Today on the balanced girl is Actress Sarah Edmondson who was a member of the NXIVM cult, she came forward in a New York Times interview that helped bring the group down and facilitate legal action against its founder, Keith Raniere, who was convicted of sex trafficking of children, and conspiracy to commit forced labor who was sentenced to 120 years in prison.

She is now the focus of HBO's new documentary series, The Vow, which follows her life and the lives of several others once affiliated with NXIVM. Edmondson wrote a book, Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life, that was released in September 2019. She's since returned to acting and has a new movie coming out on Hallmark this September.