Selome Hailu editorKeith Raneire, convicted sex-trafficker and leader of the NXIVM cult, has been ordered to pay $3.4 million to his victims.
The New York Times reported that 21 victims will receive portions of the money, part of which will go towards procedures allowing women to remove Raniere’s branded initials from their skin.
These women were members of the sect within NXIVM called the Vow, or D.O.S., an acronym for a Latin phrase that means “lord/master of the obedient female companions.”The women were physically restrained and branded by others in the Vow as they chanted, “Master, please brand me, it would be an honor.” Members of the group were also labeled as “slaves,” and were made to provide “collateral” material to “masters,”.
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