Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to your extra morning news show. My name is Philip DeFranco,

and this morning we're going to talk about something strange, weird, and just something that's

honestly pretty horrific. And so with that said, let's just jump into it. Since 1998, there's

been a cult growing in America, one where women are branded, forced into sex trafficking,

starved, blackmailed, and tortured. It's funded by two wealthy heiresses promoted by a Hollywood actress.

Some of the group's alumni include the co-founder of BET, a former U.S. Surgeon General, and the son

of a former Mexican president. And right now, if you're thinking, okay, Phil, this seems like a lot,

this is a bit much. That sounds like a plot on Law and Order. Well, actually, you're right because Law and Order did base an episode of SVU on what we're going to be talking about today. But while that was an episode from a TV show, this cult is real, it is really dangerous, and it is going to be in the news a lot more soon.

And the cult that we're going to be talking about today is called Nexium.

And in the past few months, and obstruction of justice.

But before we dig further into the other members, we've got to talk about the origins of nexium and something called ESP.

In 1998, a man by the name of Keith Reneery founded Executive Success Programs Inc.

The programs called ESP for short were a series of workshops designed according to promotional material to actualize human potential.

And part of ESP's allure was the huge promises the workshops made to potential members.

And here's how ESP promoted itself on its website.

Imagine if you could select at-will, designer qualities and characteristics and begin to wield them as your own.

If you could possess Gandhi's inner strength, Einstein's intellect, and Jim Thorpe's athletic ability, how would your life transform?

Our programs provide the tools for transformation.

We're a professional coaching company dedicated to empowering people to make better decisions so they can create richer, more joyful, and more meaningful lives.

And five years after founding ESP, Keith Renneri, created Nexium.

And Nexium ended up becoming an umbrella organization that included ESP and other similar classes that Reneery had created.

And nexium's goal was to bring people's self-fulfillment by eliminating psychological and emotional barriers.

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