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Rick Ross

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
996 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

There would be compromising photographs, admissions to possible, you know, things that someone had done that were embarrassing, that were humiliating, things about their personal life, their business, whatever. Keith Ranieri would gather this information and it would become his file on these individuals. Now... These people are so trusting.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

There would be compromising photographs, admissions to possible, you know, things that someone had done that were embarrassing, that were humiliating, things about their personal life, their business, whatever. Keith Ranieri would gather this information and it would become his file on these individuals. Now... These people are so trusting.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

There would be compromising photographs, admissions to possible, you know, things that someone had done that were embarrassing, that were humiliating, things about their personal life, their business, whatever. Keith Ranieri would gather this information and it would become his file on these individuals. Now... These people are so trusting.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

That they're- Sean, you need to understand that this was a long process. Okay. That these women were in NXIVM for years. That India Oxenberg, who I met, Catherine Oxenberg's daughter, and I would work with Catherine Oxenberg to get India out of NXIVM. She was in NXIVM for years. She entered, she was like 18, 19 years old. and she was growing up as a young woman in NXIVM and isolated.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

That they're- Sean, you need to understand that this was a long process. Okay. That these women were in NXIVM for years. That India Oxenberg, who I met, Catherine Oxenberg's daughter, and I would work with Catherine Oxenberg to get India out of NXIVM. She was in NXIVM for years. She entered, she was like 18, 19 years old. and she was growing up as a young woman in NXIVM and isolated.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

That they're- Sean, you need to understand that this was a long process. Okay. That these women were in NXIVM for years. That India Oxenberg, who I met, Catherine Oxenberg's daughter, and I would work with Catherine Oxenberg to get India out of NXIVM. She was in NXIVM for years. She entered, she was like 18, 19 years old. and she was growing up as a young woman in NXIVM and isolated.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

Eventually, when Catherine and her then-husband, Caspar van Diem, left NXIVM, because they thought it was strange, that there was something wrong, and they left. And she wanted India out. And she struggled to get India out. And Keith Ranieri would not let her out. And India would be one of the women who would be branded through this process in this group that was a cult within the cult.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

Eventually, when Catherine and her then-husband, Caspar van Diem, left NXIVM, because they thought it was strange, that there was something wrong, and they left. And she wanted India out. And she struggled to get India out. And Keith Ranieri would not let her out. And India would be one of the women who would be branded through this process in this group that was a cult within the cult.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

Eventually, when Catherine and her then-husband, Caspar van Diem, left NXIVM, because they thought it was strange, that there was something wrong, and they left. And she wanted India out. And she struggled to get India out. And Keith Ranieri would not let her out. And India would be one of the women who would be branded through this process in this group that was a cult within the cult.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

And the women were told that this was a woman's empowerment group. and that there were women over women, and they did not realize that the ultimate authority was Keith Raniere, and that he was at the top of the pyramid, lurking, running everything. In fact, when women were branded, they were often videotaped. I mean, this was like sadistic.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

And the women were told that this was a woman's empowerment group. and that there were women over women, and they did not realize that the ultimate authority was Keith Raniere, and that he was at the top of the pyramid, lurking, running everything. In fact, when women were branded, they were often videotaped. I mean, this was like sadistic.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

And the women were told that this was a woman's empowerment group. and that there were women over women, and they did not realize that the ultimate authority was Keith Raniere, and that he was at the top of the pyramid, lurking, running everything. In fact, when women were branded, they were often videotaped. I mean, this was like sadistic.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

So there was a woman who was a member of NXIVM that was a doctor, a medical doctor. She's since had her medical license revoked by the state of New York. But she would take the cauterizing iron and create the brand to a woman who was strapped to a gurney. It would take as long as 30 minutes or more. that would be incredibly painful, but this would be endured as a sign of empowerment, supposedly.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

So there was a woman who was a member of NXIVM that was a doctor, a medical doctor. She's since had her medical license revoked by the state of New York. But she would take the cauterizing iron and create the brand to a woman who was strapped to a gurney. It would take as long as 30 minutes or more. that would be incredibly painful, but this would be endured as a sign of empowerment, supposedly.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

So there was a woman who was a member of NXIVM that was a doctor, a medical doctor. She's since had her medical license revoked by the state of New York. But she would take the cauterizing iron and create the brand to a woman who was strapped to a gurney. It would take as long as 30 minutes or more. that would be incredibly painful, but this would be endured as a sign of empowerment, supposedly.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

But in reality, Ranieri would watch this. And in my opinion, You know, he was the ultimate misogynist, wanting to humiliate, degrade women, control women. And he did this, and this went on unknown for a period of time. But because Sarah Edmondson came forward and Catherine Oxenberg was there fighting for her daughter's life, All of this eventually came out publicly.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

But in reality, Ranieri would watch this. And in my opinion, You know, he was the ultimate misogynist, wanting to humiliate, degrade women, control women. And he did this, and this went on unknown for a period of time. But because Sarah Edmondson came forward and Catherine Oxenberg was there fighting for her daughter's life, All of this eventually came out publicly.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

But in reality, Ranieri would watch this. And in my opinion, You know, he was the ultimate misogynist, wanting to humiliate, degrade women, control women. And he did this, and this went on unknown for a period of time. But because Sarah Edmondson came forward and Catherine Oxenberg was there fighting for her daughter's life, All of this eventually came out publicly.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

The Southern District of New York in Brooklyn, the Justice Department prosecuted Keith Ranieri. But it was after years of abuse that had escalated and escalated and escalated until finally he was exposed and brought to justice. And I and many other people had talked about this for more than a decade before he finally was arrested.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#150 Rick Ross - Inside the Dark World of Cults

The Southern District of New York in Brooklyn, the Justice Department prosecuted Keith Ranieri. But it was after years of abuse that had escalated and escalated and escalated until finally he was exposed and brought to justice. And I and many other people had talked about this for more than a decade before he finally was arrested.