An alleged New York sex cult shielded its founder from new recruits, building th...
NEW YORK - An alleged New York sex cult shielded its founder from new recruits, building the man up as a genius of unparalleled insight whose followers came to view him as “some kind of god,” according to a 12-year veteran of the group.
Vicente said he was commissioned to create videos about Raniere that the upstate New York group intended to debunk what it called lies about him and to head off concerns that it was viewed as a cult. New recruits were not allowed direct contact with Raniere. Prosecutors say Raniere traded on his status to force “slaves” to have sex with him and follow near-starvation diets, using the threat of blackmail to bend them to his desires.
At one point during the introductory course, teachers would bring up the word “cult” themselves, calling it a term without meaning that outsiders who opposed their mission would throw around, Vicente said.
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