Editing NXIVM (section)

== Notable participants ==
'''Edgar Boone''', the scion of a wealthy family, introduced NXIVM to numerous affluent Mexicans, becoming head of NXIVM-Mexico and rising to third in the NXIVM organization.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84yLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141|title=The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM|first1=Toni|last1=Natalie|first2=Chet|last2=Hardin|year= 2019|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=978-1538701034|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwrn.org/articles/14597/|title=Executive course in 'cult' lawsuit launches in Dublin |website=World-wide Religious News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://southbuffalonews.com/?p=118161|title=Vicente: Keith Forced Clare Bronfman to Wear Jock Strap [and More Wonderful Testimony]|first=K. R.|last=Claviger|date=May 13, 2019|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=June 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617225457/https://southbuffalonews.com/?p=118161|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:US v Raniere GovtExihibit ClareBronfmanMug.jpg|thumb|upright|Clare Bronfman]]
'''[[Clare Bronfman]]''', daughter of billionaire Seagrams chairman [[Edgar Bronfman Sr.]], was introduced to NXIVM by her sister Sara. Clare Bronfman was arrested by federal agents on July 24, 2018, in New York City and charged with money laundering and identity theft in connection with NXIVM activities. She pleaded not guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. She was released on $100 million bond and placed on [[house arrest]] with [[electronic monitoring]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/feds-arrest-seagram-heiress-bronfman-nxivm-sex-slave-case-n894136 |title=Seagram heiress Bronfman pleads not guilty in NXIVM 'sex slave' case |work=NBC News| access-date=April 20, 2019 |date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> On April 19, 2019, Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal and harbor illegal immigrants for financial gain and fraudulent use of identification; she faced 21 to 27 months in prison and agreed to forfeit $6 million.<ref name = TUBronf/><ref name=forbes>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/31/from-heiress-to-felon-how-clare-bronfman-wound-up-in-cult-like-group-nxivm/|title=From heiress to felon how Clare Bronfman wound up in cult like group NXIVM|work=Forbes|author=Will Yakowicz|date=May 31, 2019|access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=times>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/5568135/nxivm-allison-mack-raniere/|title=NXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Has Been Convicted for Keeping Women as 'Sex Slaves.' Here Are the Major Players in the Case|work=The Times Magazine|author=Andrew R. Chow|date=June 19, 2019|access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/lider-de-secta-nxivm-ensenaba-que-la-violacion-y-el-abuso-infantil-no-son-delitos|title=Líder de secta NXIVM enseñaba que la violación y el abuso infantil no son delitos|date=June 14, 2019|website=El Universal}}</ref> On September 30, 2020, she was sentenced to six years, nine months in prison by a federal judge.<ref name=":1" />

'''[[Sara Bronfman]]''', daughter of Edgar Bronfman Sr., was introduced to NXIVM by a family friend in 2002.<ref name=VF1/>

'''Pam Cafritz''',<ref name=NYT20180530/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/957915/inside-the-tangled-web-of-nxivm-the-surprising-players-sucked-into-the-alleged-cult-s-orbit|title=Inside the Tangled Web of NXIVM: The Surprising Players Sucked Into the Alleged Cult's Orbit|date=August 7, 2018|website=E! Online}}</ref> daughter of Washington, D.C., socialites Buffy and William Cafritz.<ref name=VF1/> Cafritz was a founder of JNESS, a Raniere-affiliated women's group. Cafritz was reported to be Raniere's "most important long-term girlfriend".<ref name=NYT20180530/>  On November 7, 2016, Pam Cafritz died. After her death, her credit card was charged for over $300,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ordered-to-seduce-Raniere-woman-planned-escape-13968629.php |title=Ordered to seduce Raniere, woman planned escape from NXIVM |first=Robert |last=Gavin |date=June 11, 2019 |website=Times Union}}</ref>

