Editing NXIVM (section)

===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>