Catherine Oxenberg: Rambo Princess Diaries

Beautiful Writers Podcast

Linda Sivertsen

Writing, Authors, Books, Book Deals, Writers, Arts, Bestsellers, Book Proposals, Publishing, Society & Culture

4.7 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Guilty on all counts! For a mom fighting to take down a terrifying cult and free her daughter, India, there are no sweeter words. Just last week, mother, actress, royal, and first-time author Catherine Oxenberg saw the fulfillment of her years-long campaign to stop Keith Raniere and his organization, NXIVM (pronounced nexium). A New York jury took less than five hours to render Keith guilty of charges that include sex trafficking, conspiracy, racketeering, and possession of child pornography....

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0:00.0	The leader of an alleged sex cult has been arrested in Mexico.
0:08.2	The so-called self-help guru allegedly coerced women into having sex with him and also branded them as part of an initiation ceremony.
0:16.6	At the heart of Nexium training is something called intensives, which former members say are like group therapy,
0:23.4	running as long as 14 hours a day and up to 16 days.
0:28.4	Raineri was revered by the group as the smartest man in the world.
0:32.9	To me, one of the greatest ironies of the story is that Catherine joined this group
0:36.3	looking to find
0:38.1	greater self-empowerment, to be more empowered. Boy, oh boy, are you ever empowered now? This woman,
0:45.9	this princess, took an oozy and aimed it at everyone who dared to threaten her daughter's
0:52.5	safety. And there is a lesson there.
0:56.5	It's hard for me to put into words how much today's show means to me. How much my long-time
1:02.7	friend, actress, royal, activist, and now memoirist Catherine Oxenberg, means to me and my family.
1:10.2	And how terrified we have been that her efforts to save her beautiful Indy might have ended in vain.
1:17.4	They did not, however.
1:19.6	Today's show is a celebratory one, including a really fun message that India has given to me to give to you at the end of the show.
1:27.8	And timely, since the paperback release of Captive,
1:31.8	a mother's crusade to save her daughter from a terrifying cult,
1:36.0	is in a few days.
1:37.5	I'm Linda Sievertson, and you are at The Beautiful Writers' Podcast.
1:41.7	And to give you a little backstory,
1:43.4	one of the former stars of 80s TV
1:47.1	dynasty fame, Catherine Oxenberg, aka Amanda Carrington, introduces her 20-year-old daughter, India,
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