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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,960 In this episode of American Greed. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:04,860 I'm just a demon. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,240 Keith Raniere is Vanguard. 4 00:00:08,241 --> 00:00:12,519 Everything was, thank you, Vanguard. Even though the guy wasn't in the room, 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:13,720 was like the Wizard of Oz. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,380 He is the self -proclaimed smartest man in the world. 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,859 He was the most ethical. He was the highest minded. He looked up at the 8 00:00:22,860 --> 00:00:23,910 and saw through them. 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,680 A godlike figure to his followers who funneled millions to his self -help 10 00:00:31,890 --> 00:00:38,450 People gave him money, like piles and piles, to do what he wanted with. 11 00:00:38,810 --> 00:00:44,289 But as former insiders now reveal, he uses it to fuel his most dangerous 12 00:00:44,290 --> 00:00:48,750 appetites. For Keith Raniere, this was about sex, money, and power. 13 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:52,330 A multi -million dollar financial machine. 14 00:00:53,050 --> 00:00:56,390 The members were brainwashed, kept on starvation diets. 15 00:00:57,050 --> 00:00:59,190 That funds unspeakable crimes. 16 00:00:59,770 --> 00:01:04,730 And branded them with his initials. Everything in my body is a get out. 17 00:01:21,770 --> 00:01:24,450 It's party time in Puerto Vallarta. 18 00:01:24,830 --> 00:01:26,010 High season. 19 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:27,770 Spring break. 20 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:32,680 We're just off the beach in a luxury villa. 21 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:34,340 The party's over. 22 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,360 Mexican police burst through the door. 23 00:01:41,460 --> 00:01:43,960 They hold a woman at gunpoint in the bedroom. 24 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:47,480 But it's a man that they're looking for. 25 00:01:48,340 --> 00:01:50,540 And he's hiding in the closet. 26 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:56,100 he was willing to basically sacrifice her for himself in that moment. 27 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:00,740 Eventually, the police do get that man. 28 00:02:03,060 --> 00:02:04,240 Let's go in the car. 29 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,760 We're going to follow them. 30 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,820 The orgy planned for that evening will have to wait. 31 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:14,110 Let's go, you guys. 32 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,539 It is the beginning of the bitter end for a man who minutes earlier seems to 33 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:23,160 have the world at his fingertips. 34 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:34,339 Keith Allen Ranieri is a world -renowned guru, a sort of life coach with an 35 00:02:34,340 --> 00:02:38,379 edge. I'm very devilish, and I think I'm probably the worst coach in the world 36 00:02:38,380 --> 00:02:40,180 because I'm just a demon. 37 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,260 He's the leader of an organization with a strange name. 38 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:52,559 and an even stranger spelling, Nexium, offering self -improvement courses based 39 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:58,959 on a philosophy called rational inquiry, patent pending, that Ranieri sells on 40 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,460 YouTube. I'm curious, why do you call rational inquiry a technology? 41 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:10,719 You could call it a methodology, too. But a technology, if you look 42 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,490 at the definition of the word, I think technology fits. 43 00:03:14,410 --> 00:03:17,750 I was there from the beginning of the program in 1998. 44 00:03:19,870 --> 00:03:23,470 Businesswoman Angela Ucci swears by the training. 45 00:03:23,850 --> 00:03:30,309 Rational inquiry was a systematic approach to looking at 46 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:36,929 your issues in a rational way that would have you shine light on 47 00:03:36,930 --> 00:03:42,350 where you developed them yourself and why they might not be rational. 48 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:49,879 Don't quite understand it? Keith Raniere is here to help. He bills himself as 49 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,120 the smartest man in the world with an IQ of 240. 50 00:03:55,080 --> 00:04:00,699 Not one, but three degrees from the prestigious Rensselaer Polytechnic 51 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:07,319 in upstate New York. A child judo prodigy and a concert -level pianist who 52 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,840 demonstrates his talent. 53 00:04:14,250 --> 00:04:20,670 But despite his innumerable skills, he claims to live like a monk, a 54 00:04:20,690 --> 00:04:25,550 No need for material wealth when one holds the keys to higher consciousness, 55 00:04:25,910 --> 00:04:30,170 which Ranieri shares in videos like this to spread his teachings. 56 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:37,049 All the things that happen in life on this earth are really an 57 00:04:37,050 --> 00:04:40,190 exercise in oneself with oneself. 58 00:04:40,970 --> 00:04:42,570 I loved the program. 59 00:04:42,571 --> 00:04:47,019 It had emotional components, it had philosophical components, and then it 60 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:48,960 practical components of goal setting. 61 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:55,239 The programs attract some wealthy, well -connected participants, according to 62 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,140 former NXIVM publicist Frank Parlato. 63 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,540 So they had quite a flow of money. 64 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,000 Emiliano Salinas, the son of the former president of Mexico. 65 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,040 Alejandro Betancourt, who was the son of a financier. 66 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:19,579 NXIVM training centers spring up across North America with big names 67 00:05:19,580 --> 00:05:26,559 from business and government reportedly taking 68 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:27,610 courses. 69 00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:33,699 But to get the full effect, you have to come here to NXIVM headquarters outside 70 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:40,199 Albany, New York, where new recruits go through a 16 -day marathon boot camp of 71 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,460 sorts known as an intensive. 