A federal jury returned its verdict after less than five hours of deliberation.
ALBANY, N.Y. – NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, who surreptitiously led a secret master-slave group whose members were sexually exploited and branded with his initials on their pubic area, was convicted of seven felonies in a New York federal court Wednesday.The verdict followed a wild seven-week trial where jurors heard explicit testimony about Raniere's graphic sexual exploits and how he manipulated the many followers of NXIVM, a purported self-help group.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for New York's Eastern District said Raniere was convicted of all charges, including forced labor conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which included underlying acts of child pornography possession, identity theft and child sexual exploitation, among others.
NXIVM was billed as a self-help organization. People paid thousands of dollars to take classes based on Raniere's curriculum, but the group quickly and repeatedly faced accusations that it was a cult whose members were manipulated into lionizing Raniere.Previously:The organization built up a series of influential followers, including Clare Bronfman, a wealthy heiress to the Seagram's liquor fortune who bankrolled many of Raniere's efforts and lawsuits against detractors.
Jurors heard from a one-time"slave" who was forced to strip naked and wear a blindfold while another woman was told to perform a sex act on her as Raniere watched. The sex act was videotaped. Also pleading guilty for their roles in the criminal enterprise were Bronfman, NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman and her daughter Lauren Salzman, who was a high-ranking NXIVM official.After the verdict was announced, women who had been victimized by Raniere — some of whom had attended the trial in its entirety — spoke to the media outside the courthouse, thanking the jury for its decision.
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