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  • ‘Smallville’ actor Allison Mack released from prison for role in NXIVM sex slave case

    07/05/2023 3:49:12 AM PDT · by DeathBeforeDishonor1 · 16 replies
    LA Times ^ | 7/5/23 | AP
    Television actor Allison Mack, who pleaded guilty for her role in a sex-trafficking case tied to the cult-like group NXIVM, has been released from a Northern California prison, according to a government website. Mack, best known for her role as young Superman’s close friend on “Smallville,” was sentenced to three years behind bars in 2021 after pleading guilty two years earlier to charges that she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for NXIVM leader Keith Raniere. Online records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Mack, 40, was released Monday from a federal prison in Dublin, Calif,, near San...
  • Allison Mack’s wife, Nicki Clyne, defends Nxivm ‘sex cult’

    09/29/2020 2:57:13 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    New York Post ^ | Gabrielle Fonrouge VIEW AUTHOR ARCHIVE GET AUTHOR RSS FEED September 29, 2020 | Gabrielle Fonrouge VIEW AUTHOR ARCHIVE GET AUTHOR RSS FEED September 29, 2020
    “Battlestar Galactica” actress and Nxivm devotee Nicki Clyne — the wife of former “Smallville” star Allison Mack — defended the upstate cult Tuesday, saying she wouldn’t trade her experiences in it “for anything.” “It’s very unfortunate the way that the word ‘Nxivm’ has been applied and is now synonymous with the term ‘sexual cult,’ which I don’t even know how to define what that is,” Clyne told CBS’ “This Morning” alongside four other Nxivm members. SNIP Federal prosecutors claimed in 2018 that Mack and Clyne were wed “at the behest of … Keith Raniere” but the two haven’t spoken for...
  • Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman stands by Nxivm leader Keith Raniere

    09/01/2020 1:46:11 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 41 replies
    New York Post ^ | September 1, 2020 | Kenneth Garger
    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.
  • Raniere Beaten by Mexicans: Out of Hospital and Headed to Isolation Un

    07/23/2019 11:20:08 PM PDT · by bitt · 14 replies
    frankreport.com ^ | 7/23/2019 | Frank Miniter
    Well, it certainly didn’t take long for Keith Raniere to find out what the rest of his life is going to be like… Shortly after being returned to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) after his stunning conviction on all charges, Raniere got jumped by three Mexican inmates. Metropolitan Detention Center No word yet on whether any of them suffered any injuries but we do have a scorecard for the former Vanguard: – Multiple bruises – A couple of cracked ribs – A broken toe – Lots of tears The “good news” is that he got to spend a few days...
  • What It Was Like To Report On The NXIVM Sex Cult Trial (What of the Szemkus polygraph re Alefantis?

    06/24/2019 10:09:45 AM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 37 replies
    The New York Times ^ | 6/24/2019 | Emily Palmer
    It took just four and a half hours for a Brooklyn jury to leaf through a four-page verdict, finding a leader of a cultlike group guilty of all seven charges listed on it, including sex-trafficking, racketeering and forced labor conspiracy. Over sex weeks this spring, prosecutors in Federal District Court in Brooklyn had rolled out a damning case against Keith Raniere, the co-founder of Nxivm. ...
  • Closing Arguments in NXIVM Trial - Satanism, Child Trafficking, Hillary, Schumer and Gillibrand Ties

    06/17/2019 12:15:46 PM PDT · by Pollard · 27 replies
    Big League Politics ^ | 6/17/19 | Patrick Howley
    Full Title >> ‘CRIME BOSS’: Closing Arguments in NXIVM Trial - Satanism, Mexico Child Trafficking, Hillary, Schumer and Gillibrand Ties Closing arguments began Monday at Brooklyn federal court in the sex trafficking trial of NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere, who stands accused of violating young illegal immigrant girls from Mexico and imprisoning them on threat of deportation by the cult. Human experiments and Satanism-inspired rituals took place at the cult, according to the mountains of evidence exposed by this historic trial of the new century. “The defendant tapped into a never-ending flow of women and money,” the prosecution said of...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Former NXIVM Sex Cult Employees: Kirsten Gillibrand’s Father And Stepmother, Second

    06/16/2019 6:18:05 PM PDT · by bitt · 23 replies
    bigleaguepolitics.com ^ | 4/15/2019 | PATRICK HOWLEY
    Democrat senator and presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand’s family ties to the NXIVM sex cult are coming to light, raising serious questions about her relationship with the cult that she once denied knowing about. Gillibrand’s father and stepmother, who are second cousins, were both heavily involved in the cult in the period shortly before they got married, according to eyewitness accounts from ex-NXIVM employees who spoke on the record to Big League Politics, and according to court documents proving that Gillibrand’s father Doug Rutnik was employed by NXIVM. Gillibrand’s father served as a broker between NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere —...
  • BOMBSHELL Interview: NXIVM Whistleblower Reveals Human Trafficking From Mexico, Satanism, Dem..

