There was a story that was on or referenced by crazy days and nights about 2 yrs ago. They get decent people in a less aggressive manner although very similar. You have an up and coming actor, congressman, whomever , they get invited to gatherings and parties. As the invites progress, slowly things are introduced at the parties that tend to push the envelope, previously mentioned newcomer is either pushed to drink something they shouldn't, take some sort of drug, etc, or slipped a mickey so to speak. The newcomer in their stoned/intoxicated state is manipulated into doing something terrible, it is all recorded, now they own them for the rest of their lives or until their usefulness has run out. The playboy mansion was the next level of this kind of thing, though from recall people with fewer scruples were caught up in that, same thing though, they were recorded. Then there were the types that wanted to climb the ladder, be part of the inner circle that simply jumped in feet first.