India Oxenberg's family says Yugoslavian royal 'brainwashed' by Nxivm sex cult
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Her “masters” are in jail, but she’s still slaving away.
Alleged Nxivm sex-cult “slave” India Oxenberg toiled at menial tasks at her Manhattan restaurant job Sunday, two days after “Smallville’’ actress Allison Mack, the shadowy group’s suspected second-in-command, was arrested on trafficking charges.
“It’s not polite to take pictures without asking. Leave me alone. I will call the police,” Oxenberg growled to reporters, looking exhausted with bags under her eyes.
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Co-workers expressed sympathy for the girl.
“She’s going through a lot,” a manager said. “She may have been brainwashed.”
Her family says they believe she was indeed brainwashed by the leader of Nxivm (pronounced “nexium”), Keith Raniere, and Mack.
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Raniere was arrested in March, and Mack was collared Friday. Both face sex-trafficking and forced-labor charges.
Mack is set to appear in Brooklyn federal court for a bail hearing Monday.
She allegedly lured young, waif-like women into the group, groomed them for sex with Raniere and even branded at least some with his initials.
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Prosecutors say she also demanded that devotees provide “collateral” — “including on one occasion close-up pictures of their vaginas” — for membership.