'''Suneel Chakravorty''', a software developer, remained among Raniere's post-conviction followers, dancing outside the jail where Raniere is confined.<ref name="auto42"/><ref name="dailybeast_watched2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bkreader.com/2020/07/23/nxivm-group-holds-nightly-dances-outside-of-brooklyn-prison-despite-its-controversial-ties/|title=NYC Prison Dancers Linked to 'Sex Cult' NXIVM Start Social Justice Org|first=Jessy|last=Edwards|access-date=September 24, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925103423/https://www.bkreader.com/2020/07/23/nxivm-group-holds-nightly-dances-outside-of-brooklyn-prison-despite-its-controversial-ties/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:10.15.11NickiClyneByLuigiNovi2.jpg|thumb|upright|Canadian actress Nicki Clyne]]
'''[[Nicki Clyne]]''' is a Canadian actress known for her role on the series ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. According to reports, in 2006, Clyne became involved with NXIVM. She married fellow senior member Allison Mack in 2017; the marriage was alleged to have been [[sham marriage|a sham]] to evade [[List of United States immigration laws|United States immigration laws]]. After Raniere's conviction, Clyne and others began dancing nightly outside the detention center containing Raniere.<ref name="dancing">{{cite web |last=Gavin |first=Robert |date=July 11, 2020 |title=NXIVM members dancing for Raniere outside federal prison |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-members-dancing-for-Raniere-outside-federal-15400460.php |access-date=July 27, 2020 |website=Times Union |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''[[Marc Elliot]]''', an author, claims taking courses through NXIVM and working with Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman have helped him overcome his [[Tourette syndrome]]. He is among the NXIVM members who remain loyal to Raniere.

[[File:Allison Mack at ComicCon 2009 NN.jpg|thumb|upright|American actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges in April 2019.]]
'''[[Allison Mack]]''' is an American actress known for her role on the series ''[[Smallville]]''. Mack was reportedly recruited to the [[Vancouver]] chapter of NXIVM, along with her ''Smallville'' co-star [[Kristin Kreuk]].<ref>{{cite news |title=How to Lose $100 Million |first=Nicholas |last=Köhler |url=http://www.macleans.ca/2010/09/09/how-to-lose-100-million/ |newspaper=[[Maclean's]] |date=September 13, 2010 |access-date=November 11, 2017 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201184159/http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/09/how-to-lose-100-million/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mack was reportedly a founder of [[Keith Raniere#DOS: secret "slaves" and branding|DOS]], a Raniere-affiliated Master/Slave group. Mack was arrested on April 20, 2018, on charges of [[sex trafficking]], sex trafficking [[conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]], and [[forced labor]] conspiracy. Mack pleaded guilty to [[racketeering]] and racketeering conspiracy charges in April 2019, and was to be sentenced in September 2019. However, on July 15, 2019, the Senior U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis postponed the sentencing until further notice to allow federal probation officials to conduct presentencing investigations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sentencing of NXIVM leader delayed |first=Robert |last=Gavin |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/amp/Sentencing-of-NXIVM-leader-delayed-14097454.php |newspaper=Times Union}}</ref> On June 30, 2021, Mack was sentenced to three years in prison.

'''Brandon Porter''', a medical doctor, conducted unlicensed human-subjects research on 200 people for NXIVM. During a "fright study", Porter exposed subjects to disturbing videos, including actual footage of a decapitation.<ref name="license"/> In 2016, Porter was present at a NXIVM retreat ("V-Week") where 300 to 400 individuals were struck by an unidentified disease; Porter failed to report the outbreak, in violation of his duties as a licensed medical doctor.<ref name="license"/> Porter was stripped of his medical license in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/doctor-associated-with-cult-like-new-york-group-loses-license/1495702/|title=Doctor Associated With Cult-Like New York Group Loses License|date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name="license">{{cite web|last1=Lyons |first1=By Brendan J. |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-doctor-who-conducted-brain-studies-loses-14370824.php|title=NXIVM doctor who conducted brain studies loses license|work=Times Union |date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820105504/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-doctor-who-conducted-brain-studies-loses-14370824.php|archive-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubdoh/professionals/doctors/conduct/factions/FileDownloadAction.action?finalActionId=12236&fileName=HRG+253486.pdf&fileSeqNum=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215055442/https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubdoh/professionals/doctors/conduct/factions/FileDownloadAction.action?finalActionId=12236&fileName=HRG+253486.pdf&fileSeqNum=2|title=RE: In the Matter of Brandon Porter, M.D.|date=August 20, 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2019}}</ref>

