Raniere also drafted a public statement defending the existence of DOS while simultaneously denying he had anything to do with it. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. See full search documentation. TRANSCRIPT of Proceedings as to Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Clare Bronfman, Kathy Russell, Lauren Salzman, Nancy Salzman held on October 3, 2018, before Judge Scanlon. I think that Pams passing away relates to the start of DOS. THE COURT: You said thats not what made it hard? A Kristin left the community with Gaelyn, their son, in 2014. 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 The judge said he would have CONSIDERED it, not allowed it. According to Salzman, the group would meet three times a week, with members required to pose for a naked group photo at the start of every meeting and send it to Raniere. Q Was it hard to listen to the conversations? A I felt insecure about it, but that wasnt what was troubling to me. Q Let me just ask you the question. She should be very proud of herself that she took the stand, answered questions bravely and articulately. THE COURT: No, we cant have a sidebar. She also told the judge that she kept the woman captive from March 2010 to April 2012 while [threatening] to deport Jane Doe 4 back to Mexico if she did not complete labor requested by myself and others.. THE COURT: All right, the witness is excused. Along with Raniere, Bronfman, Mack, and Salzman's daughter Lauren, the co-founder was arrested for an array of crimes in 2018. [] he halted her cross-examination at the Raniere trial because she was sobbing on the stand. This book would not exist, and my integration would not have been as thorough, without Steve's research efforts. Lauren Salzman had twenty-two slaves when she was exposed & arrested, according to the New York Times. All Rights reserved. Then Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis rose. "He told me Dani was brilliant," Salzman tells producers, explaining how the then-16-year-old's parents trusted Raniere as a "guru" and signed her up for a so-called intensive in the States. This is Part 6 of Lauren Salzman: Cross-Examination Stopped by Judge. I showed reprehensible judgment, Salzman said. It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced, she said. Salacious Allegations Emerge In NXIVM Sex Cult Trial. The judge tried to get Agnifilo off this point and he just kept coming back. AGNIFILO: No, no, I thought she was about to answer, so I told her not to. Sounds like she is finding the true meaning of ethics- a guilty conscience. C-SPAN's operating revenues come from license fees paid by cable systems and satellite companies that offer the network to their. At that time, sheadmitted keeping a slave locked in a room for more than two years. A former high-ranking member of the alleged cult NXIVM testified against its alleged leader in court on Monday, accusing him of whipping, beating and playing other kinds of sex games with his top female members. 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. A Yes. (AP Photo/Mary. Alright? But it was too late- the defense had rested. Lauren also admitted to threatening the woman with deportation if she continued to disobey Keith's orders. 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. In response to the bad press surrounding NXIVM, Raniere went into damage control mode. And when I found that I had done things that I believe are wrongful, and also criminal, I did exactly what Keith taught me to do, which is take responsibility for and figure out how to fix it. the appeal will be successful and Keith will be free.. I am happy as a bug in a rug reading all of this! Was Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis right to halt the cross-examination of Lauren Salzman? Parlato has been prominently featured on HBOs docuseries The Vow and was the lead investigator and coordinating producer for Investigation Discoverys The Lost Women of NXIVM. In addition, he was credited in the Starz docuseries 'Seduced' for saving 'slave' women from being branded and escaping the sex-slave cult known as DOS. Q And she just left like one day. Lauren Salzman, a former high-ranking member of Nxivm who pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges and testified against founder Keith Raniere at his 2019 trial, will. I did not do that in my group [get Keith sex slaves]. AGNIFILO: I dont know why Your Honor cut off my cross-examination. I think Pam facilitated a number of Keiths personal and romantic relationships and kept them alive throughout the years. 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. Aww you're so welcome! 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. In it, she apologized for having disrespected him and for damaging her own reputation as a group leader, as well as that of their theoretical child, someone who doesnt even exist yet. But Raniere was unmoved, dealing her a final blow, Salzman testified, when he revealed that he would be fathering a child with another longtime girlfriend. He thought it would be a growth experience for them, Salzman testified. And we saw that coming, I dont think [Kristin leaving] was suddenly. My testimony is scaffolded by the extraordinary research of Steve McMurray who assembled the jigsaw of faces, places, and relationships I recalled and relayed. Agnifilo clearly says he was done. Q You have learned more about Keiths relationship with Cami, for instance? THE COURT: Is there anything else from the Government for tonight? ( Lauren Salzman is accused of "coaching" and controlling Daniela during her imprisonment.) I may not get everything right up here, but I will tell you, as a human being, it was the right decision. A Well, if I dont believe anything that any of my friends say, then I didnt experience any of that. She had been on the floor and he had kicked her, Salzman recounted Padilla telling her. A She would draft the e-mail and suggest that the family use it and then Hector would use Kristins drafted e-mail, yes. 