No kidding. And still listed on the board are Clare Bronfman and Nancy Salzman and three others. The NXIVM corporation is still viable and we'll have to watch the trial to see if they if they will assert attorney-client privilege, which they've indicated they might do.
I can't imagine, if they try that, the judge will be sympathetic when sentencing comes around.
Clare and Nancy's deals were really light. A year or two in Camp Federal, or nothing at all.
On the other hand, the judge has it in his hands to sentence them to much longer times, on the order of 10-15 years. If they get into that category, they're not going to Club Fed. They're automatically placed in a hardcore prison. In that case, if they're lucky, they'll go to one of six Federal sex-offender prisons.
Can you imagine ten years in the women's wing of a Federal sex-offender prison?
We'll see.
I can't wait for my next NXIVM update!
At the end of the day, lead attorney for the defense presented the judge with motion for mistrial. Evidently, during the testimony of the first prosecution witness, Sylvie Lloyd, she mentioned the last name of another person affiliated with NXIVM.
Mark Agnifilio has asked the judge to declare a mistrial since the judge's own order said witnesses are protected from having their last names mentioned. Ain't that a peach?
The judge will hold a hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, at 9am EDT to decide on a mistrial. Judge Garaufis told the defense that if a mistrial was declared, the next court date would be September at the earliest. Agnifilio said he was fine that.
That would mean the Vanguard, Keith Raniere would stew in the Manhattan Federal lockup until then.
I don't think the judge will declare a mistrial based on a slip of the tongue of the FIRST witness. Jeez. We'll see. But now we have a glimpse of the defense's strategy, paid for we assume by Clare Bronfman. She got off with money, why shouldn't she pay to get Raniere off with just more money on technicalities? She's paying for his lawyer anyway.
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And it seems to me clear that NXIVM would fall under the EO about freezing assets of orgs that engage in human trafficking and corruption. Has the international thing going too.
I read Clare is paying for all of their legal expenses. Bet they have the best lew-yehs money can buy.