'''[[Keith Raniere]]''', founder of NXIVM, arrested and [[indictment|indicted]] on a variety of charges related to DOS (a "secret sisterhood" within NXIVM), including [[sex trafficking]], sex trafficking [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]], and conspiracy to commit [[forced labor]] in March 2018.<ref name="RollingStone20180328"/><ref name="NBCNY20180326"/><ref name="NBCNews0516"/><ref name="news10.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.news10.com/video/nxivm-trial-prosecution-s-opening-statements-lasted-90-minutes_20190507163116/1986277706 |title=NXIVM Trial: Prosecution's opening statements lasted 90 minutes |date=May 7, 2019 |publisher=WTEN |access-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106103429/https://www.news10.com/video/nxivm-trial-prosecution-s-opening-statements-lasted-90-minutes_20190507163116/1986277706/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was found guilty of all charges at trial.<ref name=times/> On October 27, 2020, Raniere was sentenced to 120 years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-founder-Raniere-guilty-on-all-counts-14018002.php|title=NXIVM founder Raniere guilty on all counts|first=Robert|last=Gavin|date=June 19, 2019|website=Times Union|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/nyregion/nxivm-cult-keith-raniere-sentenced.html|title=Keith Raniere, Leader of Nxivm Sex Cult, Is Sentenced to 120 Years in Prison|first1=Nicole|last1=Hong|first2=Sean|last2=Piccoli|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 27, 2020}}</ref>

'''Danielle Roberts''', an [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic physician]], gained notoriety for having used a [[cauterizing|cauterizing pen]] to brand 17 women in connection with the group known as DOS.<ref name="NYT18Oct"/><ref name="CBC"/> In 2020, New York Board of Medical Conduct began an investigation into Roberts;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-doctor-who-branded-women-target-of-13751013.php|title=NXIVM doctor who branded women is target of investigation|first=Brendan J.|last=Lyons|date=April 8, 2019|website=Times Union}}</ref> a year later it brought charges against her with the possibility of the revocation of her license.<ref>{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Melissa|title=Nxivm doctor Danielle Roberts, accused of branding 'sex slaves,' could lose her medical license|url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/21/nxivm-doctor-danielle-roberts-accused-of-branding-sex-slaves-could-lose-her-medical-license/|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=March 21, 2020|access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref> After Raniere's conviction, Roberts was among the dancers outside the jail in which he was incarcerated.<ref name="dancing"/> Roberts' medical license was revoked in October 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=NXIVM doctor who branded women loses medical license|url=https://apnews.com/article/health-religion-new-york-keith-raniere-1d401bae4ee168316a2b9216c192c81e|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=October 2, 2021|access-date=October 6, 2021}}</ref>

'''[[Emiliano Salinas]]''' is a venture capitalist and businessman. He is the son of former Mexican president [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]]. Salinas served as vice president of Prorsus Capital, a financial consortium with ties to Raniere and NXIVM.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zimmerman |first1=Amy |title=Inside the NXIVM Sex Cult's Secret Plot to Take Over Mexico |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-nxivm-sex-cults-secret-plot-to-take-over-mexico |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=March 31, 2020 |language=en |date=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/26/nxivm-cult-co-founder-keith-raniere-arrested-charged-sex-trafficking-texas | work = The Guardian | title = Co-founder of 'self-help' group arrested and charged with sex trafficking | date = March 26, 2018}}</ref>

