NXIVM Financier Clare Bronfman Wants Out of Prison, Says She - Insider May 7, 2019: first day of the trial; includes opening statements (Tanya Hajjar for the prosecution, Marc Agnifilo for the defense) and the beginning of the first witness testimony, by Sylvie [last name redacted by order of the court], a DOS "slave" under Monica Duran, May 8, 2019: continuation of Sylvie's testimony; start of Mark Vicente's testimony, May 9, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 13, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 14, 2019: no witnesses, just proceedings, May 15, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 16, 2019: Mark Vicente, Stephen Herbits, Charles Fontanelli, May 17, 2019: Charles Fontanelli, Sean Welch, Lauren Salzman, May 28, 2019: Daniela [last name redacted], May 29, 2019: Daniela [last name redacted], continued, June 5, 2019: James Loperfido, Maegan Rees, June 6, 2019: Maegan Rees continued, Dawn Hughes, Nicole [last name redacted], June 7, 2019: Nicole [last name redacted], continued. In response, Salzman sent him a seven-page letter recounting all the ways she was behaving inappropriately. As NXIVM membership rates dwindled, Salzman stuck to the narrative that Raniere was unconnected to DOS and had no knowledge of the group. Pea!! Salzman spent four days on the witness stand during Raniere's 2019 trial, testifying about the group's inner workings, Raniere's involvement, and her own failed attempts to leave the group. The group was founded by so-called "Vanguard" Keith Raniere. She was more and more upset. Lauren Salzman got time-served in July in light of her cooperation. If the have intermittent days Im sure they have all of them somewhere. I remember concern that she was voicing upset she had, so I dont think it was completely out of the blue. And Judge Nicholas Garaufis interfered with the cross-examination. Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a damning New York Times report that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. Q Right. The testimony of Lauren Salzman, 42, marked the first time that one of Raniere's co-defendants and a member of his clannish "inner circle" has taken the stand at his criminal trial. Lauren Salzman, who detailed the group's inner workings during four days of testimony at Keith Raniere's trial, was sentenced to probation. Thanks. Q Im going to ask you the question again. Lauren Salzman Now: Where Is Nancy's Daughter After 'The Vow'? Related There would be a cage for the people who were most committed to growth, Salzman testified. Watching Raniere skulk out of a walk-in closet as guns were pointed at her head, however, put all of his teachings, all of his promises, and all of their shared dreams together into perspective. If you read through the transcript, news articles and asked anyone at the closing arguments, your Vanturd is guilty without Salzmans testimony. Q You didnt know the specifics of the conversations because you werent there; right? Lauren Salzman detailed the allegations in Brooklyn federal court, testifying that Keith Raniere had plans to build a sex dungeon in a home the group owned in Waterford, N.Y. They were making a dungeon in the basement. If Lauren is a Rat and she had a child then that child would be a Ratchild. A woman who testified about confining an undocumented migrant in a New York bedroom for nearly two years was sentenced to five years' probation with no prison time on Wednesday. Q Now, you just said when you found out that you did things that were criminal, did you intend to do things that were criminal as you did them? Lauren Salzman leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York. A . He is manically writing messages to Agnifilo on yellow Post-It Notes and having Teny Geragos deliver them to the podium where Agnifilo is standing while he questions Lauren. Salzman, who was in NXIVM's Executive Success Programs (ESP) for nearly two decades, testified that she had been with Raniere in a $10,000-a-week resort when authorities in Mexico arrested the. A Yes. Q When you were in DOS before anybody was arrested, were you doing things intentionally to break the law? But according to Salzmans testimony, she ended up staying for somewhere between 18 and 24 months. An appeal on Lauren Salzman testimony not being finished will not overturn all those counts of guilty. Not only is . I set up an account on PACER and gave them my credit card info (yikes). From Harvey Weinstein to Casey Anthony: The unbearable cruelty of the Along with Raniere, Bronfman, Mack, and Salzman's daughter Lauren, the co-founder was arrested for an array of crimes in 2018. Given that its almost impossible to imagine how