72 00:05:43,270 --> 00:05:48,849 Students started at 7 in the morning and stayed until 9, 10 at night, 16 days in 73 00:05:48,850 --> 00:05:49,900 a row. 74 00:05:50,410 --> 00:05:55,629 Only after their indoctrination are they allowed to meet the man himself, the 75 00:05:55,630 --> 00:05:57,770 revered leader Keith Raniere. 76 00:05:58,590 --> 00:06:04,869 He was the most ethical. He was the highest minded. He looked up at the 77 00:06:04,870 --> 00:06:05,920 and saw through them. 78 00:06:07,450 --> 00:06:12,870 Nectium Strange sessions follow what are known as the rules and rituals. 79 00:06:13,910 --> 00:06:17,390 We would clap at the beginning or the end of a class. 80 00:06:17,830 --> 00:06:24,829 We would also do the bow to each other, and it was designed after Keith's 81 00:06:24,830 --> 00:06:26,470 martial arts background. 82 00:06:27,790 --> 00:06:32,550 Also borrowing from the martial arts, every member wears a colored sash, 83 00:06:32,930 --> 00:06:34,190 signifying their rank. 84 00:06:34,890 --> 00:06:39,370 So you had a white sash as a student, and then you went to yellow as a coach, 85 00:06:39,510 --> 00:06:41,310 and then orange as a trainer. 86 00:06:42,270 --> 00:06:45,570 I do know that some people were vehemently against them. 87 00:06:46,650 --> 00:06:51,949 We discussed that people are going to say that we're a cult if we have these 88 00:06:51,950 --> 00:06:53,000 things. 89 00:06:54,110 --> 00:06:59,890 Unlike a judo belt that's based on skills, NXIVM sashes are based on money. 90 00:07:00,210 --> 00:07:03,090 Even the entry -level white sash doesn't come cheap. 91 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:09,199 The introductory course alone runs as much as $10 ,000, and no one ever 92 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,250 graduates. 93 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:16,019 You take a $5 ,000 course, and as soon as you were done with that, you'd be 94 00:07:16,020 --> 00:07:18,600 now you're really ready to take the next one. 95 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:25,419 It's easy to rack up a six -figure tab in a year, but trainers can make some of 96 00:07:25,420 --> 00:07:28,220 that money back by recruiting new students. 97 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:31,260 Trainers made, let's call it a commission. 98 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:33,530 On the program. 99 00:07:34,890 --> 00:07:40,249 But out of that commission, trainers have to cover expenses like the hotel 100 00:07:40,250 --> 00:07:41,300 meeting room. 101 00:07:42,030 --> 00:07:47,829 At NXIVM, it appears that the path to higher consciousness takes the shape of 102 00:07:47,830 --> 00:07:48,880 pyramid. 103 00:07:49,230 --> 00:07:50,710 Is it a pyramid scheme? 104 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:56,389 It's possible that yes, it is. It was, it had a, I'm going to say it was 105 00:07:56,390 --> 00:07:58,690 definitely pyramidical in nature. 106 00:07:59,530 --> 00:08:04,869 It was structured as a multi -level marketing program that was probably 107 00:08:04,870 --> 00:08:09,509 pyramid in the sense that nobody but Ranieri and a couple at the top made any 108 00:08:09,510 --> 00:08:10,670 kind of a living wage. 109 00:08:12,330 --> 00:08:16,130 To Ranieri's most devoted adherents, none of that matters. 110 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:21,409 They follow him to the quiet suburban subdivision where he lives in this 111 00:08:21,410 --> 00:08:22,870 unassuming townhome. 112 00:08:23,230 --> 00:08:26,850 He owns no car, not even a driver's license. 113 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,220 But it's not so bad. 114 00:08:30,220 --> 00:08:35,600 When he lived here, there were 20 or 30 women who had similar townhomes. 115 00:08:36,220 --> 00:08:40,380 Did he want something to eat? Five or six women would vie for the privilege. 116 00:08:40,780 --> 00:08:47,119 Should he want his feet massaged, he could call upon 20 women, and each would 117 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:51,800 hope for that opportunity to touch his precious feet. 118 00:08:53,060 --> 00:08:56,060 In NXIVM, it takes a village. 119 00:08:58,190 --> 00:09:05,069 Next on American Greed, Keith Raniere's twisted path from prodigy 120 00:09:05,070 --> 00:09:11,689 to pitchman and ultimately purveyor of a toxic philosophy that will shock the 121 00:09:11,690 --> 00:09:15,170 world. The women have to learn how to humiliate themselves. 122 00:09:30,860 --> 00:09:36,839 In this quiet subdivision outside Albany, New York, NXIVM has taken root, 123 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,060 to higher consciousness in the shape of a pyramid. 124 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:47,019 Founder Keith Raniere lives here with his most ardent followers, most of whom 125 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:48,320 happen to be women. 126 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:56,059 He had dozens of women who wanted to have nothing more than just a half an 127 00:09:56,060 --> 00:09:59,560 of his time. He had women fighting to do his laundry. 128 00:10:00,590 --> 00:10:05,330 There are early morning walks and evening volleyball games. 129 00:10:06,110 --> 00:10:08,150 And there's gossip. 130 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:12,730 Robert Gavin is a reporter with the Albany Times Union. 131 00:10:13,630 --> 00:10:16,830 There was a lot of questions about this guy. Who is this guy? 132 00:10:16,831 --> 00:10:20,609 And there was a lot more questions than there were answers. But the answers that 133 00:10:20,610 --> 00:10:23,270 we did know were not overly flattering. 134 00:10:24,910 --> 00:10:29,070 After graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982, 135 00:10:30,510 --> 00:10:35,010 Ranieri learns the basics of multi -level marketing as an Amway 136 00:10:36,230 --> 00:10:40,090 By 1990, he has an idea for a business of his own. 137 00:10:41,330 --> 00:10:46,190 Hello, I'm Eddie Albert. With a pitch from aging 60s TV star Eddie Albert, 138 00:10:46,450 --> 00:10:51,369 Ranieri launches Consumers Buy Life, a buying club where members pay a monthly 139 00:10:51,370 --> 00:10:54,010 fee to get discounts on all kinds of products. 140 00:10:54,570 --> 00:10:56,710 His idea is not fancy. 141 00:10:57,350 --> 00:10:59,250 It's a simple one, practical. 142 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,340 Full of common sense. 143 00:11:02,580 --> 00:11:07,200 The real money comes when members recruit new members and collect 144 00:11:07,980 --> 00:11:09,900 Classic multi -level marketing. 145 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:17,399 Tony Natale is an early employee, captivated by Ranieri from their first 146 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,450 meeting. 