#361 - NXIVM Cult Victim on Hollywood Elite, 17,000 “Slaves” & being a “Good Girl” | Sarah Edmondson

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 190 minutes

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0:00.0	One of the most textbook sociopaths he will ever come across.
0:03.6	Keith Reneyri, who created Nexium, the guy was psycho. All these different things that we've studied, Scientology, yoga disciplines, the Mormon Church. Keith took that from that and that, from that. You know, brilliant in the sociopathic way. And we're going to call this guy Keith Rennary, who created this. We're going to thank him before every class. Thank you. Vanguard. calling a Vanguard. Oh, it just means leader of a philosophical movement. And like, holy
0:23.4	we're in him Vanguard.
0:22.9	Oh, it just means leader of a philosophical movement.
0:24.1	Like, holy fuck, we're in a cult.
0:37.5	And we were told he was a judo champ, chess player, concert pianist. Oh, and he's celibate. Oh, right. He was just this Renaissance man. Do you think it was deliberate that he wore longer hair and a beard and what I'm getting at is... Jesus vibes?
0:38.1	Mm-hmm.
0:38.9	I thought it was his assistance, but his spiritual wives. They cleaned him up. This is my opinion. The original woman that he had from his inner circle. They both died when I was there, and I believe that they were poisoned. And he poisoned them. Okay. I think I need to tell you this because I'm going to go into Nexium line for a minute. So one of the principles in nexium was that...
0:56.0	Hey guys, if you're not following me on Spotify, please hit that follow button and leave a five-star review.
1:02.0	They're both a huge huge help. Thank you. Sarah Emminson, we are finally here.
1:16.4	Thank you so much for getting into town for this one.
1:18.8	Thank you for the invite.
1:19.5	And thanks for your patience with my travel schedule and whatnot.
1:22.1	Of course.
1:22.6	Of course.
1:23.2	Your story is quite literally unbelievable.
1:26.8	It's an overused word. But it's also, I think, an example for a lot of people out there.
1:32.4	You and I were just talking off camera about how we are all susceptible to things that we may
1:38.6	not even realize we're becoming a part of.
1:40.7	And I can't even imagine what it's like to kind of like come outside of that
1:45.8	and be like whoa but you know not to bury the lead here you were involved in what is now known
1:52.0	as the nexium colt for many years we'll go through the whole story today and whatever you want to
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