'The Smell of Burned Flesh': Former NXIVM Member Describes Being Branded with Cult Leader's Initials
Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times/Redux Sarah Edmondson spent 12 years in the now-infamous sex cultNXIVM, but nothing could have prepared her for how her life was about to unfold when she was asked to join a secret sisterhood—known as DOS—of select “empowered women” within the group in January 2017. To get in, the 42-year-old Vancouver-based actress was required to submit graphic nude photos of herself, along with videotaped confessions of her “darkest secrets,” that would be held as collateral to ensure loyalty....