147 00:11:18,620 --> 00:11:22,140 When I said to him, so I don't understand, you know, you have a 240 IQ. 148 00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:27,040 You could be curing cancer. God gifted you with this brilliant talent. 149 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,320 And he said, this is going to be... 150 00:11:29,550 --> 00:11:33,570 how I'm going to try to change the world. And don't you want to come along? 151 00:11:34,330 --> 00:11:36,070 And, you know, that was the hook. 152 00:11:37,070 --> 00:11:42,629 So much so that Natali leaves her husband, moves to Albany, and becomes 153 00:11:42,630 --> 00:11:43,770 Ranieri's girlfriend. 154 00:11:44,990 --> 00:11:49,390 At its peak, Consumer's Byline boasts 250 ,000 members. 155 00:11:49,930 --> 00:11:53,770 Keith Ranieri claims to be a multimillionaire in his 30s. 156 00:11:55,290 --> 00:11:58,630 But there are complaints about high -pressure sales tactics. 157 00:11:59,690 --> 00:12:01,860 Some members say they're not getting paid. 158 00:12:02,070 --> 00:12:04,710 Twenty -three states launch investigations. 159 00:12:06,270 --> 00:12:11,289 In 1996, Ranieri settled with the state of New York without admitting wrongdoing 160 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:17,549 for $40 ,000 and a promise to get out of the multi -level marketing business in 161 00:12:17,550 --> 00:12:19,110 the state for good. 162 00:12:20,470 --> 00:12:23,930 He was not supposed to be involved in that sort of thing again. 163 00:12:25,330 --> 00:12:28,190 Consumers Byline teaches Ranieri a tough lesson. 164 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:33,319 Just not the one the Attorney General had in mind, according to former NXIVM 165 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,120 consultant Joe O 'Hara. 166 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:40,600 When he got caught on consumer byline, his name was on everything. 167 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,119 And so his takeaway from that was, well, the next time I do something, I'm not 168 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,740 going to have my name on anything. 169 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:55,379 Within months, a new multi -level health products business launches with Tony 170 00:12:55,380 --> 00:12:56,430 Natale at the helm. 171 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,400 and Keith Bernieri serving as a consultant. 172 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,339 But in their personal life, as she will later claim in a court filing, he 173 00:13:07,340 --> 00:13:08,390 becomes abusive. 174 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:15,120 He is also spending more time with a client, a local nurse named Nancy 175 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:20,480 cooking up another multi -level venture whose product is the meaning of life. 176 00:13:21,780 --> 00:13:24,250 Finally, Natale breaks off their relationship. 177 00:13:24,730 --> 00:13:27,500 leaving Ranieri to focus on the business with Salzman. 178 00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:30,830 It's called NXIVM. 179 00:13:31,750 --> 00:13:35,810 I do this, and it's with a twisted sense of pleasure. 180 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:40,830 On paper, Salzman is the CEO. 181 00:13:41,250 --> 00:13:43,390 He takes the title prefect. 182 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:46,650 Ranieri proclaims himself a vanguard. 183 00:13:47,950 --> 00:13:52,789 In these videos, sharing the philosophy with members, he dreams up the 184 00:13:52,790 --> 00:13:58,119 curriculum. Also, everyone who claims victimhood is an abuser, and every 185 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,170 is a type of victim. 186 00:14:00,260 --> 00:14:04,020 And she sells it as NXIVM's top recruiter. 187 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:09,819 Everyone who claims victimhood is an abuser, and every abuser is a type of 188 00:14:09,820 --> 00:14:10,870 victim. 189 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,200 Vanguard's teachings delve into the differences between the sexes. 190 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:19,720 So men see women as not able to deal with responsibility. 191 00:14:20,730 --> 00:14:25,869 That is true, and the reason why is because men keep them away from it, 192 00:14:25,870 --> 00:14:27,270 was necessary in the jungle. 193 00:14:29,470 --> 00:14:33,390 In 2002, NXIVM lands its most important women yet. 194 00:14:34,410 --> 00:14:38,749 Sisters Claire and Sarah Brockman, heiresses to the multi -billion dollar 195 00:14:38,750 --> 00:14:40,430 Seagram's Liquor Fortune. 196 00:14:41,450 --> 00:14:44,770 The sisters don't respond to inquiries from American greed. 197 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:50,080 Angela Ucci is one of their earliest trainers. 198 00:14:51,260 --> 00:14:53,540 Sarah was in love with love. 199 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,020 Sarah's a sweetie. 200 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:02,519 When Claire came into the company, she was a showjumper with horses, and she 201 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:03,660 pretty well acclaimed. 202 00:15:03,860 --> 00:15:10,559 Keith convinced her that showjumping wasn't for the highest good, and she 203 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,660 decided to come on more full -time with the company. 204 00:15:15,690 --> 00:15:20,790 The sisters are spending more time with NXIVM, and they're spending more money, 205 00:15:20,890 --> 00:15:24,770 family money, the kind of money that attracts attention. 206 00:15:26,110 --> 00:15:29,010 And I went, is that real? 207 00:15:30,670 --> 00:15:34,570 When American Greed returns, the women of NXIVM. 208 00:15:35,230 --> 00:15:40,669 I felt like I met the people that I was going to be working with to change the 209 00:15:40,670 --> 00:15:43,270 world. They join for a purpose. 210 00:15:44,190 --> 00:15:46,530 But Keith Raniere has a purpose of his own. 211 00:15:47,590 --> 00:15:54,569 When Keith approached people sexually, he knew full well their background 212 00:15:54,570 --> 00:15:55,930 and their psychology. 213 00:16:07,970 --> 00:16:13,239 In just five years, Keith Raniere's self -help group, NXIVM, has gained a 214 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:19,359 worldwide following, including Claire and Sarah Brofman, the youngest 215 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,740 of billionaire businessman and philanthropist Edgar Brofman Sr. 216 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:28,740 In 2003, the old man decides to see what all the fuss is about. 217 00:16:29,220 --> 00:16:32,440 The girls wanted to work on their relationship with him. 218 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:36,980 Their dad came to a training in New York City, and I coached his group. 