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- Beverly Hills is home to some of the most wealthy

and powerful people in the world.

They drive the finest cars, shop at the best boutiques,

and they live in the most outrageous homes.

They also have access to the most exclusive

and high-end erotic club ever.

I created that club.

It's called Snctm.

Snctm is a secretive society

where we do a black-tie masquerade,

private dinner parties and an erotic theater.

It's a place for my members to explore

their wildest fantasies and learn about

their true sexual selves.

Welcome to my world.

I'm in New York for the monthly masquerade.

I've got clients that fly in from around the world

to attend this masquerade.

It's an incredibly important event to me.

But we're now a day away,

and I find out that the event space that we're supposed

to use has a bunch of strings attached.

So I have to find a solution.

I've been in situations like this before actually.

I've had only a day or two to find locations.

Things have fallen through.

I make it work.

It's just a matter of where and how.

- Hey, man.

- Finally.

- I love you, but I'm fucking pissed.

Hi, hi.

- Why.

- Because we don't have a fucking space

and I'm getting a little stressed out.

Moving into New York was something that I'd

always wanted to do, but it's a tough market.

There's a lotta competition, especially in nightclubs.

And so I waited until we really had

established ourselves in L.A.

- Uh, no.

- Hang on, let's look at it.

- No.

Let's look at it.

It's not luxury.

It's like, when I come in here, I'll be like, really?

I mean, I would be very disappointed, to be honest.

Imagine if we did the Sanctum party here.

Imagine if people walked into this,

and this is what they saw.

I mean, it'd be over.

- I would be disappointed.

- Clearly, we could never do an event here,

but it's interesting to see a space like this,

and even whoever like recommended that we take a look

at this, probably assumes that this is like on the level

of what we would, you know, accept.

And uh,

it's fucking terrible.

- It is.

- People are very interested and intrigued

by whatever this is conceptually.

They're looking for like a new experience

and something fun and something exciting.

But a lotta times what people don't see

behind the scenes is us scrambling to try to make it right.

Okay, this is the main penthouse.

- I mean, this would be the main one.

- As far as what's going on up here,

we've got 500 square feet, maybe.

We've got 500 square feet.

We've got a bar.

- I would do two bars.

- Okay, so we could do bottle service

and performance in this area.

We could do a stage probably there, right?

We obviously don't need this.

You know, it's not easy,

but it's definitely worthwhile, knowing that I'm

fulfilling someone else's needs and desires

and making them feel happy and good also.

I get off on that.

- So room, one, two.

This is a privacy room for those two.

- Okay.

- And then we'd have another room here.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I could have a girl in here.

A performer right here.

- That would be good actually.

No I think that that space could work for us.

At night, with the red lighting and everything

that we do, I'm sure it'll look good.

Okay, I think location we're gonna be good.

- It's not an easy process.

We look for something really magical.

I don't know how to describe what that is,

but I know it when I see it.

And this is the place.

So yeah, I just, I'm excited about that.

- Where are we going?

- We're good, are you walking?

- I don't know.

- Are you walking?

- This is jaywalking.

- Wow, look at you, wow.

My first Snctm party was

an absolutely incredible experience.

And the journey to get to that first party

seemed almost impossible.

So I find this venue, and when I met with the owners,

you know, I said, I'm gonna cordon off

a part of your club, and I'm gonna have only my members

go in, and I said I'm gonna do this private show.

And he said, well, what's the show?

And I said, well, I'm gonna have this couple invited.

And he said, you're not gonna have,

there's no sex, right?

- I said no, of course there's no sex.

And I knew of course that there was gonna be sex.

So I convinced them to let me do the event,

and the party is beautiful and everyone looked good.

And then this sex show begins.

And the owner of the club walks in.

And he looks at the performers that are having sex,

and then he looks at me.

And I thought I was gonna get maybe killed,

or I didn't know if I was gonna get arrested,

I didn't know what was gonna happen, but I had to do it.

So, whatever was gonna happen was gonna happen.

And then he looks back at the show,

and he doesn't say a word, and he just watches the sex show.

Because, you couldn't stop it.

It was so beautiful.

There was something about the moment.

It was like, like if you can imagine

maybe Nirvana playing like Smells Like Teen Spirit

for the first time.

Like something that has never happened before.

There's like moments in time

when you're like, something magical is happening

and we're a part of it.