    05/06/2019 10:33:14 PM PDT · by bitt · 45 replies
    Big League Politics ^ | 5/6/2019 | PATRICK HOWLEY
    NXIVM whistleblower Frank Parlato appeared exclusively on The Campaign Show with Patrick Howley on Patriots Soapbox (Sunday nights, 6-PM Eastern) to discuss Keith Raniere’s trial, which begins Tuesday Raniere’s sex slaves are poised to testify against him, as prosecutors prepare to submit evidence that NXIVM illegally bundled money for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. Parlato made it clear that Clinton was happy to accept the money. (COURT DOCS Confirm Prosecutors Attempting To Introduce Clinton Evidence). Parlato described how NXIVM imported teenage girls from Mexico, how the cult viewed Chuck Schumer as a “friendly” Democrat ally, and many other bombshells. WATCH
  • Raniere stands alone

    05/06/2019 8:44:42 PM PDT · by bitt · 6 replies
    timesunion.com ^ | 5/6/2019 | Brendon J. Lyons
    RANIERE STANDS ALONE BROOKLYN — The details of Keith Raniere's shadowy reign as the leader of NXIVM, which has for years withstood allegations that it was a cult-like criminal enterprise, are expected to be fully revealed at his federal criminal trial scheduled to begin Tuesday in Brooklyn. Raniere, long known to his followers as "Vanguard," has for more than two decades been a captivating figure after founding the Capital Region-based organization that amassed thousands of followers and pledged to help "humanity rise to its noble possibility." But behind the programs that promised executive success and self-empowerment, Raniere's penchant for manipulating...
  • Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman pleads guilty in New York sex cult case

    04/19/2019 9:26:05 PM PDT · by Libloather · 30 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | 4/19/19 | Brendan Pierson
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seagram liquor heiress Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty on Friday to harboring an illegal immigrant and enabling credit card fraud as part of an alleged sex cult based in upstate New York. Bronfman, 40, entered her plea to the two criminal counts before U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. She is one of several people charged in connection with a secretive organization called Nxivm, which federal prosecutors have described as a racketeering organization. Bronfman admitted that she knowingly harbored a woman brought to the United States on a fake work visa...
  • Hillary Clinton Donor Clare Bronfman Is Pleading Guilty In NXIVM Case

    04/19/2019 6:40:44 PM PDT · by MNDude · 35 replies
    Hillary Clinton donor Clare Bronfman is pleading guilty to charges stemming from her co-leadership of the NXIVM sex cult, an accused human trafficking organization in upstate New York closely tied to major Democrat politicians. The New York Times reports: “On Friday afternoon, Ms. Bronfman, 40, is expected to plead guilty in a Brooklyn federal court to charges arising from a complaint filed last year against her and several other followers of the group’s leader, Keith Raniere, according to a court docket…The charges to which Ms. Bronfman and Ms. Russell will plead guilty have yet to be disclosed. But their decisions...
  • Allison Mack of Smallville to Plead Guilty in Nxivm Sex Trafficking Case

    04/08/2019 10:36:23 AM PDT · by detective · 75 replies
    MSN News ^ | 4/8/2019 | KC Baker
    Smallville actress Allison Mack will plead guilty to charges related to her involvement with a controversial self-help group described as having a secret society of “masters” and sexually subservient “slaves” within it, PEOPLE confirms. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York tells PEOPLE that Mack was scheduled to appear in court at 1130 a.m. to plead guilty. The spokesman says she is pleading guilty to racketeering conspiracy and racketeering. Prosecutors have accused her of recruiting sex slaves for Keith Raniere, who co-founded the controversial self-help group Nxivm and its subgroup, DOS, described as...
  • Judge asks Seagrams heiress if Michael Avenatti is secretly her attorney. She faints in court.

    03/29/2019 11:52:41 AM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 59 replies
    BPR ^ | March 28, 2019 | Victor Rantala
    Billionaire heiress Clare Bronfman fainted in court after being asked by the judge if she had secretly hired Michael Avenatti as her attorney. She was taken out of a federal courtroom on a stretcher and the hearing was rescheduled for today. The Seagrams heiress is on trial for offenses related to her involvement in the SEX-SLAVE CULT DOS. She is reportedly a leader of the controversial NXIVM sex cult. Bronfman was joined in court by lawyer Mark Geragos who sources say is the co-conspirator in Avenatti’s Nike extortion case. Although Avenatti has not submitted paperwork attesting to being an attorney...
  • Seagram's Heiress Clare Bronfman Pays For NXIVM Sex Cult Leader Keith Raniere Lawyers

