The Terrifying Organization That Brainwashed America's Elite: NXIVM

Alleged MLM, NXIVM claimed to be a self-help group but was exposed as a Hollywood sex cult that recruited actors and women to get their bodies branded. Merle and Joyce take us through the rise and fall of NXIVM.

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