That was that moment, in that member lounge, at this club,

and I knew in that moment that I had something

really special on my hands.

We have a audition at four?

- Yes.

- How many girls are coming?

- This is guy is like just sending over four girls.

So at 4:15, which is like pretty soon,

we have to go now.

- What time?

- Okay, so, this is gonna be

the fastest casting of your guys' lives.

- I'm down with it.

- We're gonna go into the room,

we're gonna look at your bodies.

And then we're gonna like, and then that's really it.

We might ask you to crawl around on the floor

like a kitty cat for a second, and then we're done.

- I prefer to cast more like model-type fashion girls.

It's very high end, and like how they walk,

how they represent, even the outfits I make,

it's very important.

- Free the nipple movement.

Free the nipple.

- Oh that's a cool bra.

- I know, she always has the best lingerie.

- Would it be okay if I do your hair

in a ponytail, is it possible or not?

- Yeah, it's not gonna be a long ponytail.

No, it doesn't matter,

but it has to be a specific look, you know?

- Yeah.

- I have like a specific look for all the girls.

For the kitties, they have to be like

very tiny, like petite body types.

I'm a guest, and then you're a kitty,

and you have to crawl around me kind of.

Like this?

- Yeah, yeah, exactly.

But these girls are more than just like a pretty face.

They have to know their role.

And the other role, is basically like,

you're just kind of floating around,

and then you go to touch a guest, walk away,

dance a little bit and then touch each other.

They have to be like, yeah, I wanna do it.

This is what I love to do.

I love sex, I love dressing up, I just wanna be part of it.

That's why the performers are there.

To just like help couples that are new to this

to be more confident and comfortable

with like whatever is happening over there.

You know, that they're having fun, that they're enjoying,

so this is like the most important for me.

I think I have everyone.

If we take those two, I think I'm good.

You okay?

Hi.

Morning.

Good morning.

What time is it?

It's 12 o'clock.

- The monthly masquerades in New York have only been

going on for about four months now.

And it's important to me.

I want it to be the best it can be.

And so I was up all night entertaining some new clients.

A little bit of light, I'm sorry.

- I don't wanna wake up yet.

You have to.

You're gonna have to.

We have a party in eight hours.

- Chop chop.

My job is to take care of people

and make sure they're having a good time,

but it's definitely a double-edged sword.

- You are here, and here, in this world.

We do the event tonight, remember?

- I know we're doing an event.

- I'm just stressing out a little bit.

I know that Damon likes to party the day before

the event, a lot of times, which I don't like.

For myself, because I feel like me and Nic,

we have to like handle the whole situation,

the event just by ourself, because he's just too dead.

So he needs to find a balance for sure.

To be like still entertaining but like,

still focused and know what he's doing.

- I don't get annoyed by Damon's partying before an event.

That's not true, I do get a little bit annoyed,

because it kinda takes away from my day.

But it does bring us a fair amount of

new guests and new clients.

So when he does it in a way that

it's fruitful to the business,

I'm like, yeah, do it.

You are the face of this business.

- Hi. - Hi.

- I'm Megan from IV doctor, how are you?

Hi, I'm Nic, nice to meet you.

- Hi, nice to meet you.

- The victim is right here.

This is Megan.

- Hi, how are you?

- She's our IV specialist.

Are you ready for the day?

- The first two years of Snctm,

I ran operations and my head was in the game there.

And that's what I was focused on.

I was not participating in any way.

But as the years have gone on,

I'm feeling more and more like my best role

within the club is to facilitate other people's experiences.

- What are you doing in New York?

- I have a party this evening.

Oh cool, what kind of a party?

- I'm doing a masquerade, a black tie masquerade.

- Very fun.

- Yeah, but I do have to be like coherent.

- Don't worry, this will definitely help you

be all prepared for your party later today,

I promise, okay?

- Amazing.

Over the last five years, I've given everything to Snctm.

I mean, blood, sweat, tears, semen.

Everything.

And although this whole thing may look like fun and games,

make no mistake about it.

It is exhausting.

So now I'm gonna add all

the good stuff to the IV, okay?

All right, just relax.

- But this is what I need to do

to make Snctm a worldwide success.

And I wanna see this on a global stage,

so there's no time to rest.

Damon.

Uh-oh, who's here?

