Editing NXIVM (section)

==== Arrest of Raniere ====
[[File:Nxivm-Indictment-S-1.pdf|thumb|upright|''United States. v. Raniere, et al.'' Superseding indictment #1, filed July 23, 2018.<ref>{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Keith Raniere|title=Superseding Indictment 1|doc-number=50|date=July 23, 2018|pacer-number=420065|use-recap=yes|case-state=NY|case-district=ED|case-division=1|case-year=2018|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00204|access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>]]
In March 2018, Raniere was arrested and [[indictment|indicted]] on charges related to DOS, including sex trafficking, sex trafficking [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]], and conspiracy to commit [[forced labor]].<ref name="NBCNY20180326">{{cite web |date=March 26, 2018 |title=Leader of NY Group Branded Women, Made Them Sex Slaves: Feds |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Leader-of-Secret-Upstate-New-York-Group-Charged-with-Sex-Trafficking-477966643.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019081848/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/leader-of-secret-upstate-new-york-group-charged-with-sex-trafficking/450418/ |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |access-date=April 21, 2018 |website=[[WNBC|NBC 4 New York]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref name="NBCNews0516">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/self-help-guru-denies-enslaving-branding-women-sex-cult-n871441 |title=Self-help guru denies enslaving, branding women in Nxivm sex cult |last=Siemaszko |first=Corky |date=May 4, 2018 |work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=May 16, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> He was arrested in Mexico and held in custody in New York after appearing in federal court in [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/leader-of-alleged-cult-that-ensnared-vancouver-woman-appears-in-court-1.4595940 |title=Leader of alleged cult that ensnared Vancouver woman appears in court |date=March 27, 2018 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> The indictment alleged that at least one woman was coerced into sex with Raniere, who forced DOS members to undergo the branding ritual alleged by Edmondson and others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Feds say self-help guru coerced followers into sex, had them branded with a cauterizing pen |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/27/feds-say-self-help-guru-coerced-followers-into-sex-had-them-branded-with-a-cauterizing-pen/?noredirect=on |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 27, 2018|last=Swenson|first=Kyle}}</ref><ref name="CBS20180327">{{cite news |title=NXIVM female sex 'slaves' allegedly branded with secretive group leader's initials |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nxivm-leader-keith-raniere-charged-sex-trafficking |work=[[CBS]] |agency=Associated Press |date=March 27, 2018}}</ref> [[United States Attorney]] [[Richard Donoghue]] stated that Raniere "created a secret society of women whom he had sex with and branded with his initials, coercing them with the threat of releasing their highly personal information and taking their assets".<ref name="Newsweek20180328"/>