219 00:16:38,550 --> 00:16:43,890 Initially, Brockman seems impressed, and NXIVM appears ready to take off. 220 00:16:44,710 --> 00:16:49,770 They bring on board consultant Joe O 'Hara as a fixer of sorts. 221 00:16:50,170 --> 00:16:53,310 You come to me with your problem, I will go find the solution. 222 00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:58,770 NXIVM also welcomes a national reporter from Forbes magazine. 223 00:17:00,110 --> 00:17:05,189 People thought, in fact, that it was going to be a positive article until it 224 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:06,240 came out. 225 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:12,739 There on the cover of the October issue of Forbes is Keith Raniere, the world's 226 00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:14,520 strangest executive coach. 227 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,720 NXIVM is described as a cult of personality. 228 00:17:20,020 --> 00:17:22,420 All the sordid details are there. 229 00:17:23,020 --> 00:17:25,880 Consumers byline, the rules and rituals. 230 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:32,419 The article says the 17 -hour days and sleepless nights drive several students 231 00:17:32,420 --> 00:17:33,470 over the edge. 232 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:37,580 At least one is hospitalized for psychiatric treatment. 233 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,580 It was a bad article. 234 00:17:39,780 --> 00:17:42,940 It was about as bad as you can get. 235 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:49,379 The article claims Claire Brockman has loaned the group $2 million, which she 236 00:17:49,380 --> 00:17:50,430 denies. 237 00:17:50,980 --> 00:17:54,280 Edgar Brockman's quote about Nectium hits hardest of all. 238 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:56,280 I think it's a cult. 239 00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:00,600 Keith blamed their father. 240 00:18:01,130 --> 00:18:06,309 for turning it into a negative article, and it became a bone of contention with 241 00:18:06,310 --> 00:18:07,360 them and their dad. 242 00:18:08,950 --> 00:18:14,210 Bernieri tells Forbes that NXIVM is nothing like a cult, but the damage is 243 00:18:15,130 --> 00:18:19,430 And Joe O 'Hara is finding the problems may go deeper. 244 00:18:19,850 --> 00:18:24,089 There's a tremendous amount of money going through this corporation, and they 245 00:18:24,090 --> 00:18:27,170 are doing some things that are pretty dodgy. 246 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:33,639 Like the fact that NXIVM is made up of dozens of corporations, apparently part 247 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,400 of a dubious tax strategy. 248 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:43,039 I think by 2004, I had uncovered 40 249 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,980 -something companies, and I was being asked to set up more of them. 250 00:18:48,580 --> 00:18:53,619 Ranieri may have no wealth to his own name, but Claire Brockman owns an island 251 00:18:53,620 --> 00:18:55,910 in the South Pacific at Vanguard's disposal. 252 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:13,140 I was invited on a walk with him early on. 253 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:17,620 It turns out he is no celibate monk. 254 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,160 When Keith approached people... 255 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:26,400 sexually. He knew full well their background and their psychology. 256 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,480 Angela Ucci shuts him down. 257 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:34,020 She's surprised by his response. 258 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:38,919 He went on to say, and I'm going to ask you to make an agreement right now to 259 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,580 never repeat this conversation to anyone else. 260 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:49,420 But in rational inquiry, secrets are a no -no. We taught that secrets 261 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,350 separate you from your full self -expression. 262 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,860 It is one of Uchi's first indications that all may not be quite what it seems. 263 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:02,040 Vanguard, happy, happy birthday. 264 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:09,779 In NXIVM, Keith Raniere's birthday doesn't just warrant a party. It's part 265 00:20:09,780 --> 00:20:14,200 10 -day celebration every August known as Vanguard Week. 266 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:17,560 Keith is on stage and people are bringing up gifts. 267 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,240 And then the Brockman sisters come out. 268 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:25,219 All they've got is a big piece of cardboard, like those checks you see 269 00:20:25,220 --> 00:20:28,939 people win the lottery. And they flip it over, and they had just given Keith $20 270 00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:29,990 million. 271 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:32,030 And I went, 272 00:20:32,580 --> 00:20:35,200 is that real? 273 00:20:36,780 --> 00:20:38,140 It's real, all right. 274 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,920 Though officially it represents a future charitable donation. 275 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:45,420 But even that giant check doesn't seem to be enough. 276 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:50,259 The way I would describe Keith Raniere, he's one of those people that can't 277 00:20:50,260 --> 00:20:51,310 afford to win. 278 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,300 Because when he wins, he has to put it all back in. 279 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:02,859 Like when the Brockmans lend him $65 million to play the commodities market, 280 00:21:02,860 --> 00:21:03,910 he loses it all. 281 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:06,780 He falsely claims Edgar Brockman Sr. 282 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:09,070 must have rigged the market to spite him. 283 00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:11,500 The loan is not repaid. 284 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:17,979 Claire was perfect for Keith to take advantage of her issue because her dad 285 00:21:17,980 --> 00:21:21,240 didn't really like her that much. Now she's got big daddy Keith. 