Editing NXIVM (section)

==== Whistleblowers' accounts ====
[[Sarah Edmondson]], a Canadian actress who had been an ESP participant since 2005, said that she left NXIVM after Mack inducted her into DOS at her Albany home. Edmondson alleged that DOS participants were blindfolded naked, held down by Mack and three other women, and branded on the lower abdomen with a [[cauterizing|cauterizing pen]] by NXIVM-affiliated doctor Danielle Roberts.<ref name="NYT18Oct"/><ref name="CBC">{{cite news |title=Vancouver woman says scars from ritual 'branding' fuel her fight against 'cultish' group |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sarah-edmondson-executive-success-programs-esp-nxivm-branding-1.4374048 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=October 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name="THR201805"/> Appearing on an [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]] television program about cults, Edmondson provided additional context for the use of the "collateral" concept, saying that it was used in innocuous forms from the earliest, outermost stages of NXIVM in order to acclimate victims—for example, collateralizing small amounts of money that one might forfeit if one did not go to the gym one day.<ref name="NYT20180530"/> The ''New York Times'' later reported that hundreds of members left NXIVM after Edmondson went public about her experience.<ref name="NYT20180530"/>

On December 15, 2017, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] newsmagazine ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|20/20]]'' aired an exposé including interviews with many former NXIVM adherents, including Edmondson and [[Catherine Oxenberg]], who alleged that her daughter, [[India Oxenberg]], was in danger from the group. Several former members reported financial and [[sexual predation]] by NXIVM leaders.<ref name="NYT18Oct"/><ref name="auto"/> Edmondson further appeared in "Escaping NXIVM", during the first season of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] [[podcast]] ''Uncover''.<ref name="auto2"/>

Seven socially prominent Mexican citizens, including [[Emiliano Salinas]] (son of former president [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]]) and Ana Cristina Fox (daughter of former president [[Vicente Fox]]), Rosa Laura Junco, Loreta Garza Dávila (a business leader from [[Nuevo Leon]]), Daniela Padilla, and Mónica Durán, have been accused of involvement.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/sociedad/quienes-son-los-mexicanos-involucrados-con-la-secta-nxivm-3674611.html |title=¿Quiénes son los mexicanos involucrados con la secta NXIVM? |newspaper=El Sol de Mexico |access-date=May 26, 2019 |language=es |date=May 26, 2019|trans-title=Who are the Mexicans involved with the NXIVM sect?}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFmoaSvOP1c |title=Revelan video de Emiliano Salinas bailando en celebración a Keith Raniere |work=Proceso Magazine|date=June 18, 2019 }}</ref>