'''[[Nancy Salzman]]''', a psychiatric nurse and trained practitioner of [[Hypnosis|hypnotism]] and [[Neuro-Linguistic Programming|neuro-linguistic programming]], met Raniere in 1998. The two founded Executive Success Programs, a personal development company<ref name="auto2"/> offering a range of techniques aimed at [[self-improvement]].<ref name="Newsweek20180328"/><ref name="NYT20180530"/> In March 2019, Salzman pleaded guilty to racketeering.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-nancy-salzman-nxivm-co-founders-wrongdoings-shine-through-daughter-lauren-1431652 |title=Who is Nancy Salzman? Co-founder's daughter testifies in plea deal for NXIVM wrongdoings |first=Kelly|last= Wynne  |date=May 21, 2019 |website=Newsweek}}</ref> In September 2021, Salzman was sentenced to 42 months in prison and a $150,000 fine for racketeering conspiracy.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 8, 2021|title=NXIVM President Nancy Salzman Sentenced to 42 Months' Imprisonment for Racketeering Conspiracy|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/nxivm-president-nancy-salzman-sentenced-42-months-imprisonment-racketeering-conspiracy|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=www.justice.gov|language=en}}</ref>

'''Karen A. Unterreiner''' is a member who became Raniere's live-in partner beginning in the 1980s and an early employee of his company Consumers' Buyline.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="timesunion.com">{{cite web |last1=Lyons |first1=By Brendan J. |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Raniere-stands-alone-13795442.php |title=Raniere stands alone |date=May 4, 2019 |website=Times Union}}</ref>

===Critical former members===
'''Barbara Bouchey''' was a client of Nancy Salzman, having been referred to her in 1988. Beginning in 2000, Bouchey dated Raniere. In 2009, Bouchey and eight other women ("The NXIVM Nine") confronted Raniere with concerns about abuse within the organization. That year, Bouchey left the group and later went to law enforcement.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lyons |first1=By Brendan J. |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Guilty-plea-of-Salzman-ends-her-long-allegiance-13691433.php |title=Guilty plea ends Salzman's long allegiance to Raniere |date=March 17, 2019 |website=timesunion.com |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>

'''[[Sarah Edmondson]]''' is a Canadian actress. After leaving NXIVM in early 2017, she publicly denounced the organization, claiming that she was invited into DOS, a substructure within NXIVM operated by Keith Raniere and [[Allison Mack]], and was branded with a combination of Raniere's and Mack's initials at Mack's Albany home.<ref name="NYT18Oct"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Nxivm member was branded at Allison Mack's home |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nxivm-member-was-branded-at-allison-macks-home-video-1113006 |access-date=May 18, 2018 |agency=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Edmondson showed the brand in a ''[[New York Times]]'' exposé of NXIVM.<ref name="NYT18Oct"/>

'''Kristin Keeffe''' became Raniere's partner in the early 1990s. In 2013, Keeffe gave birth to Raniere's son Gaelyn.<ref name="TU150920">{{cite news |url=https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/article/Legal-papers-NXIVM-officials-probed-finances-of-6516856.php |title=Legal papers: NXIVM officials probed finances of 6 federal judges, Senator Schumer, others |first=Brendan J. |last=Lyons |date=September 20, 2015 |website=Times Union}}</ref> In February 2014, Keeffe broke with Raniere and his group. Fleeing the region with her son, an email bearing Keeffe's name explained: "I have full sole legal custody of Gaelyn. Keith was experimenting on him. I had to get Gaelyn away."<ref name="TU140511">{{cite web |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/A-split-from-NXIVM-5468731.php |title=A split from NXIVM |first=James M. |last=Odato |date=May 11, 2014 |website=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]]}}</ref> Keeffe publicly described Raniere as "dangerous".<ref name="TU140511"/> In 2015, Keeffe alleged that NXIVM leaders had planned to lure critics to Mexico with an invitation to an anti-cult conference; once in Mexico, the critics were to be arrested on false charges by order of a judge who had been bribed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-alleged-plot-to-put-nxivms-critics-in-mexican-prison/ |title=The Alleged Plot to Put NXIVM's Critics in a Mexican Prison |website=Vice |access-date=December 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009032743/https://www.vice.com/en/article/ev7pwk/the-alleged-plot-to-put-nxivms-critics-in-mexican-prison |archive-date=October 9, 2020|last1=Berman |first1=Sarah|date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=live |publication-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/34380-the-alleged-plot-to-put-nxivm-s-critics-in-a-mexican-prison.html |title=The Alleged Plot to Put NXIVM's Critics in a Mexican Prison |website=culteducation.com |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820102927/https://culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/34380-the-alleged-plot-to-put-nxivm-s-critics-in-a-mexican-prison.html |archive-date=August 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/28896-records-nxivm-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-hillary-clinton-world-leaders.html |title=Records: NXIVM hacked billionaire's emails with Hillary Clinton, world leaders |website=culteducation.com |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403064458/https://culteducation.com/group/907-nxivm/28896-records-nxivm-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-hillary-clinton-world-leaders.html |archive-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="cbc_s1_ep3">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/transcripts/transcript-uncover-escaping-nxivm-season-1-ep-3-1.5084740 |title=Transcript: Uncover: Escaping NXIVM – Season 1, EP 3 |work=[[CBC Radio]] |date=April 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name="TU151018">{{cite web |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-NXIVM-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-6576310.php |title=Records: NXIVM hacked billionaire's emails with Hillary Clinton, world leaders |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |last=Lyons |first=Brendan J. |date=October 18, 2015}}</ref>

