The Fall of NXIVM

Published on 24 nov. 2019

Investigative journalist Chet Hardin visited The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on November 18, 2019 to discuss his groundbreaking work on the notorious NY Capital Region based group NXIVM. He was joined for a Q&A by NXIVM survivor Toni Natalie, with whom he wrote the just published book “The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM.”

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The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM

The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM
Toni Natalie, Chet Hardin
Hachette UK
24 sep. 2019
304 pagina’s

A jaw dropping insider look into the world of the so called “Hollywood Sex Cult” NXIVM chronicling the rise of enigmatic cult leader, Keith Raniere, from its “Patient Zero,” his former girlfriend and test subject for his coercive control techniques.
Many have heard of NXIVM and its creator, Keith Raniere, the unassuming Albany man now prosecuted for ensnaring tens of thousands of people in the US, Mexico, Canada and elsewhere, to do his bidding and pay millions of dollars to participate in his self improvement methodology. But where did Keith Raniere begin?

Enter Toni Natalie, Keith’s Patient Zero, the first one indoctrinated into Raniere’s methodology and the first one to escape. THE PROGRAM begins with the origin story of NXIVM, follows its rise to international prominence, and takes the reader into the downfall of Raniere through Toni’s eyes. During this time she bore witness to the evolution of his methodology, including his use of sex, blackmail, and employment of psychological tools such as Neuro Linguistic Programming to control and punish those who would not heed his wishes. She uniquely details the fortunes lost and the lives left in disarray that she witnessed contemporaneously, including members of DOS, a group of women coerced into sexual acts under the guise of a “women’s empowerment” inner circle, whom Raniere exercised extreme control over directly and through his lieutenants.

But far from being a victim’s story, in the spirit of Erin Brockovich, Toni’s is a nuanced narrative of a multi dimensional woman saving herself, and then working tirelessly to help other women do the same for themselves. Today, Toni is happy, reunited with her son, and surrounded by friends and family – it is this perspective that makes her such a unique storyteller.

https://books.google.nl/books?id=XvSXDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT3&hl=nl&pg=PT3#v=onepage&q&f=false

Meer informatie
https://robscholtemuseum.nl/?s=NXIVM
https://robscholtemuseum.nl/?s=Keith+Raniere
https://robscholtemuseum.nl/?s=Neuro+Linguistic+Programming