New York sex cult was front for 'horrible evil,' surveilled members: Witness

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NEW YORK (REUTERS) - A secretive New York group that federal prosecutors say evolved into a sex cult tried to conceal a 'horrible evil' behind a facade of self-improvement, a 12-year veteran of the organisation said Thursday (May 9) at the group leader's criminal trial.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW YORK - A secretive New York group that federal prosecutors say evolved into a sex cult tried to conceal a"horrible evil" behind a facade of self-improvement, a 12-year veteran of the organisation said Thursday at the group leader's criminal trial.

Vicente said he was like many of the group's members when he joined in 2005, buying into Raniere's pitch of himself as a genius who could help people turn their lives around. As he rose through the ranks, Vicente discovered that Nxivm spied on its members by placing surveillance cameras in their driveways and pressured them to spend thousands of dollars to take its classes.

Defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo has argued at the trial that members joined voluntarily and were never forced to do anything against their will.

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