The documentary depicts Piesse as a fairly "normal" member of NXIVM, uninvolved in the particularly disturbing elements of the cult and more focused on the "personal development" elements. Upon hearing rumors of a secret sub-circle devoted to sexual slavery in early 2017, she fled the organization, resulting in total ostracization and strain on her marriage.
According to an interview with The Daily Beast, it was Piesse who got the ball rolling to get India Oxenberg, one of the young victims of the DOS circle, out of the organization by contacting her mother, actress Catherine Oxenberg, and telling her about the horrors of that "secret society" and her fears that India had been recruited.