- We have to wake up now, baby.

- This isn't just about me or my success either.

There are a lotta people counting on me.

So I have to make sure that I play my part,

whatever that may be, every single day.

I feel better than I did 10 minutes ago.

- You do, you feel it right away,

because you're so dehydrated.

And it is because of me.

- We need you in tiptop shape for tonight.

- Thank you for this pep talk.

- That's good.

When you did the middle one was kinda cool.

Or do you wanna put them on either side?

- Yeah, then we'll have a space in the middle.

- Okay, cool, thank you.

I met Damon while I was running a bar.

There was like something about him, like a persona,

and he said, oh yeah, I run a club.

And he was just being very vague about it.

Which was kind of intriguing, I guess.

And slowly he told me what he was doing.

And I still remember.

And I remember thinking, what sex parties,

like what are you talking about?

He's like, yeah, it's very secret,

it's very hard to get into.

And I remember being a bit,

I don't know if frightened's the right word,

but I think I was a bit frightened.

You wanna see the first important stud that I do?

I put my pin on.

After I did Damon's first dinner,

which was intimate dinner for 12 people only,

I stayed behind, we had a debrief,

and all his team was there.

And I said, well, you know,

you guys are doing a great job, but like you mentioned

a lot of five-star standards, and you're not there.

There's a lot lacking, and you need support.

So we decided I should help him on the parties.

All this, those guys, they go downstairs.

- Okay, guys, here's your ticklers.

- So we do meetings to get ready for those parties,

and Alina was there, and I still remember

that she would like draw what she had envisioned.

So she would say, well,

we'll have the bull fucking the maid.

And then we'll have the kitty crawling on the floor.

I'm thinking, oh God, this is where I work.

Like you've gotta tone it down.

For them, it was natural to talk about the bull

who would come in on the leash and take on two virgins,

and yeah I think I remember that for a long time.

It's not your typical

job intro.

Okay, this looks good.

- One nice thing about being in New York is it gives me

an opportunity to visit someone

very special to me.

Hi, Auntie.

- Hello, Damon.

Ay, yi yi yi.

How are you?

- My Aunt West has been a mentor in my life

since I was five years old.

I relate to her very deeply.

We can have a good time and a laugh.

I just love her.

This looks perfect.

Thank you.

I love your place every time I'm here.

This actually feels like home to me.

- Well it is.

- There's no question stepping into West's loft

brings me back to being a kid.

I was in New York every month from the time

I was six years old, I would go visit my grandparents.

I'd go into the city and see my Aunt West.

There's just tons of memories in that place.

So it's really as much of a home as I've ever had.

Mmm.

It's so good.

Come on, what do we do

on Sunday nights in Woodmere?

- Remind me.

- Chinese food.

- Growing up, my parents didn't have much of an opinion

on how I behaved or what I did.

It was like, just do whatever you're gonna do.

Like, there's no right or wrong, there's no moral compass,

.

But my Aunt West definitely was not like that.

And so she was that person who guided me

when I needed guidance, and she still does.

Did I tell you about the Russians from Moscow?

They're flying in?

They're actually here.

- To come to the party?

- Yeah, come to the party

because they wanna do a party in Moscow.

- You gotta be getting into something else besides this,

you know what I mean?

You've been doing it now five years.

- I'm in this five years, and it's like getting started.

I'm not gonna be getting into something else.

- There's something so wrong about it, for me.

- It's really important to me that my family members

somehow respect and appreciate what Snctm is.

I mean, I understand the part that they don't like,

but a lotta times they don't talk about

the parts that are good.

I don't see anything like intrinsically wrong

with what I'm doing.

There's many people who like really

flourish in it.

And like, they have a great time,

and they're married, and their marriage

is hotter because of it.

It's great for some people.

- I just think that you have to change it

for your own well-being.

I mean, I understand that now people

are gonna wanna do it all over the place.

But that means one party after the other.

And you're just gonna be partying and partying.

- Snctm is a whole picture.

It's not just a piece.

And if you just focus on a little piece of it,

then you're missing everything else.

And I think that sometimes people

just focus on the bad part.

But I do believe there's a lotta good that is Snctm,

and I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't feel that way.

Snctm gave me the ability to take care of my family.

Five years ago, I was sleeping in Melissa's mom's kitchen.

Right, I remember.

