CBS News Former NXIVM member "Jane Doe" reveals identity: "I finally felt like I was ready" The woman credited with helping investigators take down the former leader of alleged cult NXIVM has revealed her name, her face and her own story publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview with "CBS This Morning." "I finally felt like I was ready. … And my name is Jessica Joan," she told CBS News' Nikki Battiste. In her late 20's, Joan, who was referred to in Keith Raniere's arrest warrant as "Jane Doe #2" although her identity was known to investigators, spent time modeling and acting in California. In 2016, she joined the group NXVIM, founded by Raniere in 1998 in Albany, New York. The group was marketed as a self-help organization.