• ‘The Vow’ gives horrific look inside the Nxivm sex cult that branded women

    ‘The Vow’ gives horrific look inside the Nxivm sex cult that branded women

    For 20 years, thousands of eager adults signed up for personal and professional development classes through a little-known upstate New York company blandly called Executive Success Programs, or ESP. Started in 1998, the lessons — beginning at five-day sessions — taught students to change habitual behaviors, reject needless fear and gain full control over their …