- I had fucking $10 to my name.

I was fucked.

And Melissa's dad was helping us out so we could eat.

I mean, I felt so fucking emasculated.

I just felt like the biggest loser, I wanted to kill myself.

- Really?

- And so now, as this thing continues to like expand

and do what it is doing,

I don't think Snctm will survive

if I don't do what I'm doing the way I am.

- I think you're making a terrible mistake.

- Okay, we don't have much time left.

One, two, go.

Yeah, that didn't work.

That has to look more smooth.

The first time I met Damon was at a club

where he was doing I think,

I believe it was his second event.

And I was working in one of the Hollywood venues,

doing something kinky, and it was very like soft.

It was just a touch of BDSM and like, you know,

like this fetish style.

And I thought, wow, it's a cool concept.

It's interesting, but I feel like

I can bring more into it.

Okay, signal.

Okay, just pretend, yeah yeah yeah,

pretend, pretend, pretend.

Okay, done.

So I talk with him about everything,

and I pitched him some ideas of performances

I would like to do, and he was like,

you know, that looks great, and like, let's try it.

- Where's your leash, Piggy, you need the gold leash.

Get it, get it, get it.

Okay, now is the scissoring, yes.

So scissor, scissor, scissor, scissor, scissor, scissor.

What's happening after that?

- Hi, how are you?

We've got a lot of VIPs in the room.

We've got the Russians coming in.

I'm gonna probably step back a bit from hosting

and sort of partying, and really get behind the scenes

and make sure everything is run properly

and that we don't run into any problems.

- Good.

- How's everybody doing over here?

Good, how are you?

- Good, I'm Nic.

I'm not nervous.

Yes, the Russians are important.

They're very important.

But as I like to say, everybody is a VIP at Snctm.

And so I'm feeling pretty good about it.

I've had my energy drink.

Security's in place.

My bar staff is there, ready.

So let's meet those Russians.

- Hi, good, good to see you.

- Hi, Nic.

Hello, good to see you again.

- You guys look beautiful.

Thank you for coming all the way.

Absolutely.

- And you'll see tonight, as you explore this party,

that we have some performers.

And you can see what they look like.

There's a masked performer there, varied costumes.

I think you'll see that energy as the night goes on.

And that's what I'm hoping

we can create in Moscow.

The Russians seem to be here for the right reasons.

They're looking for a new experience

and something fun and something exciting.

And so I just really want them to be happy,

feel comfortable and have a good time.

So you guys just mingle around a little bit,

and then we'll talk in a little bit, okay?

Great to see you, thank you for coming.

Thank you, thank you.

- We go upstairs, we prepare for the show, okay?

Before any show, I'm very nervous

and I'm always having those butterflies,

and I'm like, oh my God, is it gonna go right.

Okay, guys, ready?

Put your strap on, you have your strap?

The performance tonight is like

a soldier theme.

People like different.

They don't just wanna have like two girls

in like lingerie making out,

because you can see this everywhere.

But when there is a story to it

and like a specific costuming, it makes you like

imagine and like be in this fantasy world.

I think the performances are really important

to make the people more comfortable,

the guests to be more open with sexuality.

Most of the people that come for the performances,

they see it as like a theater.

- Fantastic.

I have total confidence in Alina.

Watching tonight's performance,

it's no wonder that we have an international reputation.

There's just no one else doing anything like this.

I've been to many parties.

I've seen a lotta things.

We definitely have something that very few people have

or see or experience.

But I think the combination of everything that exists

between Nicolas and me and Alina,

it's like a good recipe for a lifelong journey.

And I'd be happy if both of them stay with me

and in this family forever.

This is Alina.

This is my creative director.

These are the three that we're talking about

bringing Sanctum to Moscow.

Alina is the creator of all of the costuming.

She creates everything you see.

I mean, literally, this is all made by her, all of it.

And then she creates the shows, all the performances.

She's the entire creative force behind Snctm.

Wow, amazing.

The Russians are into it.

They want us to go to Moscow and do an event.

Which is fucking awesome.

It's amazing.

Okay, well, I guess we have a little

Moscow moment right now.

I've never been, I can't wait to go.

If I'm smart about this and I do this right

and continue to share this experience in a positive way,

I'll have done something of incredible value.

And this will keep growing.

And I'll share this with the world.