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It Took 20 Years to Sentence Keith Allen Reniere to 120 Years in Prison
From homicide, to motivational speaking, cult-leading, sociopathy, child sex trafficking, and outright branding in the name of slavery
Has the world ever heard of Keith Allen Reniere? Because everybody from the Dalai Lama to several executives seem to know who he is.
When I think of the self-help gurus or motivational speakers of the world, I think of Keith. His prominence began when I was a child, and his name popped up in articles I would read growing up. Everything from the Forbes article in 2003 to the New York Times story in 2017 told me about a singular truth in that industry: Nobody knows how full of shit you might be.
In fact, when it comes to gurus, nobody really knows anything about their craft or whether it truly helps you. The theme of the industry is necessarily cauterized to the secrecy of the gurus within it. They’re like illusionists, except where not only the illusion is fake but the illusionist is a cult-leader who has the capacity to kill you whenever he wants.
“I attended a course called Executive Success Programs … based out of Anchorage, AK, and Albany, NY. I was brainwashed and my emotional center of the brain was killed/turned off. I…
