Vancouver actress Sarah Edmondson spent 12 years in the NXIVM cult. She believed it was a positive personal development movement, but began to have doubts after being inducted into an exclusive women's group within NXIVM called DOS, which required her to become a slave to another member. She was then branded with imprisoned cult founder Keith Raniere's initials. She eventually blew the whistle and has become something of a poster child of cult escape. She has a new book out, Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, The Cult That Bound My Life.
Sarah Edmondson. Photo: Supplied
