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Everything we learned from 'Seduced,' the 4-part docuseries on alleged sex cult Nxivm

  • The new Starz docuseries "Seduced" centers around former Nxivm sex slave India Oxenberg, who executive-produced the four-part series.
  • "Seduced" offers intimate details about Nxivm founder Keith Raniere's brainwashing methods, especially those allegedly he used to manipulate some women members into sex.
  • Raniere, who will serve a lifetime prison sentence for child sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit forced labor, orchestrated the branding of his initials, sharing of private information, and sexual abuse, according to the series.

In the years leading up to Nxivm founder and leader Keith Raniere's sentencing to life in prison on October 26, former members of the alleged sex cult endured psychological, and sometimes physical, abuse and manipulation.

The four-part docuseries "Seduced" on streaming platform Starz walks viewers through how Nxivm members joined the group with intentions of finding personal fulfillment, but ended up Raniere's pawns.

India Oxenberg, who executive produced "Seduced" and said she became a sex slave in Nxivm's secret sorority DOS, detailed how she was brainwashed despite the red flags she and others saw.

Unlike the HBO docuseries "The Vow," which focuses on Oxenberg's mother Catherine as she attempts to convince Oxenberg to leave Nxivm, "Seduced" centers around Oxenberg's story after she left and reveals new details about the insidious nature of Raniere's methods.

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