A sex cult led by Keith Ranier; it did things like (literally) branding his initials on the pubic region of the women involved. Allison Mack of the TV show
Smallvilee was involved, as were some members of the billionaire Bronfman (so?) family (heirs to the Seagrams liquor fortune).
One of the Bronfman sisters originally had her bail set at $100million in Federal court in New York State.