Keith Raniere, the former cult leader of NXIVM may be in prison but are his followers recruiting new members?
There is concern that the cult group is rebranding.
Every night, since July 3rd, a group of people dance to support the federal inmates outside Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
Mark Vicente, a filmmaker and former high-ranking NXIVM member who was a key witness against Raniere during his trial last year, recognized at least six people leading the dancers as well-known members of NXIVM.
Mark noted that the social media followers of the group were a “Who’s Who of the NXIVM World,” naming nearly a dozen people.
“ Why are all the key figures Raniere loyalists? This is all in tribute to Raniere."
Raniere is in the Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting sentencing after being convicted in June 2019 on all of the federal counts lodged against him — including racketeering, sex trafficking and forced labor conspiracy.
He faces a possible life sentence; his sentencing has been adjourned indefinitely because the #coronavirus pandemic has prevented his lawyers from visiting him.
Social media posts for the group show dancers with signs that include a phone number for those interested in joining the cause.
Nothing in the online description of the group identifies it as being linked to NXIVM.
“ When this many diehard Raniere supporters gather, it is a cause for concern,” says the attorney who represents litigants in a federal civil lawsuit against Raniere and 14 of his associates. “Clearly, none of these people have an issue supporting a notorious human trafficker,
First and foremost, a climate where bullies are rewarded.
When they’re not held to account but rewarded with getting their own way because others are too scared to confront them, that is the perfect Petri dish for #coercivecontrol
Different rules for different people.
Making allowances for, or ignoring bullying/inappropriate/abusive behaviours of people we like or admire.
Holding them to a lower standard because they’re family, or a celebrity, or wealthy, or we benefit in some way from looking away.
I detest the term *parental alienation* with a passion and now I won’t use it.
It used to be called ‘Threat Therapy’.
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I’ve been told, frequently, that not all perpetrators are men, that mums get *alienated* too and that denying the existence of PA means denying that abusers DO and WILL maliciously sever a relationship between parent and child.
And yes, all of the above IS true.
But refusing to use that term is NOT the same as denying that this happens.
So, for avoidance of doubt, here is why I believe the term *parental alienation* should not be used:
Adolf Eichmann was aided by a Franciscan monk who helped him obtain an Argentine visa and who signed an application for a falsified Red Cross passport.
Eichmann masterminded the Nazi network of death camps that resulted in the murder of approximately 6 million Jews.
Josef Mengele fled to Argentina with the help of a Catholic clergy member.
Nicknamed the “Angel of Death” he conducted experiments at Auschwitz particularly on twins, pregnant women and the disabled. Mengele even tortured and killed children with his medical experiments.
“On one occasion, she said, male officers taped her phone to the ceiling, telling her: “We’re gonna watch your arse when you climb on the table.””
How a dead officer’s iPhone exposes misogyny, corruption and racism in a police force
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Ricky Jones, a retired police officer knew where many of Gwent police’s skeletons were buried, but it wasn’t until his death that his own began to emerge.
In 2020, he jumped to his death from a bridge.
He left behind his wife and three daughters.
To the outside world Jones was a respected former copper and family man. But behind closed doors he subjected his family to decades of #domesticabuse.