286 00:21:23,140 --> 00:21:28,100 Bronfman Money supercharges a strategy Ranieri has been employing for years, 287 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,200 dragging his enemies through legal hell. 288 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:37,979 They were able to just continue to sue them and sue them and sue them over 289 00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:40,620 everything you could think of. 290 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,199 After Ranieri's bitter breakup with Tony Natale, a judge finds that Ranieri 291 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:51,020 relentlessly harasses her, even after she declares bankruptcy. 292 00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:56,860 Normally, the process takes a few months, a chance to make a fresh start. 293 00:21:57,180 --> 00:22:02,880 But Ranieri sues her in bankruptcy court for fraud, tying up her case for years. 294 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:08,580 The judge says it all smacks of a jilted fellow's attempt at revenge. 295 00:22:09,710 --> 00:22:13,449 O 'Hara claims other enemies become the targets of aggressive private 296 00:22:13,450 --> 00:22:14,500 investigators. 297 00:22:15,690 --> 00:22:17,910 What I know is enough for me to quit. 298 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:21,100 But what really scared me is all the things I didn't know. 299 00:22:22,330 --> 00:22:25,790 But walking away from NXIVM is much easier said than done. 300 00:22:27,770 --> 00:22:29,590 The lawyers come after him. 301 00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:33,430 They kept changing law firms. We would start all over again. 302 00:22:34,770 --> 00:22:35,820 Motions up. 303 00:22:35,870 --> 00:22:41,449 the wazoo every week there was a new motion for something my legal fees 304 00:22:41,450 --> 00:22:47,909 to run a hundred thousand a month in the end o 'hara says he has no choice but 305 00:22:47,910 --> 00:22:54,649 to declare bankruptcy too that was about as low as i think i can remember being 306 00:22:54,650 --> 00:23:00,829 in my life former nexium consultant frank parlato tells a similar story 307 00:23:00,830 --> 00:23:06,609 he is fired and dragged through the courts including criminal fraud charges 308 00:23:06,610 --> 00:23:08,670 he denies but are still pending. 309 00:23:09,490 --> 00:23:13,050 He decides to fight back by launching a blog. 310 00:23:13,690 --> 00:23:18,910 And I realized if they would do this to me, who else is being victimized? 311 00:23:19,970 --> 00:23:24,470 But Vanguard has no time right now for such earthly concerns. 312 00:23:26,350 --> 00:23:31,050 Up next, new friends in high places. 313 00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:34,360 Maybe he really is a guru. 314 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,120 It's a red -letter day in Albany, New York. 315 00:23:51,940 --> 00:23:55,580 The line outside the Palace Theater wrapped around three blocks. 316 00:23:56,180 --> 00:24:02,199 His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, has traveled 317 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,280 miles to Albany. 318 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,300 With him on stage are Claire and Sarah Brothman. 319 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:14,939 And in the front row, Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman, the leaders of NXIVM. It 320 00:24:14,940 --> 00:24:17,320 is a spectacular public relations coup. 321 00:24:17,740 --> 00:24:20,340 Maybe he really is a guru. 322 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,520 But it almost doesn't happen. 323 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,839 The headlines announcing his visit are quickly followed by headlines calling 324 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,660 NXIVM... Cult -like. 325 00:24:32,180 --> 00:24:35,240 Several local venues refuse to host the event. 326 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,620 His Holiness reads the papers too, and he abruptly cancels. 327 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,280 Inside NXIVM, the problems go deeper. 328 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:49,479 Nine of its longest -serving members, including Angela Ucci, say the 329 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,340 organization has lost its way. 330 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:57,300 There was sexual stuff. There was business stuff. There was secrecy. 331 00:24:58,190 --> 00:25:03,549 And not unlike consumers byline more than a decade ago, many say they are not 332 00:25:03,550 --> 00:25:06,610 being paid to the tune of more than $2 million. 333 00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:10,750 They owed us commission money. They owed me trainer money. 334 00:25:11,990 --> 00:25:14,890 Uchi and the others decide to confront Ranieri. 335 00:25:16,010 --> 00:25:18,330 And they record the whole thing. 336 00:25:18,990 --> 00:25:24,729 But what I'm trying to say, though, Keith, is that we believe that there are 337 00:25:24,730 --> 00:25:25,910 certain problems. 338 00:25:27,310 --> 00:25:29,330 Ranieri does not take it well. 339 00:25:30,890 --> 00:25:32,810 I've been shot at because of my beliefs. 340 00:25:33,150 --> 00:25:38,009 I've had to make choices. Should I have bodyguards? Should I have them armed or 341 00:25:38,010 --> 00:25:39,060 not? 342 00:25:40,370 --> 00:25:43,550 I've had people killed because of my beliefs. 343 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:49,999 I think what he was doing is he was being a peacock like he is, being, you 344 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,040 how great I am and how big I am and how important I am. 345 00:25:53,420 --> 00:25:57,799 Let's be honest, if he had anyone killed, do you think he would have said 346 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:58,880 a meeting to all of us? 347 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,620 The women decide they have no choice but to quit. 348 00:26:03,140 --> 00:26:05,080 The highest ranking defectors yet. 349 00:26:05,580 --> 00:26:08,480 They come to be known as the NXIVM -9. 350 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,560 And if they don't get their money, they will go to the press. 351 00:26:14,250 --> 00:26:16,150 But Keith Raniere isn't worried. 352 00:26:16,530 --> 00:26:21,809 The Dalai Lama has agreed to come after all, after Raniere leads a delegation to 353 00:26:21,810 --> 00:26:22,629 see him. 354 00:26:22,630 --> 00:26:26,350 I believe it was three people, including one Bronfman. 355 00:26:27,690 --> 00:26:32,869 Within days of the event, a new charity appears in New York State, the Dalai 356 00:26:32,870 --> 00:26:33,920 Lama Trust. 357 00:26:34,490 --> 00:26:39,229 His office does not respond to American Greed, but issued a statement in 2018 358 00:26:39,230 --> 00:26:41,930 saying no money changed hands. 359 00:26:42,710 --> 00:26:49,449 Regardless. NXIVM is raking it in with new programs tailored specifically for 360 00:26:49,450 --> 00:26:54,050 women, for men, for children, even for actors. 361 00:26:54,990 --> 00:27:01,549 They include Allison Mack, known for TV's Smallville, and Canadian actress 362 00:27:01,550 --> 00:27:03,190 Sarah Edmondson. 