Toni Natalie Helped Me When Jim Odato Called

Times Union reporter James Odato broke many of the stories of crime that Keith Raniere and Nxivm were engaged in, but law enforcement did nothing in the Albany area.

By A Former Raniere Woman Who Defends Toni Natalie

Years ago, I was contacted by James Odato of the Albany Times Union asking me to talk with him about my experiences with Keith Raniere.

I flipped out since I had walked out on KR years ago and he had been out of my life since then – and I wanted it to STAY that way.

I was not comfortable with giving info and recalling myself to KR’s attention – especially since I was not up on all of KR’s history since I had left him. I was given Toni’s contact info.

Her willingness to share her experiences and what she knew with me was part of what convinced me to speak with Jim Odato.

He didn’t include my name or particulars of my story in his expose since I asked to remain anonymous, but I was able to corroborate some things for him and, hopefully, make a stronger journalistic case for publishing.

That’s how I know Toni Natale – as someone who was willing to support and reassure me in sharing my story with James Odato so I could support his fact-finding. And as someone with whom I have shared much of my story knowing that she has respected my wish for my life to remain private.

I get it that some of you feel Toni’s words/actions have affected you negatively. For me, she has only been a positive influence and mistakes she may have made in her past don’t change that.

Hell, we all make mistakes – sometimes huge ones. Obviously, I did.

I was Raniere’s girlfriend for a time (one of those hoodwinked monogamous ones – ha, ha!). And (horror of horrors) I was even in Amway for a short while.

 

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[…] Toni Natalie Helped Me When Jim Odato Called […]

Scott Johnson
4 years ago

Was Raniere your Amway upline? Do you know any others who were in Amway with Raniere? Who was Raniere’s Amway upline? Does Dexter Yager sound familiar?

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Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist.

His work has been cited in hundreds of news outlets, like The New York Times, The Daily Mail, VICE News, CBS News, Fox News, New York Post, New York Daily News, Oxygen, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, The Sun, The Times of London, CBS Inside Edition, among many others in all five continents.

His work to expose and take down NXIVM is featured in books like “Captive” by Catherine Oxenberg, “Scarred” by Sarah Edmonson, “The Program” by Toni Natalie, and “NXIVM. La Secta Que Sedujo al Poder en México” by Juan Alberto Vasquez.

Parlato has been prominently featured on HBO’s docuseries “The Vow” and was the lead investigator and coordinating producer for Investigation Discovery’s “The Lost Women of NXIVM.” Parlato was also credited in the Starz docuseries "Seduced" for saving 'slave' women from being branded and escaping the sex-slave cult known as DOS.

Additionally, Parlato’s coverage of the group OneTaste, starting in 2018, helped spark an FBI investigation, which led to indictments of two of its leaders in 2023.

Parlato appeared on the Nancy Grace Show, Beyond the Headlines with Gretchen Carlson, Dr. Oz, American Greed, Dateline NBC, and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, where Parlato conducted the first-ever interview with Keith Raniere after his arrest. This was ironic, as many credit Parlato as one of the primary architects of his arrest and the cratering of the cult he founded.

Parlato is a consulting producer and appears in TNT's The Heiress and the Sex Cult, which premiered on May 22, 2022. Most recently, he consulted and appeared on Tubi's "Branded and Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM," which aired January, 2023.

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