NXIVM doctor who branded women loses medical license
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York health officials have revoked the medical license of a doctor with the cult-like group NXIVM who branded 17 women with the initials of the group's leader, Keith Raniere.
A health department hearing committee sustained multiple of counts of professional misconduct against Danielle Roberts, who belonged to a secret women's group within NXIVM called DOS that required a “vow of obedience” between master and slave.
Many of the counts stem from Roberts using a cauterizing device to brand “KAR” on the women in their pelvic region without anesthesia “to intentionally cause them pain,” according to the decision released this week.
The brands were meant to symbolize the women’s status as sex slaves for the now imprisoned self-help guru.
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(Laredo Morning Times)