363 00:27:03,390 --> 00:27:09,330 I was immediately scooped up by the higher ranks as family. 364 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:14,799 And I felt like I met the people that I was going to be working with to change 365 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:15,850 the world. 366 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:23,019 Another actress, Catherine Oxenberg, from the 1980s TV hit Dynasty, takes 367 00:27:23,020 --> 00:27:27,479 classes along with her daughter, India, who declines American Greed's request 368 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:28,530 for an interview. 369 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,400 Catherine finds all the new programs suspicious. 370 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,520 I started to smell a rat. It was like, this... 371 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,000 was just a way for them to make more money. 372 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,660 The rat she's smelling may be Ranieri. 373 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:50,160 I didn't like that they idolized this guy, Keith Ranieri. 374 00:27:50,161 --> 00:27:53,819 Everything was, thank you, Vanguard. Even though the guy wasn't in the room, 375 00:27:53,820 --> 00:27:55,020 was like the Wizard of Oz. 376 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,440 But India Oxenberg is hooked. 377 00:28:01,260 --> 00:28:02,760 Next on American Greed. 378 00:28:03,580 --> 00:28:05,800 Everything in my body said, get out. 379 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,620 Vanguard leads NXIVM down a horrifying path. 380 00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:16,000 You can do a lot of crazy in this country. You cannot brand people. 381 00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:32,600 Nine of Keith Raniere's most faithful followers have quit NXIVM. 382 00:28:33,290 --> 00:28:37,350 They are among the few who know the organization's deepest secrets. 383 00:28:38,230 --> 00:28:41,970 For Secrets of NXIVM to come out, they have to come out from within. 384 00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:49,809 In 2012, with help from the NXIVM 9, the Albany Times Union publishes a 385 00:28:49,810 --> 00:28:53,770 blockbuster four -part series called Secrets of NXIVM. 386 00:28:54,770 --> 00:28:59,310 There are allegations of psychological abuse, even a suicide. 387 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,140 The paper also posts video interviews online. 388 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,720 Nothing is done without his okay. 389 00:29:08,300 --> 00:29:12,880 From how you dress to what you eat, 390 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:18,500 what your weight is, decisions you make. 391 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:24,639 Tony Natale, Ranieri's ex -girlfriend from the 90s who left in the early years 392 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:29,120 of NXIVM, tells the paper that she now believes that even back then, 393 00:29:29,820 --> 00:29:32,380 NXIVM was no self -help organization. 394 00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:39,699 Are you among the critics of NXIVM and Keith Raniere, who believe that he is 395 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:40,750 leader of a cult? 396 00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:41,950 Yes. 397 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:48,200 Most explosive of all, the series alleges that Raniere, who is 51 at the 398 00:29:48,260 --> 00:29:52,400 has a long history of sexual relationships with underage girls. 399 00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:59,039 Gina Melita tells the paper that her relationship with Ranieri began when he 400 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,840 24 and she was just 15. 401 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:07,460 It seemed okay to my 15 -year -old mind at first. 402 00:30:07,660 --> 00:30:11,390 He knew, he was like, well, we obviously can't tell your mother about this. 403 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:18,199 Ranieri does not respond to the paper's requests for an interview, nor does he 404 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,620 respond to American Greed. 405 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,200 You figured it was just a matter of time before the bottom dropped out of it, 406 00:30:24,260 --> 00:30:25,700 but that's not what happened. 407 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:32,679 Instead, Ranieri seems emboldened, and his remaining followers are more devoted 408 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:33,730 than ever. 409 00:30:34,780 --> 00:30:40,379 Allison Mack from the TV series Smallville has gone in big, recording 410 00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:42,280 videos with Vanguard. 411 00:30:43,130 --> 00:30:47,389 When someone's being authentic, you get the feeling that you reach into their 412 00:30:47,390 --> 00:30:50,410 very essence and you meet a unique individual. 413 00:30:51,230 --> 00:30:53,220 I don't know why, it makes me want to cry. 414 00:30:53,550 --> 00:30:54,600 It's beautiful. 415 00:30:55,970 --> 00:31:02,670 In 2015, Mack and Lauren Salzman, daughter of NXIVM co -founder Nancy 416 00:31:02,750 --> 00:31:08,110 helped create a new society exclusively for NXIVM women to be known as DOS. 417 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,200 Actress Sarah Edmondson is among Lauren's recruits. 418 00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:17,439 She told me it was an international women's group that would be totally 419 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,959 underground and a group of women working together to be a force for good in the 420 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,010 world. 421 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,179 In order to be considered for membership, women must first hand over 422 00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:36,979 called collateral, blackmail -worthy material, nude photos, and damaging 423 00:31:36,980 --> 00:31:38,030 information. 424 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:41,020 And this is all for you to really commit. 425 00:31:42,140 --> 00:31:45,700 It is a strange brand of women's empowerment. 426 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,380 Allison Mack and Lauren Salzman are considered masters. 427 00:31:50,940 --> 00:31:54,720 Their recruits, like Sarah, are referred to as slaves. 428 00:31:55,900 --> 00:32:00,820 Members are kept on starvation diets, as little as 500 calories a day. 429 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:07,080 Slaves must be available to their masters at a moment's notice, 24 hours a 430 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:11,120 So women have to learn how to humiliate themselves, each other. 