Sex trafficking. Self-help coaching. Forced labour. Mentorship. Multi-level marketing. Gaslighting. Investigative journalist Sarah Berman explores the shocking practices of NXIVM. Through the accounts of central NXIVM figures, Berman shows that these abuses looked very different from the inside, where young women initially received mentorship and protection. Berman explores why so many were drawn to its message of empowerment yet could not recognize its manipulative and harmful leader for what he was - a criminal.
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