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  2. Jun 30, 2021 · In this courtroom sketch Keith Raniere, second from right, leader of the secretive group NXIVM, attends a court hearing Friday, April 13, 2018. Elizabeth Williams via AP. Raniere — who ...

    • Julia Naftulin
    • Keith Raniere
    • Allison Mack
    • Nancy Salzman
    • Lauren Salzman
    • Clare Bronfman
    • Kathy Russell

    In 1998, Raniere co-founded NXIVM as a purported self-help group alongside Nancy Salzman. Raniere styled himself as a New Age philosopher heavily influenced by Ayn Rand; he was known as “Vanguard” within the group and began teaching classes promising personal and professional development by eliminating psychological and emotional barriers. An estim...

    Mack, an actress who played Chloe Sullivan, Clark Kent’s friend, on the WB/CW Superman series Smallville for ten seasons, said she joined NXIVM to “find purpose.” She soon joined its inner circle, and in a 2018 New York Times interview, said that she herself came up with the idea to brand women. “I was like: ‘Y’all, a tattoo? People get drunk and t...

    Salzman is a former psychiatric nurse who co-founded NXIVM alongside Raniere and served as its president. Members of the group called her “Prefect,” according to court documents. After Raniere and Mack were arrested, Salzman’s home was raided by federal agents, who seized $523,000 in cash. Several months later, she was arrested and charged with rac...

    The daughter of Nancy Salzman, Lauren served on NXIVM’s executive board for many years. During that time, she oversaw branding ceremonies, according to the Times. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in March. The New York Post reportedthat she admitted she had “knowingly and intentionally harbored” an unnamed woman in a locked room for more th...

    Bronfman is an heiress to the Seagram liquor company. She also served on NXIVM’s executive board and allegedly created an access point for the company to dip into her family’s fortune. In 2010, a lawsuit claimed that many millions of her family’s money had been spent in connection with NXIVM. In recent years, Bronfman financed and pursued lawsuits ...

    According to court documents, Russell served as NXIVM’s bookkeeper for more than a decade. She was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy along with the rest of the inner circle in 2018. Prosecutors allegeRussell conspired with Raniere to smuggle a nonresident alien into the United States through Canada by giving the person an ID card wi...

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  3. Jul 5, 2023 · One of the victims was 15 years old when the abuse began. In 2021, the organization’s founder, Keith Ranier e, was sentenced to 120 years in federal prison for sex trafficking and other crimes ...

  4. Jun 19, 2019 · The verdict: Raniere, 58, was found guilty on all seven counts, including racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, sex trafficking, sex trafficking ...

  5. March 26, 2018. Imprisoned at. United States Penitentiary, Tucson. Keith Allen Raniere ( / ræˈnjɛəri /; born August 26, 1960) [2] is an American cult leader who was convicted of a pattern of racketeering activity, including human trafficking, sex offenses and fraud.

  6. Sep 8, 2021 · Attorneys representing NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, Mark Agnifilo, right, and Paul DerOhannesian, II, center, leave following Raniere's arraignment in federal court on Friday, April 13, 2018, in ...

  7. Jun 19, 2019 · Nxivm leader Keith Raniere has been found guilty on seven counts of racketeering, sex trafficking, conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes.

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