India Riven Oxenberg is an American Royalty personality known for being a part of a cult started by Keith Raniere called NXIVM. ^{[13] [9]}

Born and raised in the state of California, India grew up most of her life in the city of Malibu with her family. ^[19]Her parents are Catherine Oxenberg and William Weitz Shaffer - the couple would divorce years later in the mid 90s. ^[7]Her mother, Catherine, was a 1980s leading Actress in a Soap opera called, Dynasty. Catherine is also a Yugoslavian princess. Her grandmother is Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. ^{[11] [15]}

In 1999, her mother married Casper Van Dien and has since had children together. India has four step siblings. ^[19]

In the early 2000s, she was a part of the Reality tv show called *I Married a Princess *. She was around the age of 14 years old when the show started filming. ^[8]

Throughout her life, she has taken part in the events of the famous and Aristocratic families in connection with her family and the entertainment industry. ^{[7] [18]}When she was 17 years old, she was one of the 24 young women invited to the Bal Crillon des débutantes in which she took her boyfriend at the time, Hudson Franzoni, son of Gladiator screenwriter David Franzoni. ^[18]

After graduating high school, she began to get involved in film projects and other kinds of video productions.

She was the host of a show called Teen Talk With India Oxenberg. ^[16]** She then had a small part in a movie produced and starring her step-father called, The Vector File. She also had a small part in *Noobz *. ^[10]

Around early November, 2017, Catherine Oxenberg admitted to the press that her daughter, India, is part of a cult called, NXIVM. ^[11]When India was 20 years old in the year, 2011, her mother was first to suggest the program to her daughter. ^[11]At the time, Catherine had no idea about the core practices of the program and believed in the company for the way they ethically advertised itself. ^[15]

With locations in New York, San Francisco and Mexico, the organization claims to take

people on a journey of personal discovery and development.

The mother and daughter decided to give the program a try and together they attended a meeting.

Catherine recalls the experience as creepy, but her daughter immediately was intrigued.

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India for the next few years would dedicate herself to attended as many classes as she could, and in 2016, she moved to program's headquarters in Albany, New York. ^[15]

After Catherine revealed to the press of her daughter's involvement with NXIVM, former members disclosed information about the cult. News media revealed that a sex cult within the organization ran by Keith Raniere is taking place. ^[11]The subsidiary of NXIVM, is called DOS, and its leader is actress Allison Mack. Mack recruits women to be a part of the cult in order to please Raniere. ^[9]

According to testimony, DOS is only offered to the women who have shown the most loyalty to the organization.

By joining DOS, they are to follow a strict regimen that has been set up Mack herself.

In the regimen, the women have a calorie intake of about 500-800 calories a day, and must often starve themselves in order to meet the requirements of their master, Raniere, who likes thin women.

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The philosophy behind the cult is that slaves must immediately answer their masters any time they text or call them, and if they do not recruit enough slaves of their own, they are beaten with a paddle on their buttocks.

The women are also branded with the initials of Keith Raniere, "KR".

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For an entire year, India lived in Albany where the organization is located and has taken part in the cult.

Allegedly, it has been reported by a friend of her mother that India is also involved in DOS.

Bonnie Piesse, a friend of Catherine's, was a part of NXIVM and revealed that India is in great trouble. ^[11]She has reportedly told her mother that she hasn't had her period for almost a year and that her hair was falling out. ^[11]

On October 19th, 2017, India took to her Facebook to reveal that she is fine and that she would never put anyone she loves in danger. She also includes a link to the official statement of NXIVM which has since been shut down, therefore the link she provides on her facebook post is a broken link. ^[0]