Multiple projects are in the works based on the Nxivm upstate New York cult.
Lifetime announced the TV movie "NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Nightmare" will premiere this fall on the network, about actress Catherine Oxenberg's daughter who she said became a sex slave.
"When Catherine learns about a leadership seminar from a new organization called Nxivm she decides to take her 20-year-old daughter India to the professional development meeting," Lifetime said of the movie's plot in a release last month. "Led by the extremely enigmatic Keith Raniere, Catherine can't help but shake the feeling there's more than meets the eye with the self-help organization."
Raniere was found guilty in June on all counts of sex trafficking and other charges related to forcing women into unwanted sex. His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said that Raniere "maintains his innocence" and plans to appeal.
Annapurna Television is developing a TV series based on The New York Times investigation "Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded."
"E! True Hollywood Story" is also returning in October, starting with "NXIVM: Self Help or Sex Cult?" E! said the installment "focuses on the recruitment of women into the organization and its sub-groups, and the severe impact it had on their lives. This installment also uncovers the secrets and shocking behavior that led to the conviction of deceitful NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and the guilty plea and imminent sentencing of former actor and NXIVM member Allison Mack."