May 08, 2026
An heir to the Seagram's liquor fortune was cleared for takeoff to a "small resort" she owns near the island of Fiji, after her release from prison for her role in the sex cult NXIVM, according to an order docketed in New York federal court on Friday.
April 24, 2024
An heir to the Seagram's liquor fortune has been denied a reduction in her nearly seven-year prison term for her role in the alleged sex cult NXIVM.
December 09, 2022
The Second Circuit shot down an appeal from sex cult leader Keith Raniere on Friday stemming from his conviction and 120-year prison sentence on sex trafficking charges.
September 08, 2021
NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman on Wednesday was sentenced to 3½ years in prison by a Brooklyn federal judge who chastised her for aiding the purported sex cult's guru Keith Raniere in the illicit operation that preyed on young women and girls.
September 07, 2021
Attorneys for the sex cult NXIVM's convicted co-founder Nancy Salzman urged a New York federal judge Tuesday to sentence her to home confinement instead of prison, saying that for the past 20 years she had been controlled by an "egotistical, self-important, sex-fiend" who led her into engaging in criminal conduct.
July 20, 2021
A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered Keith Raniere, the founder of purported sex cult NXIVM, to pay more than $3.4 million in restitution to 21 victims, Raniere's attorney confirmed after a hearing.
June 30, 2021
A Brooklyn federal judge hit "Smallville" actress Allison Mack with three years in prison Wednesday for assisting the imprisoned head of the NXIVM sex cult in his efforts to victimize women — and for her own acts of cruelty as a cult lieutenant.
October 27, 2020
A New York federal judge sentenced Tuesday the founder of purported sex cult NXIVM to 120 years in prison, concluding that the severity of his crimes warrant a significant sentence, particularly since he's using his convicted co-conspirator's "unlimited war chest" to wage a publicity campaign against the judicial system.
September 30, 2020
Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman on Wednesday was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison stemming from her role in the leadership of purported sex cult NXIVM, which billed itself as a self-help organization but was allegedly a haven for forced labor and sex trafficking.
October 11, 2019
An attorney who represents the convicted founder of the NXIVM sex cult no longer has her application pending for a job in the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York, following concerns the job pursuit could be a conflict of interest in the high-profile racketeering and sex trafficking case against Keith Raniere.