26 Facts About NXIVM

NXIVM is the trademarked name of the defunct corporation that Raniere founded, which provided seminars and videos in the field of human potential development.

The United States seized ownership of NXIVM related entities and their intellectual property through asset forfeiture following Raniere's conviction.

NXIVM Corporation was based in the New York Capital District and had centers throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

In 2017, former members Sarah Edmondson, Bonnie Piesse and Mark Vicente, as well as Catherine Oxenberg spoke to The New York Times and revealed grave concerns about Keith Raniere and NXIVM, including the existence of a secret society called "DOS" in which women were branded, made to record false confessions and provide nude photographs for blackmail.

NXIVM's training is a trade secret, subject to non-disclosure agreements, but reportedly uses a technique the organization calls "rational inquiry" to facilitate personal and professional development.

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In 2003, NXIVM sued the Ross Institute in the case known as NXIVM Corp.

NXIVM filed suits in New York and New Jersey, but both were dismissed.

NXIVM reportedly kept dossiers on Soares, Spitzer, political consultants Roger Stone and Steve Pigeon, US Senator Chuck Schumer, and Albany Times Union publisher George Randolph Hearst III in a box in the basement of Nancy Salzman's home.

The visit was initially canceled by the Dalai Lama owing to negative press about NXIVM, but was rescheduled; the Dalai Lama spoke at Albany's Palace Theatre in May, 2009.

In 2014, Raniere founded the NXIVM-affiliated news organization The Knife of Aristotle, later known as The Knife and The Knife Media.

Edmondson alleged that participants were blindfolded naked, held down by Mack and three other women, and branded by NXIVM-affiliated doctor Danielle Roberts, using a cauterizing pen.

NXIVM was arrested in Mexico and held in custody in New York after appearing in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas.

On June 12,2018, the Times Union reported that NXIVM had suspended its operations owing to "extraordinary circumstances facing the company".

NXIVM was released to house arrest after signing a $100 million bail bond.

Complaint from a 2020 lawsuit by former employees of NXIVM recapitulated several fantastical claims made by and about Raniere: that he was a child prodigy, capable of speaking in complete sentences at the age of one year old; mastered college level mathematics in grade school; had won judo and track tournaments; and that he had graduated with three degrees.

NXIVM taught that some people, called "Suppressives", try to impede progress within NXIVM.

NXIVM conducted "Intensives, " classes conducted for 12 hours daily for 16 days.

NXIVM members organized Vanguard Week, an annual celebration of Raniere's birthday.

NXIVM pleaded not guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.

NXIVM was released on $100 million bond and placed on house arrest with electronic monitoring.

NXIVM married fellow senior member Allison Mack in 2017; the marriage was alleged to have been a sham to evade United States immigration laws.

Marc Elliot, an author, claims taking courses through NXIVM and working with Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman have helped him overcome his Tourette syndrome.

NXIVM is among the NXIVM members who remains loyal to Raniere.

NXIVM is the son of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

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.

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In 2013, NXIVM accused Tighe of illegally accessing NXIVM servers using a former member's login information.