'''Toni Natalie''' met Raniere in 1991 when he was pitching his business Consumer's Buyline.<ref name="democratandchronicle.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/03/08/rochester-woman-battles-nxivm-keith-raniere/360847002/ |title=Rochester woman tells all about life with NXIVM's Keith Raniere, her ex |website=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle}}</ref> Natalie and her then-husband became top sellers for the organization.<ref name="democratandchronicle.com"/> Natalie recalled that she was able to stop smoking after a two-hour session with Raniere.<ref name="democratandchronicle.com"/> Natalie and her son later moved to be near Raniere; her marriage ended shortly thereafter. Natalie and Raniere dated for the next eight years.<ref name="democratandchronicle.com"/> In the mid-90s, Raniere and Natalie operated a health-food store in Clifton Park, NY.<ref name= "Forbes20031013"/> In 1999, Raniere's eight-year relationship with Natalie ended. Natalie would subsequently claim to have been the victim of harassment.<ref name="cbc_s1_ep4">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/transcripts/transcript-uncover-escaping-nxivm-season-1-ep-3-1.5084744 |title=Transcript: Uncover: Escaping NXIVM – Season 1, EP 4 |work=[[CBC Radio]] |date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> In a January 2003 ruling, federal judge Robert Littlefield implied Raniere was using a legal suit to harass Natalie. Wrote Littlefield: "This matter smacks of a jilted fellow's attempt at revenge or retaliation against his former girlfriend, with many attempts at tripping her up along the way."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.org/details/269747-natalie-jilted-boyfriend |title=Natalie Jilted Boyfriend |date=December 1, 2011 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="democratandchronicle.com"/> In 2011, Natalie filed documents in federal court alleging that she had been repeatedly raped by Raniere.<ref name="democratandchronicle.com"/>

'''Joseph J. O'Hara''' was an attorney who departed NXIVM in 2005 after accusing the group of misdeeds. In 2007, O'Hara was indicted by Albany County. It was later revealed that the District Attorney had allowed Raniere's girlfriend Kristin Keeffe to operate within its office as a sort of victims' advocate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Odato |first1=By James M. |url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/NXIVM-pressed-district-attorney-3379748.php |title=NXIVM pressed district attorney |work=Times Union |date=March 3, 2012}}</ref> Charges were ultimately dismissed.

