The Bleeping (Jewish) NXIVM Connection

[maz]

This video has some good information in it.

[maz]

I am going to have to go back and listen to this again, because it seems as though the information here was more or less accurate.

Seagram heiress Bronfman pleads not guilty in NXIVM 'sex slave' case

An heiress to the Seagram liquor fortune who belongs to a self-help group accused of sex-trafficking pleaded not guilty in a Brooklyn federal courtroom Tuesday to charges of running a criminal enterprise, and was released on a $100 million bond.

Clare Bronfman, 39-year-old daughter of late Seagram CEO Edgar Bronfman, was charged with money laundering and identity theft as part of her support for NXIVM. The group garnered headlines for an initiation ritual that includes branding, its attempts to recruit celebrities and accusations by prosecutors that members were turned into sex slaves for leader Keith Raniere.

Prosecutors argued that Bronfman, who has assets of $100 million, including property in New York, Fiji and California, as well as a trust worth $100 million, is a flight risk. She will be on house arrest until a hearing Friday to determine how her bond will be secured, and will be monitored electronically. She is not allowed to speak to anyone associated with Nxivm before Friday.

On Tuesday authorities in upstate New York also arrested and charged former NXIVM bookkeeper Kathy Russell, NXIVM president Nancy Salzman and her daughter Lauren Salzman, who served on NXIVM's executive board, according to court documents. All three pleaded not guilty in Albany to charges related to running a criminal enterprise and were released on much smaller bonds.

Indictments unsealed Tuesday also added 10 counts of racketeering to the sex trafficking charges already pending against Raniere and "Smallville" actress Allison Mack, who prosecutors say helped Raniere recruit sex slaves.

Lauren Salzman is charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud, forced labor, extortion, labor trafficking, along with other charges.

According to court documents, Bronfman allegedly committed identity theft of at least two women and illegally brought another woman into the country.

Bronfman's lawyer Susan Necheles denied the allegations in a statement.

"Clare Bronfman did nothing wrong. NXIVM was not a criminal enterprise but instead was an organization that helped thousands of people," she said. "The charges against Clare are the result of government overreaching and charging an individual with crimes just because the government disagrees with some beliefs taught by Nxivm and held by Clare. This is not how things should be done in America. We are confident that Clare will be exonerated. "

[yankeedoodle]

$100 million bond.  Wow.  Wonder if she has it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=SbxHqJ35q0E