Stars who ESCAPED CULTS

These four celebrities have all had experiences with dangerous sects – some got off lightly while others still bear the psychological scars today

Jennifer Aniston

As one of the stars in the hit sitcom Friends, Jennifer Aniston has a following all of her own – but the Marley & Me star, 52, once had a brush with the dangerous cult NXIVM when she and her then boyfriend Gerard Butler took a class run by the organisation. The group was later exposed as a cult, where women were branded with founder Keith Raniere’s initials. Last year, the 61-year-old, was sentenced to 120 years in prison for sex trafficking and other crimes. The felon preyed on wealthy people and while Jen slipped out of his grasp, others weren’t so lucky – including Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg, who spent years trying to disentangle her daughter India from the cult.

‘As strong as I like to think I’ve always been, I’m sure I could have been broken’

Glenn Close