Victim describes abuse by Keith Raniere, leader of NXIVM sex cult

NEW YORK - Her voice trembling, the witness, identified only as Camila, recalled on Tuesday the precise date that she was sexually abused by Keith Raniere, leader of a self-improvement company called NXIVM that prosecutors have described as a sex cult.

Camila was the first of 15 victims who gave statements at Raniere's sentencing on Tuesday, where he was given 120 years, effectively life, in prison for sex trafficking and other crimes. Another victim, India Oxenberg, told the court that Raniere tried to poison her relationship with her mother, actress Catherine Oxenberg, whose efforts to extricate her daughter from the organisation were part of a recent HBO documentary series about NXIVM called The Vow. India Oxenberg said Raniere expected her to wait naked for him, like a piece of meat. She became so thin under his manipulation that she stopped getting her period, she said.

At Raniere's trial, prosecutors lifted the veil on a sordid side to NXIVM . A primary focus was a secretive women-only group inside the organisation. More on this topic On Tuesday, a former"slave" identified only as Nicole told the judge that the collateral was the only thing stopping her from spitting in Raniere's face during her time in the group, which she described as the most degrading experience of her life.A jury convicted Raniere in June 2019 after a six-week trial. Prosecutors charged him with racketeering, applying a statute that had been used to dismantle the Mafia families in New York.

More on this topic Prosecutors have said Raniere's unwillingness to accept responsibility and his contempt for his victims demonstrated that a life sentence was the only way to stop him from hurting more people. In recent months, Raniere has spearheaded a campaign to overturn his conviction. He has directed his supporters to create a podcast about his case and set up a contest to find errors in his prosecution in exchange for a US$25,000 cash prize, court filings show.

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