'''[[India Oxenberg]]''', daughter of actress [[Catherine Oxenberg]], was introduced to the group in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/catherine-oxenberg-on-losing-her-daughter-to-the-sex-cult-nxivm-going-public-was-a-last-resort |title=Catherine Oxenberg Reveals How She Lost Her Daughter to the Sex Cult NXIVM |first=Amy |last=Zimmerman |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=August 8, 2018 |access-date=June 20, 2019 |via=thedailybeast.com}}</ref> At Raniere's trial, a witness testified that India had spent a year on a 500-calorie-per-day diet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/allison-mack-nxivm-trial-diet-500-calories-1443377 |title=Allison Mack reportedly forced NXIVM sex cult members to follow 500-calorie-a-day diets |first=Janice|last= Williams  |date=June 11, 2019 |website=Newsweek |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> In May 2017, India admitted to her mother that she was among those who had been branded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/crime/catherine-oxenberg-daughter-being-branded-nxivm/ |title=Catherine Oxenberg's Daughter Was 'Branded' with 'Cult' Leader's Initials: 'I Was Horrified' |website=People |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> India left the group in June 2018, after Raniere's arrest.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/crime/catherine-oxenberg-says-her-daughter-who-has-left-nxivm-is-moving-forward/ |title=Catherine Oxenberg Says Her Daughter Who Has Left Nxivm Is 'Moving Forward' |first1=Liz |last1=McNeil |first2=Johnny |last2=Dodd |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=August 7, 2018 |access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> In August 2018, Catherine Oxenberg's book ''Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult'' was published.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captive/Catherine-Oxenberg/9781982100650 |title=Captive |last1=Oxenberg |first1=Catherine |first2=Natasha |last2=Stoynoff |date=2018 |publisher=[[Gallery Publishing Group|Gallery Books]] |isbn=978-1982100650}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=gma |title=Tomorrow: @GMA Exclusive: India Oxenberg, daughter of TV star Catherine Oxenberg, speaks out alongside her mother about being caught up in NXIVM and what prosecutors have called a 'sex cult.' |number=1315729194731667458 |date=October 12, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/india-oxenberg-opens-up-about-her-familys-nxivm-nightmare|title=India Oxenberg Opens Up About Her Family's NXIVM Nightmare: 'It's Like Freaking Shakespeare'|first=Julie|last=Miller|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=October 13, 2020}}</ref>

'''Mark Vicente''', a filmmaker known for the 2004 film ''[[What the Bleep Do We Know!?]]'', began involvement with the group in 2005. Vicente testified against Raniere at his 2019 trial.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tonyortega.org/2019/05/09/filmmaker-breaks-down-describing-nxivms-duplicitous-ideas-and-evil-intent/ |title=Filmmaker breaks down describing Nxivm's duplicitous ideas and evil intent – The Underground Bunker |website=tonyortega.org |access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> His wife '''[[Bonnie Piesse]]''', an actress best known for her role as the young Beru Lars in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise, was also a member before she left the group in 2017, the same year in which Vicente would leave. The two became two of NXIVM's fiercest critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a33810530/the-vow-mark-vicente-bonnie-piesse-nxivm-now/|title=Bonnie Piesse and Her Husband Mark Vicente of The Vow Live in Portugal Now|work=The Oprah Magazine|last=Nicolaou|first=Elena|date=28 August 2020}}</ref>

=== Other persons ===
'''[[Richard Branson]]''', a British billionaire businessmen, is said to have attended the group's seminars, which Branson denied. Raniere tried to recruit Branson for the organization and NXIVM is said to have repeatedly held seminars and “wild parties” on Branson's private island, [[Necker Island (British Virgin Islands)|Necker Island]]. Branson later denied having known about this and having ever known Raniere.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-25 |title=Sex-Sekte feiert Orgien auf Milliardärs-Insel |url=https://www.oe24.at/welt/sex-sekte-feiert-orgien-auf-milliardaers-insel/331244684 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.oe24.at |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Whiteford |first1=Andrew |last2=Sun |first2=The |date=2018-04-23 |title=Sex cult partied on Richard Branson's private island |url=https://nypost.com/2018/04/23/sex-cult-partied-on-richard-bransons-private-island/?__twitter_impression=true |access-date=2025-02-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''[[Roger Stone]]''', a lobbyist and longtime adviser of [[Donald Trump]], was a lobbyist for NXIVM but was not a member. He said that he "never saw any evidence that NXIVM was a sex cult."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Member |first=Gillian Edevane Writer Newsweek Is A. Trust Project |date=2018-05-01 |title=How Is Roger Stone Connected to NXIVM's Alleged Cult? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/roger-stone-nxivm-sex-cult-allison-mack-keith-raniere-907558 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>