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Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman stands by Nxivm leader Keith Raniere
New York Post ^ | September 1, 2020 | Kenneth Garger

Posted on 09/01/2020 1:46:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman continues to support leader Keith Raniere and his cult that she bankrolled, Nxivm, despite facing up to 27 months in prison for her role in the group.

Bronfman, 41, expressed her Nxivm loyalty in an Aug. 28 letter to a Brooklyn federal judge ahead of her Sept. 30 sentencing, the Times Union reported.

“Many people, including most of my own family, believe I should disavow Keith and NXIVM, and that I have not is hard for them to understand or accept,” Bronfman wrote in the letter obtained by the newspaper.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: bronfman; brooklyn; clarebronfman; cult; keithraniere; kennethgarger; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; nxivm; seagrams
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1 posted on 09/01/2020 1:46:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

And what does “Smallville”’s Chloe say?


2 posted on 09/01/2020 1:49:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Nxivm? I do not trust any organization whose name I cannot pronounce.


3 posted on 09/01/2020 1:51:19 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: SaveFerris

She is awaiting sentencing, after pleading guilty to racketeering. I don’t really understand exactly what the crimes were with that group.


4 posted on 09/01/2020 1:51:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

didn’t she financially back Ira Einhorn when he was on the lam???


5 posted on 09/01/2020 1:52:17 PM PDT by ronniesgal (Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
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To: Leaning Right

It’s pronounced like the pharmaceutical Nexium.


6 posted on 09/01/2020 1:52:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SaveFerris; Gamecock; PROCON; Rebelbase

Nexium makes your hair smell. Terrific! Like Pantene! Joe Biden would love it!


7 posted on 09/01/2020 1:53:09 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: nickcarraway

27 months? is that it?


8 posted on 09/01/2020 1:53:53 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins)
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To: nickcarraway

Sex trafficking?

Some of the victims claimed forced submission.

Who knows.


9 posted on 09/01/2020 1:57:07 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Larry Lucido

Kramer: Do I smell?
Newman: Pantene!
Kramer: Do I smell Pantene?


10 posted on 09/01/2020 1:58:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, this is Wiki, so FWIW

[Mack was arrested in Brooklyn by the FBI on April 20, 2018, on charges of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and forced labor conspiracy.[21][22] During her arraignment proceedings, prosecutors also accused her of entering a sham marriage with Nicki Clyne to help Clyne circumvent US immigration laws.[15][13][23][24] According to prosecutors, after she recruited women to join the organization, she used tactics such as blackmail to force them into engaging in sexual activity with Raniere against their wishes and enslaved them to do menial tasks, for which Raniere allegedly paid Mack. Mack is said to be second-in-command of NXIVM after Raniere.[25][26][27]]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Mack#NXIVM_and_criminal_prosecution


11 posted on 09/01/2020 2:01:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Nemu is shorthand for Newman now?

12 posted on 09/01/2020 2:06:28 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

When you control the mail.....you control INFORMATION!!!!


13 posted on 09/01/2020 2:07:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; PROCON

Think she hangs out with Sue Ellen Mischke? Those heiresses are pretty tight!


14 posted on 09/01/2020 2:08:10 PM PDT by Gamecock ("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/arts/television/review-the-vow-nxivm.html

Nxivm, which was based in a group of unexceptional houses and offices in and around Albany, N.Y., but had chapters all over North and South America, promised to free participants, many of them articulate and energetic women, from insecurities, negative emotions and destructive patterns. Raniere, a floppy-haired former businessman who insisted that people call him “Vanguard,” told seminar attendees that through “data and facts,” he and his instructors could help them push past the fears and limitations holding them back.

Instead, trial testimony and court rulings have revealed, Raniere weaponized people’s secrets and insecurities so that he could exploit them emotionally and financially. According to a lawsuit filed by former followers, Nxivm was also an enormous pyramid scheme that bilked its members out of millions of dollars.


15 posted on 09/01/2020 2:09:14 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: nickcarraway

That whisky is not filtereed...Seagram has addled Clair’s brain.......


16 posted on 09/01/2020 2:09:54 PM PDT by yoe
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To: SaveFerris; PROCON; Larry Lucido
At least she wears a bra!


17 posted on 09/01/2020 2:11:33 PM PDT by Gamecock ("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
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To: nickcarraway

“Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman continues to support leader Keith Raniere and his cult that she bankrolled, Nxivm, despite facing up to 27 months in prison for her role in the group. “

WOW!

She REALLY IS a total nutjob!


18 posted on 09/01/2020 2:11:42 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Gamecock

I was thinking of the candy bar heiress.

She’s flouting society’s conventions!


19 posted on 09/01/2020 2:11:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Gamecock

THAT needs a face mask!


20 posted on 09/01/2020 2:12:20 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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