Just trusting and loyal to someone who was gifted at manipulation. She said it was hard to keep Raniere satisfied. I didnt want to sit at the defense table and tell a false story about what happened. All Rights reserved. Everything we had done, everything I was teaching NXIVMwas all centered around the fact that we can live this principled life, she said. Thats not how it works. Q And with the exception of Rosa Laura, Keith slept with all of those women? Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Nancy Salzman, also known as "Prefect," the former president and co-founder of Nxivm, was sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of conspiracy to commit identity A I did not do that. Q You just said before that one of your concerns with Keith is that he was with all these other women, you know, rather than being with Pam as shes dying, that he started I think you said twelve new relationships; correct? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6374665/united-states-v-raniere. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Lauren Salzman sentencing: NXIVM cult leader who recruited slaves Along with Raniere, Bronfman, Mack, and Salzman's daughter Lauren, the co-founder was arrested for an array of crimes in 2018. She avoided jail time and was sentenced to time served, five years. Oh wow- definitely good to know! Around that same time, one former DOS slave and a longtime friend of Salzmans, Sarah Edmondson, left the group after discovering that the DOS brand was not some badass empowerment symbol, but actually Ranieres initials. Everyone rises for the jury. 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. I wanted to put the available transcripts from Keith Raniere's trial all in one place, for my own organizational purposes. 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. published its DOS expose featuring an interview and photographs of Edmonson displaying her brand. Lauren Salzman's bio: age, parents, education, where is she now? Q So you heard conversations well, can I ask you a question, do you love Keith? That's led to speculation she may cooperate. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. His work to expose and take down NXIVM is featured in books like Captive by Catherine Oxenberg, Scarred by Sarah Edmonson, The Program by Toni Natalie, and NXIVM. Raniere has pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking and other charges. You could have. On the last day after jury instructions, I believe he told the defense they could have asked to recall the witness and he would have allowed it. Q In terms of you and your slaves, that didnt happen, right?, A My personal knowledge of what was going on in the other [slave] groups, based on what the women were sharing . Such penance including paddlings with a leather strap, which Raniere would occasionally supervise remotely via conference call. When police finally kicked down the door, Salzman said, they pushed her to the ground and pointed guns at her. As NXIVM membership rates dwindled, Salzman stuck to the narrative that Raniere was unconnected to DOS and had no knowledge of the group. Longtime Nxivm accountant Kathy Russell, who has copped to charges of visa fraud, still awaits sentencing. Specifically interested in the days that Lauren Salzman was testifying, but would also like to skim through the entire trial. Salzman and other DOS masters, including Garza, Smallville actress Allison Mack, and Battlestar Galactica actress Nicki Clyne, had flown to Mexico to visit Raniere. Q You have learned more about Keiths relationship with Cami, for instance? Terrified, she called out Ranieres name, only for him to emerge from a walk-in closet next to the bedroom. She should be very proud of herself that she took the stand, answered questions bravely and articulately. I knew that before. Mack, 38, of Smallville fame, was sentenced to three years in prison last month, after prosecutors asked for leniency due to her cooperation. I am happy as a bug in a rug reading all of this! The NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Story Keeps Getting More Disturbing But what I had here was, I had a crisis here. Its better than any book. I thought she made it very clear she gave a very reasonable and lucid statement, I think its in Part 5 of the transcriptabout why she decided to plead guilty. AGNIFILO: Judge? A federal judge sentenced Lauren Salzman, a high-ranking leader of an upstate New York sex cult, to five years of probation on Wednesday, following her "extraordinary" assistance to prosecutors. Lauren Salzman's attorneys argued for no jail time given her cooperation and testimony during Keith Raniere's trial in 2019. Judge, can we have a sidebar? At one point, as former NXIVM member Lauren Salzman testified earlier in the trial, she passed a note to Salzman and Raniere, which read, "Let me out, I've come undone." Raniere is currently. Q So here you are, listening to Keith talk to these women about DOS and the creation of DOS, youre not there, and youre listening to these recordings; correct? Padilla had also planned to purchase a cage, though she canceled the order shortly after the inner workings of DOS were made public in the spring of 2017. Nxivm case: Here's what 6 weeks of testimony revealed about the alleged And you betrayed us. I havent read through all of them, but out of what I read I found Lauren Salzmans the most heartbreakingand most illuminating. She had been on the floor and he had kicked her, Salzman recounted Padilla telling her. Q But youve read the chats between Keith and Cami? Pam talked me back into my relationship with Keith over the years, many times, and Pam facilitated my relationship with Keith initially. Of course, that was a traumatic experience. The