431 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,920 DOS is not a women's empowerment group at all. 432 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:22,939 The name is an acronym for a Latin phrase, Dominus Obsequius Sororium, 433 00:32:22,940 --> 00:32:25,940 translated, Master over the obedient women. 434 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:31,479 DOS slaves are expected to recruit slaves of their own. It is yet another 435 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:36,640 pyramid. And sitting at the top, unbeknownst to the women until after 436 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:38,580 is Keith Raniere. 437 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,240 Keith and Allison, what's the text? 438 00:32:43,540 --> 00:32:48,439 There is one final sign of devotion, which Raniere describes to Allison Mack 439 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,520 during a morning walk through the neighborhood, January 9th, 2016. 440 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,120 Doing the actual brand in an orderly fashion. 441 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:02,379 In keeping with NXIVM policy to preserve every utterance of Vanguard, Mack 442 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:03,700 records the conversation. 443 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,930 Authorities will later tease the audio as evidence. 444 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:12,380 It probably should be a more vulnerable position. 445 00:33:14,340 --> 00:33:20,079 The women are to be stripped nude and in a solemn ceremony, branded in their 446 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,760 pelvic area with a cauterizing pen. 447 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,480 And the person should ask to be branded. 448 00:33:26,860 --> 00:33:30,300 If they please brand me, it would be an honor or something like that. 449 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,100 Everything in my body is a get. 450 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,240 Out. Get out of here. 451 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:43,879 Sarah Edmondson is brought blindfolded to the home of Allison Mack, where 452 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,520 Salzman leads the ceremony. 453 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:51,640 Sarah says that years of NXIVM indoctrination suppress her instincts to 454 00:33:52,220 --> 00:33:56,360 That, and the blackmail, and the women holding her down. 455 00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,540 And I just went somewhere else. 456 00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:02,140 And I didn't even move. 457 00:34:03,180 --> 00:34:04,700 I breathed, I cried. 458 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:07,980 I went to a loving place. 459 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:11,570 And it was the only way I was able to get through it. 460 00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:14,699 We know the depth of our love through pain. 461 00:34:18,219 --> 00:34:21,320 Some 50 women are drawn into DOS. 462 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:27,299 Among them, 25 -year -old India Oxenberg, daughter of TV star Catherine 463 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:32,520 Oxenberg, who learns about DOS when a friend of India's calls to warn her. 464 00:34:33,150 --> 00:34:38,509 These girls were all part of this inner circle, and that they were recruiting 465 00:34:38,510 --> 00:34:42,049 other women to have sex with Keith. I mean, all this stuff, I was, like, 466 00:34:42,050 --> 00:34:43,100 spinning. 467 00:34:44,810 --> 00:34:46,730 India, too, has been branded. 468 00:34:49,650 --> 00:34:54,589 Catherine calls blogger and former NXIVM consultant Frank Parlato and tells him 469 00:34:54,590 --> 00:34:55,640 what she knows. 470 00:34:55,730 --> 00:34:59,810 Sort of a light bulb went off in my head, and now you know I think I've got 471 00:35:02,060 --> 00:35:07,159 Frank Parlato is the first to reveal the existence of DOS and the branding 472 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,300 ritual in a blog post in June of 2017. 473 00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:15,900 Called Branded Slaves and Master Raniere. 474 00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:20,760 You can do a lot of crazy in this country. You cannot brand people. 475 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:27,419 In Parlato's blog post, the victims are anonymous. The women of DOS keep their 476 00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:28,470 vow of silence. 477 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,160 That is about to change. 478 00:35:31,660 --> 00:35:35,559 They had been told that the symbol burned into their flesh represents the 479 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:41,079 elements. Instead, they learned it is formed from the initials of Keith 480 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:42,940 and Allison Mack. 481 00:35:43,980 --> 00:35:48,779 It's not okay to hurt a woman's body. It's not okay to carve someone else's 482 00:35:48,780 --> 00:35:50,900 initials into someone else's flesh. 483 00:35:51,780 --> 00:35:54,190 Branding means you are owned by another person. 484 00:35:55,440 --> 00:36:00,040 On October 18th, Sarah Edmondson is the first DOS woman to go public. 485 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,320 On the front page of the New York Times. 486 00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:07,600 We began interviewing witnesses within days. 487 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,500 When American Greed returns. 488 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,860 We have somebody who is a danger to society. 489 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:17,680 Bringing Vanguard to justice. 490 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:21,180 But first, you have to catch him. 491 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,099 Keith Raniere's Secret Society of NXIVM Women has been exposed in a front -page 492 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:40,540 article in the New York Times. 493 00:36:43,820 --> 00:36:50,119 It is October of 2017, and Assistant U .S. Attorney Moira Penza in Brooklyn 494 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,280 takes an immediate interest. 495 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:58,639 It was within days of the Harvey Weinstein story breaking. We were within 496 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,680 of the hashtag MeToo movement. 497 00:37:01,420 --> 00:37:07,479 All of us were really taking a hard look at men in positions of power and abuses 498 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:08,530 of that power. 