pleaded guiltyIn court papers, defense lawyers have said the alleged victims were never abused.
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