feds will try him again, but he may not have the benefit of the Seagrams millions to help with his defense. Pea, just imagine babies that looked like this: Its possible that the judge made a mistake that another judge will find to be so egregious that Keith was denied his right to cross-examine witnesses against him. But Im telling you, I was watching this witness. AGNIFILO: I am not trying to argue with you. Thats what I did when I was in DOS. A I just listened to these recordings the day before yesterday for the first time. Salzman testified that shortly after she joined DOS, she discovered that everyone except Junco had previously been or was currently in a sexual relationship with Raniere. I wanted her to be able to have that. Initially, Raniere said Dani would only have to stay a few days in the room, which contained little other than a bare mattress, for a few days. Seagrams liquor heiress Clare Bronfman was slapped with six years and nine months behind bars last year, more than prosecutors had asked for, after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal and harbor an illegal alien for financial gain and fraudulent use of identification. Lauren Salzman, daughter of the group . My testimony is scaffolded by the extraordinary research of Steve McMurray who assembled the jigsaw of faces, places, and relationships I recalled and relayed. ; see, e.g., Trial Transcript ("Tr.") at 619-24 (testimony of Mark Vicente regarding Nxivm recruitment strategies); id. Sex Toy Testimony at NXIVM Trial Raises Questions About Kink and Consent 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. NXIVM Trials Now - Where Everyone in HBO's The Vow is Today he made me a promise, and when I said you didnt uphold the promise, he said I didnt live my word. This failure, combined with his on the record statement that he was done, will seriously hamper any appeal. Q Was your intention to hurt people or was it to help people? Nxivm trial: Women paddled and expected to be as obedient as 'hungry Q And you didnt want to have to go through this criminal trial with him; is that fair to say? We were supposed to be uniform: All looking the same, and fully frontally naked, Salzman testified. Padilla had also planned to purchase a cage, though she canceled the order shortly after the inner workings of DOS were made public in the spring of 2017. A Yes. Q Youve been through a lot for Keith; right? Lauren Salzman Now: Where Is Nancy's Daughter After 'The Vow'? . But what was more troubling is not that they had a relationship it was Keiths consistent misrepresentations of things he made promises to me that I gave up real other opportunities of things that I wanted and he knew that I wanted, and he didnt fulfill those promises Keith said, in the curriculum, that ultimately we want to make our words so strong, like so strong that when we tell people we will do something, it will be done. That makes their state of mind at the time meaningless, as long as they woke up later. In response, Salzman sent him a seven-page letter recounting all the ways she was behaving inappropriately. Q And these are meetings between Keith, Monica Duran, Dani Padilla, and Loreta Garza, right? Nancy Salzman Salzman, the co-founder of NXIVM with Raniere, was the first of high-ranking officials to plead guilty. There would be a cage for the people who were most committed to growth,'' Salzman testified. NXIVM Financier Clare Bronfman Wants Out of Prison, Says She - Insider Q You learned about these meetings for the first time when the Government gave you these recordings to listen to? Salzman, a former member of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's Read More FILE - This Oct. 4, 2018 photo shows Lauren Salzman as she leaves Brooklyn Federal Court in New York. 'The Vow Part II's' Most Disturbing NXIVM Revelation: The Three Mexican if(typeof(jQuery)=="function"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)}; NXIVM trial: 'Complete meltdown' for ex-lover - Times Union Lauren Salzman, 42, is a cooperating witness in the sex trafficking and racketeering trial of NXIVM's founder, Keith Raniere, who has pleaded not guilty on all counts. During her testimony at Raniere's trial, she. Q Did you intend to commit extortion at the time that you did it? They were also told to seduce Raniere, a task that Salzman referred to as the Assignment. Salzman claimed not to have known about the Assignment until Mack mentioned that slaves she had recruited were having sex with Raniere. Lauren Salzman, NXIVM 'Slave' Recruiter, Avoids Prison Time After Cybersecurity : TV NEWS : Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts : TV The trial transcripts offer by far the most gripping (and soul-crushing) account for sure. windshield wiper broke off while driving. I committed to stay with nothing. 'The Vow': What Happened to Keith Raniere, Allison Mack - Yahoo! Q You didnt know the specifics of the conversations because you werent there; right? This organization is nuts. Lauren also admitted to threatening the woman with deportation if she continued to disobey Keith's orders. On Monday, Salzman provided more sensational details about the alleged inner workings of the group. Lauren woke up! I showed reprehensible judgment, Salzman said. AGNIFILO: I dont think she did. I haven't purchased any additional transcripts from PACER. Was Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis right to halt the cross-examination of Lauren Salzman? At the end before the jury leaves when the Judge says you are done, Agnifilo says, I know I am done. Therefore the defense had concluded by his own words that the questioning was over. Salzman flew into a panic. Court Reporter/Transcriber TypeWrite Word Processing Service, Telephone number 518-581-8973. Lauren