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& #8203;​In May 2017, a friend sent Jade Alectra, a 34-year-old California-based yoga teacher and Instagram influencer with about 75,000 followers, a video featuring a spiritual guru she’d never heard of before. The man was small, blond, and sprightly, almost elfin in appearance; he spoke with a gentle Dutch accent, …

Witness testimony at the trial of Keith Raniere, the founder of the self-improvement organization and alleged “sex cult” NXIVM, sparked larger questions about BDSM and consent on Friday, when Sean Welch, the chief technology officer of the sex toy manufacturer XR, L.L.C., took the stand. During his testimony, Welch produced …