NXIVM’S ‘SLAVE’ TACTICS
‘Blackmail’ for sex
All the dirty details are coming out.
Lawyers in the Nxivm sex-cult case will get to pore over “highly sensitive” “sexual conversations” from the “slaves” of leader Keith Raniere and “Smallville” actress Allison Mack, according to new court documents filed this week.
The discovery material government prosecutors are sharing with the defendants’ attorneys also includes photos and footage of the women and letters and videos they were allegedly forced to provide as “collateral,” papers filed in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday reveal.
Prosecutors claim Raniere and Mack used that collateral — which includes “sexually explicit” photos and videos of the “slaves” telling damaging stories about themselves and friends — to blackmail women into doing things like sleeping with Raniere and having his initials branded into their skin.
On one occasion, Mack allegedly sent a nude photo of all of the slaves to Raniere, and he wrote back, “All mine?” with a “smiling devil emoticon,” prosecutors allege in court documents.
Mack also allegedly gave Raniere her own collateral — including a letter slandering her mom and dad, and a note addressed to social services claiming her nephews were abused.
Raniere and Mack were arrested earlier this year on sex-trafficking charges — and another four members of their “inner circle” were collared last month for helping them by allegedly committing crimes including money laundering and identity theft.
Meanwhile, “Dynasty” actress Catherine Oxenberg has opened up about her fight to save her daughter, India, from the group — including the moment a friend told her India was in trouble.
“[The friend] was terrified to speak on the phone, she was afraid she was being tapped. And she said to me, ‘You need to save India,’ ” Oxenberg tells “Dateline NBC” in a newly released clip from an interview that will air Monday evening.
“She said they had signed a lifetime vow of obedience to the master.”
Oxenberg next week is releasing a book about her “crusade” to save India.