    02/22/2019 8:06:37 PM PST · by CaliforniaCraftBeer · 18 replies
    The Boston Herald ^ | February 22, 2019 | Molly Crane-Newman
    Seagrams heiress Clare Bronfman is [paying] for lawyers representing her five co-defendants, accused fellow Nxivm cult members, in federal court. [Vanguard] Keith Raniere, who allegedly ran the upstate New York sex sect...Raniere’s attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Paul DerOhannesian are being paid by an irrevocable trust fund set up by Clare Bronfman. At a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said he would be “hard pressed” to recall another case in which a legal defense fund of its kind existed. Bronfman has set up a second trust for Raniere’s infant son, court documents revealed. Charges against...
  • Family Of Seagram's Liquor Heiress Nabbed Nn NXIVMSsex Cult Arrest Pays Her $100M Bond

    07/27/2018 7:39:58 PM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 80 replies
    Fox News ^ | 07/27/18 | By Emily Saul, Ruth Brown
    Seagram’s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman wept in court Friday as family members signed on to pay her whopping $100 million bond, so she can stay out of jail while awaiting trial for her role in an upstate sex-slave cult. Dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt and baggy slacks, a blubbering Bronfman, 39, wiped tears from under her glasses as Brooklyn federal court Judge Nicholas Garaufis reminded her mom and brother in law that they’re there to keep her honest. “I think she knows the responsibility as well,” said Basit Igtet, a Libyan entrepreneur who is married to Bronfman’s sister, Sara....
  • Hillary Clinton Mega-Donor Nabbed in NXIVM Sex Cult Arrest Spree

    07/24/2018 10:15:04 PM PDT · by a little elbow grease · 55 replies
    constitution.com ^ | 7/24/18 | Andrew West
    (snip) -- There is another echelon of society that you and I may never experience. It is reserved for the unhealthily wealthy who have long abandoned the concept of consequences. And, without consequences, these bizarre, left-leaning cretins of depravity have turned to sickening and abhorrent behavior that is just now finding exposure in the media. Such is the case with deplorable Hollywood sex cult NXIVM, whose leadership has found themselves targeted once again this week. Federal agents on Tuesday arrested NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman, her daughter Lauren Salzman and longtime bookkeeper Kathy Russell. Clare Bronfman, the longtime operations director for...
  • Billionaire heiress Clare Bronfman and three other Nxivm members arrested for [tr]

    07/24/2018 9:46:25 AM PDT · by C19fan · 52 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | July 24, 2018 | Chris Spargo
    The woman who helped fund Nxivm and the group's leader Keith Raniere with her family fortune has been arrested and is set to be indicted on federal charges Tuesday afternoon. Clare Bronfman, the heir to a multi-billion dollar liquor fortune, is accused of racketeering conspiracy in the new superseding indictment in the case. That indictment also accuses Nancy Salzman, her daughter Lauren and Nxivm bookkeeper Kathy Russell of the same offenses. This brings the total number of members arrested to six, with leader Keith Raniere and his right-hand woman Allison Mack having already been indicted back in May.
  • Attorney general probes nonprofit associated with NXIVM

    03/28/2018 9:41:35 AM PDT · by ptsal · 18 replies
    The state attorney general's office is investigating a nonprofit foundation associated with the NXIVM corporation that allegedly sponsored brain-activity and other human behavioral studies without any apparent oversight, according to court records. The nonprofit Ethical Science Foundation was formed in 2007 by Clare W. Bronfman, an heiress of the Seagram Co. business empire who has described herself as the operations director of NXIVM. Bronfman, who owns a horse farm in Delanson, is listed in public records as the trustee and donor of the Ethical Science Foundation. At the request of the attorney general's office, a state Supreme Court justice recently...
  • Brainwashed Sex Slaves Allegedly Branded With Group Leader’s Initials

    03/27/2018 3:21:40 PM PDT · by familyop · 83 replies
    CBS News, CBS DFW ^ | March 27, 2018 | CBS News
    ...secretive group in upstate New York...videotaped ceremonies where they were branded in their pelvic area with a symbol featuring Raniere’s initials. “During the branding ceremonies, slaves were required to be fully naked, and the master would order one slave to film while the other held down the slave being branded,” the complaint says...“slaves” had to stick to very low-calorie diets...“forced to wear fake cow udders over their breasts while people called them derogatory names,” or threatened with being put in cages,...Raniere has been bankrolled by Clare Bronfman, an heiress to the Seagram’s liquor fortune. Bronfman gave millions of dollars covering...
  • Shocked Smallville actress Allison Mack chases police car after officers take away Nxivm cult [tr]

    03/29/2018 5:44:32 AM PDT · by C19fan · 54 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | March 29, 2018 | Gareth Davies and Rory Tingle
    The Smallville actress Allison Mack is understood to be the next person in line to be arrested as part of the alleged Nxivm sex cult sting. A woman understood to be the Hollywood actress, according to Art Voice, was seen chasing a police car carrying accused cult leader Keith Raniere after he was arrested, officers said. Officials believe both the woman thought to be Mack and fellow actress Nicki Clyne were brainwashed by the head of the secret society called DOS or The Vow. But it is now thought Mack herself could be the next person detained in the probe...