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Keith Raniere: The End of A Cult Leader

Behind the Bastards

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Are You a Slave or a Blackmailer?

Every member of the D.O.S. women's group, the so-called slaves, were victims of Reneary as well as perpetrators in their own right. Members were expected to provide their mentors higher level slaves with collateral ranging from naked pictures of themselves to a false confession of prostitution addressed to the slave's mother. They needed collateral so that if these people left the group or spoke about it to the press, it would be released. In a lot of cases it was naked photos. At least one woman said he'd had her right out of confession to working as a prostitute that would be sent to her mom if she... Oh my God. It takes seven seconds to make the

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