A guide to NXIVM’s history, the documentary’s main players, the organization’s sex-trafficking inner workings, the eventual trials and convictions of many of the cult’s leaders, and its still-ongoing work
NXIVM members as seen in HBO’s The Vow. Photo: HBO Like recent docuseries about Scientology and R. Kelly, among many others, HBO’s The Vow explores the many ways a charismatic man can groom a flock of willing participants and impressionable victims. The nine-part series, directed by The Great Hack filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer, focuses on the cult/multilevel marketing scheme NXIVM, which, underneath its self-help veneer, was mainly a sex-trafficking ring for its leaders.
The Leaders NXIVM began as “Executive Success Programs” that eventually attracted wealthy attendees. Photo: HBO Born in 1960, Keith Raniere had a similar appearance to David Koresh, the leader of the Branch Davidian cult who died in the infamous 1993 Waco, Texas, raid: bespectacled, long hair, and a beard.
Raniere and Salzman became known as, respectively, “Vanguard” and “Prefect” to their followers in upstate New York, which eventually exceeded 16,000 members. In the vein of judo belts, they started using colored sashes to denote who advanced in the organization by attending more seminars, recruiting new members, and giving more and more money, allegedly into the millions.
Accepting the brand came later in the process of a women-only subset of the cult known as DOS, which was billed as a secret sisterhood among NXIVM members. The acronym stands for Dominus Obsequious Sororium, a Latin phrase that the New York Times says translates to “lord over the obedient female companions.” Lauren Salzman, the daughter of Nancy, was the one to initiate Edmondson into this sect and became her “master.
The Downfall Keith Raniere is awaiting sentencing with a hearing date set for October 27, nine days after The Vow’s final episode. Photo: Elizabeth Williams/AP/Shutterstock In March 2018, federal agents arrested Raniere in Mexico and charged him with counts ranging from sexual exploitation of a child and sex trafficking to conspiracy to commit forced labor, wire fraud, and identity theft.
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