continuing the questioning would have made any difference, I think theres almost no chance this matters on appeal. I committed to stay with nothing. Salzman said she was once a slave master in the cult, according to the New York Post. . Q Part of whats happened is that, through the discovery process, you have learned more about Keiths relationships with other women; fair to say? Specifically interested in the days that Lauren Salzman was testifying, but would also like to skim through the entire trial. And we saw that coming, I dont think [Kristin leaving] was suddenly. Cybersecurity : TV NEWS : Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts : TV The proof is in the pudding. A Yes, and I think there were some with Allison [Mack] and Rosa Laura [Junco] too. Parlato appeared on the Nancy Grace Show, Beyond the Headlines with Gretchen Carlson, Dr. Oz, American Greed, Dateline NBC, and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, where Parlato conducted the first-ever interview with Keith Raniere after his arrest. The daughter of group cofounder Nancy Salzman, who has pleaded guilty to a single charge of racketeering conspiracy, Salzman, 42, began her testimony last week describing her first meeting. The judge said he would have CONSIDERED it, not allowed it. 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She had faced 14 to 17 1/2 years for working as Ranieres right-hand woman to lure victims into DOS. Salzman testified that she was even branded during a 2017 ceremony. TV actress Allison Mack, who was a slave master in the sex-cult and lured women into the group, got three years in prison . On October 27, 2020, Raniere was found guilty of all counts against him racketeering, sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy and he was sentenced to 120 years in. I think the full transcripts are meant to drop on January 21st. Lauren Salzman's bio: age, parents, education, where is she now? the appeal will be successful and Keith will be free.. ( Lauren Salzman is accused of "coaching" and controlling Daniela during her imprisonment.) The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. I agree. AGNIFILO: Im more concerned, quite frankly, about, I thought I took great pains to be appropriate and even-keeled. And if I made a mistake, then you will have your opportunity if you should not be successful in gaining your clients acquittal, and Im just going to leave it at that. Keith will be acquitted? A top "slave master" in the alleged sex cult Nxivm said in testimony on Friday she herself was sexually and psychologically enslaved by Keith Raniere, . Salzman, along with former TV actress Allison Mack and others, was part of 60-year-old Ranieres circle of first-line masters who helped to command the group. Are the transcripts of the trial released anywhere? Hes been convicted. This is so great! Lauren Salzman, NXIVM 'Slave' Recruiter, Avoids Prison Time After I did not do that in my group [get Keith sex slaves]. It was not interrupted and wasnt getting anywhere with Lauren. Lauren Salzman, 42, who pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy in March, testified she was a master and had six slaves of her own. , and Padilla purchased various BDSM sex toys for use during penance, as a sex-toy company owner testified last week. Lauren Salzman, daughter of the group . You could have asked your questions and moved on to the next question, but you kept coming back, and I am not going to have someone have a nervous breakdown on the witness stand in front of excuse me, this is not DOS. A I knew there was some project that they were working on at one point in time. Q And with the exception of Rosa Laura, Keith slept with all of those women? Salzman flew into a panic. He thought it would be a growth experience for them, Salzman testified. Raniere is serving a term of life in prison after being convicted at trial of child sex trafficking and conspiracy. FacebookZuckerberg_NewsCorpMurdoch_Twitter_CIA_FBI_MI6 - inltv.co.uk Nxivm trial: Raniere expected women to be as obedient as 'hungry dogs And then he characterized the reasons for why he didnt uphold his word to me as being because it was so difficult that two of our best friends died of terminal illnesses [Pam Cafritz and Barbara Jeske] and the void that that left in our community, and how much extra work fell on him and how hard its been because of all of our failures and ineptitudes and the political situation. I'm been addicted to reading every single thing related to NXIVM in the past two weeks. Judge Nicholas Garaufis is on the bench. Lauren Salzman's Sensational and Damning Testimony Q Did you think it was extortion when you took the stuff?