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Inside the Nxivm sex cult and how the survivors escaped

The Times
16 mins to read

To the outside world Nxivm was an exclusive wellbeing programme for the rich and famous. In reality it was a brutal and abusive sex cult. As The Vow, a new HBO series telling the story airs, Laura Pullman speaks to the men and women who escaped.

Sarah Edmondson was in her late 20s and unfulfilled by her acting career when, in 2005, she joined a strange self-help organisation. It was called Nxivm, pronounced Nexium, and its leader was Keith Raniere,

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