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Keith Raniere and NXIVM on Trial: Mind Control and Manipulation

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Dr. Steven Hassan
May 16, 2019
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The trial of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere began May 7th and is currently entering its second week in Brooklyn Federal Court, whose image is above. It is a very high profile case involving charges of sex trafficking, branding, racketeering, and forced labor. It also involves highly successful, educated people, who got ensnared including billionaire Clare Bronfman, actress Allison Mack, filmmaker Mark Vicente, and others. Five people, including Bronfman and Mack, were charged along with Raniere but all pled guilty and are apparently cooperating with authorities. In my opinion, they were probably all deceived and manipulated; complex social psychological forces applied in a systematic manner to render them dependent and obedient.

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