Salzman told a Brooklyn jury that as members of a secret master-slave society within an upstate New York group called Nxivm, women were so brainwashed they would jump at all hours. Raniere, 58, is accused of founding and running NXIVM, which framed itself as a self-help group but which prosecutors say was really a cult-like organization that coerced female members into sexual fealty to Raniere. And he exited the courtroom. How a mother and daughter rose up in Nxivm, got indicted and eventually And her testimony was transcribed verbatim. Alright? At the time, Salzman was thrilled, but when Raniere refused to get a blood test, she started to realize his true intent was to keep me doing what I was doing better than anybody else at the time, which was going out and legitimizing [DOS], she testified. Part 1: Lauren Salzman: Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Women of Raniere and Laurens Acceptance of Them, Part 2: Lauren Salzman Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Lauren Asked If She Was an Adult, Part 3: Lauren Salzman Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Laurens Pain Over Not Having Child, Part 4: Lauren Salzman: Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Branding Was Supposed to Be a Sisterly Bonding Experience, Part 5: Lauren Salzman: Cross-Examination Stopped by Judge: I felt I needed Keith 100 Percent. It is the defense councils job to cross-examine her about this unpleasant experience. I'm very PACER illiterate, I wish I could help you otherwise! 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. TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings as to Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Clare Bronfman, Kathy Russell, Lauren Salzman, Nancy Salzman held on September 18, 2018, before Judge Scanlon. Agnifilos approach of what did you think at the time was a loser from the git-go. . Salzman obviously did. Edmonsons husband publicly confronted Salzman about DOS at a NXIVM event, prompting the rest of the organization to learn about the existence of DOS. 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. THE COURT: Anything else from the defense? She said thats not what made it hard. Camila and Lauren Salzman were two of these recruiters, as was Smallville actress Allison Mack, who served as Raniere's right hand in DOS. Every Wild Allegation From the NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Trial According to her testimony which has so far taken three days when police arrived at the home where Raniere was staying, he was taking a nap in an upstairs bedroom, so she ran up to try to help him escape. 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? "I believed Keith Raniere's intentions were to help people, and I was wrong," Mack told a judge while pleading guilty to racketeering charges. President (To Win Colorado) (D) Joe Biden* (R) Donald Trump. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. A . Salzman flew into a panic. A I dont recall. September 7, 2020 by Stacey Nguyen. Nxivm inner circle member testifies in federal court and says she was Im asking about what you know, what you know based on what you saw and what you saw other people doing with your own senses, eyewitness-type stuff; you didnt see any of that? NXIVM trial: Jury selection to begin in Upstate NY sex cult case - syracuse If the have intermittent days Im sure they have all of them somewhere. Salzman said in testimony, "It was the most painful thing I've ever experienced." Nicole testified that Mack told her, "pain is love, and you show your love to your master by pain." . Wow where to start with all these?! Q Yeah, were you surprised that Keith was having these kinds of interactions with these women, most of whom he was sleeping with? Q Keith had a child with Kristin Keefe; right? Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. And it says something about the utter STUPIDITY of Lauren Salzman that it takes the Mexican Police pointing machine guns at her head to begin to wake her up. During that period, Salzman acted as Danis only liaison with the outside world, delivering apologetic letters that she wrote to Raniere few of which, Salzman testified, he actually read. Lauren Salzman was in a criminal group that ended up being broken up when the police pointed machine guns at the members of this criminal group. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Keith Raniere's Nxivm sex cult trial: What we learned - BBC News And you betrayed us. She has been on the stand for hours. Theyll testify again. Move on. FacebookZuckerberg_NewsCorpMurdoch_Twitter_CIA_FBI_MI6 - inltv.co.uk The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Q So the Government plays these recordings for you; right? NXIVM defector Lauren Salzman to be sentenced in July Yet she tried to remain calm. She doesnt want a child with KAR, who cant even keep it up enough to even shoot blanks LOL. Lauren is sobbing uncontrollably by the time she finished her answer. Meanwhile, Mack pleaded guilty last month to charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group's spiritual leader. Lauren Salzman, who pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy in March, told jurors that for many years Keith Raniere, 58, was the most important. It was not interrupted and wasnt getting anywhere with Lauren. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Nxivm 'slave master' Lauren Salzman gets time served for role in cult How a mother and daughter rose up in Nxivm, got indicted and eventually turned against Keith Raniere Catherine Oxenberg feared daughter India had suicide pact with NXIVM sex cult Survivor of sex cult explains how she avoided being brainwashed by NXIVM
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