499 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,280 But Keith Raniere isn't sticking around to reflect. 500 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,900 Instead, he votes for the border. 501 00:37:19,420 --> 00:37:23,920 Once he's in Mexico, there's the concern that he really will go off the grid. 502 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,760 Finally, in March, they track him down. 503 00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:36,109 Keith Raniere was in this $10 ,000 a week villa in Puerto Vallarta, 504 00:37:36,110 --> 00:37:38,850 by these women. 505 00:37:40,330 --> 00:37:43,750 Allison Mack is there. So is Lauren Salzman. 506 00:37:44,770 --> 00:37:48,710 There are plans in the evening for a recommitment ceremony. 507 00:37:49,490 --> 00:37:52,990 NXIVM talk, apparently for group sex. 508 00:37:54,330 --> 00:37:58,310 Until the agenda is rudely interrupted by Mexican police. 509 00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:05,919 Keith Raniere has holed himself up in a closet, protecting himself, while Lauren 510 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:11,000 Saltzman is made to interact with the federales. 511 00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:16,079 That whole arresting really is an example of everything we know about 512 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:21,280 Raniere, because here he is, this renunciate, and where is he? He's in a 513 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:25,819 What is he doing? Is he being brave? Is he this leader? No, he's hiding in a 514 00:38:25,820 --> 00:38:26,870 closet. 515 00:38:27,850 --> 00:38:33,530 At the same time in Albany, FBI agents descend on NXIVM's suburban subdivision, 516 00:38:33,550 --> 00:38:34,630 gathering evidence. 517 00:38:36,370 --> 00:38:41,230 Ranieri is returned to New York, where a judge orders him held without bail. 518 00:38:41,630 --> 00:38:46,710 He is charged with multiple felonies, including sex trafficking, forced labor, 519 00:38:46,890 --> 00:38:48,370 and criminal conspiracy. 520 00:38:50,390 --> 00:38:52,190 Were you involved in a sex cult? 521 00:38:52,770 --> 00:38:53,820 Allison Mack. 522 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:58,400 and Lauren Salzman plead guilty to racketeering and racketeering 523 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:04,379 Mexium co -founder Nancy Salzman pleads guilty to a single count of racketeering 524 00:39:04,380 --> 00:39:09,239 conspiracy. Claire Brockman pleads guilty to a single count of conspiracy 525 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:12,360 harbor an illegal immigrant and one count of identity fraud. 526 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:15,440 She denies knowing anything about Doss. 527 00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:18,820 Her sister, Sarah, is not charged. 528 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,020 None respond to American Greed's requests for interviews. 529 00:39:23,950 --> 00:39:28,670 Dozens more NXIVM members defect, among them India Oxenberg. 530 00:39:30,490 --> 00:39:34,550 In May of 2019, Keith Raniere goes to trial. 531 00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:35,840 His defense? 532 00:39:36,310 --> 00:39:41,370 Everything, including the starvation and the branding, is consensual. 533 00:39:41,590 --> 00:39:48,509 This is basically a case, as odd as it sounds, about how grown adults are 534 00:39:48,510 --> 00:39:49,810 intimate with each other. 535 00:39:51,370 --> 00:39:55,769 But in six weeks of testimony, the prosecution paints a picture of a man 536 00:39:55,770 --> 00:39:59,210 claims to be a genius, yet nearly flunks out of college. 537 00:40:00,170 --> 00:40:04,430 Who preaches empowerment, but practices something different. 538 00:40:05,250 --> 00:40:07,550 And the person should ask to be branded. 539 00:40:09,590 --> 00:40:12,970 Jurors hear Raniere's own words about the branding ritual. 540 00:40:14,470 --> 00:40:19,150 And they should probably say that before they're held down. 541 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,540 It doesn't seem like they're being coerced. Okay. 542 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,600 It takes only five hours for the jury to reach its verdict. 543 00:40:27,940 --> 00:40:32,939 And when Ranieri walked into the courtroom, the very first thing he said, 544 00:40:32,940 --> 00:40:36,520 audible in the court was, this is not justice. 545 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:44,300 The jury finds Ranieri guilty on seven counts, among them racketeering, 546 00:40:44,340 --> 00:40:48,340 including sexual exploitation of a child and sex trafficking. 547 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,360 Oh, my God, it's final. It is final. 548 00:40:52,580 --> 00:40:54,940 Like, it all counts. 549 00:40:56,020 --> 00:41:01,219 Minutes ago, a federal jury here in the Eastern District of New York returned 550 00:41:01,220 --> 00:41:06,880 verdicts convicting Keith Raniere on all counts in his federal indictment. 551 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:14,259 I felt just such an enormous responsibility to these women that 552 00:41:14,260 --> 00:41:16,080 it was just... 553 00:41:16,300 --> 00:41:21,900 a wave of relief and feeling that I have done right by them. 554 00:41:22,420 --> 00:41:29,280 Silence is what gives powerful people the ability to commit abuses. 555 00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:36,399 Any example where people are able to be heard and to 556 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:42,679 then have somebody actually face repercussions, that is 557 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,560 how we can break. 558 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:46,280 that cycle of abuse. 559 00:41:47,460 --> 00:41:54,160 Keith Raniere's crime spree has ended, and his victims will finally see 560 00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,540 In September 2020, 561 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,590 Claire Bronfman was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison. 562 00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:09,759 A month later, in October 2020, Keith Raniere was sentenced to 120 years 563 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:10,810 bars. 564 00:42:12,890 --> 00:42:17,769 India Oxenberg ultimately broke away from NXIVM and spoke out about 565 00:42:17,770 --> 00:42:21,070 the pain she endured while under Ranieri's spell. 566 00:42:21,690 --> 00:42:25,789 We all have metaphorical scars. I have a physical scar, but you don't have to 567 00:42:25,790 --> 00:42:29,329 live with that. You don't have to live with Keith Ranieri haunting you. You can 568 00:42:29,330 --> 00:42:33,430 reclaim your life. You can learn from it, and you can move on. 569 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:38,030 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 51825

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