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. When I tried to cut off the line of questioning, you just went right back to the line of questioning. She told Salzman that cops had just arrived at the house to arrest Keith Raniere, the groups charismatic head, and Salzmans on-off lover of nearly 20 years. Then the Swifties Came After Her, NBA 'Investigating' Ja Morant After Allegedly Flashing Gun on Social Media, Alex Murdaugh Juror Says Cellphone Video, 'Big Liar' Testimony Led to Guilty Verdict, She Used the Bathroom And Became a Target of the Culture War, Here's How LaRussell and Intuit are Helping Independent Artists Understand How to Achieve Their Financial Ambitions, Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Wife and Son, See the Beths Deliver Refreshing 'Expert in a Dying Field' Mini-Set on 'CBS Mornings', Netflixs Sex/Life Is Back to Satisfy Your Softcore Desires. Reading and re-reading the transcript without intonation of voice brings me to one conclusion, there will not be a retrial/mistrial conclusion based on the Judge. When police finally kicked down the door, Salzman said, they pushed her to the ground and pointed guns at her. A I dont recall. Trial transcripts are available on the federal PACER system, you can download each individual day as a PDF. Lauren Salzman, 42, testified that the same young woman, identified as Daniela, was confined to a bedroom for two years - all because she gained weight and asked to see a man other than Raniere. She has been on the stand for hours. He simply didnt have much to work with. Formerly one of NXIVMs most loyal capos, an exhausted-looking Salzman recounted decades of her emotional manipulation at the hands of Raniere, a self-described genius who once held such sway over his followers that they believed he was able to control the weather. I . ); We want to hear it. 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. Salzman was a high-ranking NXIVM member who dodged a prison sentence entirely after testifying for the feds against Raniere. 'I'm Trying to Break Her': Former NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Member Details Misogynistic Methods of Control. It doesnt matter what any of the witnesses were thinking at the time, as the circumstances included a lot of lying, manipulation, etc. Camila and Lauren Salzman were two of these recruiters, as was Smallville actress Allison Mack, who served as Raniere's right hand in DOS. The whole time, I kept thinking, They could shoot in this door,' she said. Court Reporter/Transcriber TypeWrite Word Processing Service, Telephone number 518-581-8973. Q Part of whats happened is that, through the discovery process, you have learned more about Keiths relationships with other women; fair to say? Formerly one of NXIVMs most loyal capos, an exhausted-looking Salzman recounted decades of her emotional manipulation at the hands of Raniere, a self-described genius who once held such sway over his followers that they believed he was able to control the weather. Salzman said she was once a slave master in the cult, according to the New York Post. Of all the regrettable things I have done with Keith and Nxivm, this by far is the one that gives me the greatest personal sadness, she wrote to the judge. 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. Master, please brand me, it would be an honor, an honor I want to wear for the rest of my life," Lauren Salzman testifed she told Keith Raniere at a branding ceremony. On Friday, Lauren Salzman, 42, took the stand in the trial against Keith Alan Raniere. She had faced 14 to 17 1/2 years for working as Ranieres right-hand woman to lure victims into DOS. I haven't purchased any additional transcripts from PACER. The links included here are the ones accessible to everyone. Privacy Policy. What Mr. Agnifilo needed to do to preserve his record for appeal was to say, Judge, if I were permitted to continue, I would have asked the witness X, Y, and Z. He did not do so either when he was cut off, or later that same day outside the presence of the jury. Next question. Terrified, she called out Ranieres name, only for him to emerge from a walk-in closet next to the bedroom. I lied to the entire community about it, she testified. Raniere had also planned to build a dungeon in the basement of the sorority house, and Padilla purchased various BDSM sex toys for use during penance, as a sex-toy company owner testified last week. La Secta Que Sedujo al Poder en Mxico by Juan Alberto Vasquez. Salzmans crying and sobbing is because she was realizing how bad she f*cked up and will now pay for it while being questioned, although the judge may instead invite her to lunch. Keith will be acquitted? Everything we had done, everything I was teaching NXIVMwas all centered around the fact that we can live this principled life, she said. I wanted to put the available transcripts from Keith Raniere's trial all in one place, for my own organizational purposes. 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. It did not seem like the line of questioning was interrupted at all. Among the. This is especially true where, as here, there was not a pending question (here, the witness was allowed to answer the last question). This failure, combined with his on the record statement that he was done, will seriously hamper any appeal. 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. Despite the negative media attention swarming around the group, the understanding among DOS members was that they would participate in a recommitment ceremony, pledging their allegiance to Raniere which, as Salzman later testified, was assumed to mean group sex. What am I doing wrong? Longtime Nxivm accountant Kathy Russell, who has copped to charges of visa fraud, still awaits sentencing. Id. Agnifilo even said at one point she didnt have to answer a question when the objection was sustained, he was actually being helpful to the DOJ and lessening the stress on Salzman. Salzman is the third of Ranieres five co-defendants to be sentenced in the case. I created enough damage to thwart our plans together for the rest of our lives, Salzman read from the document in court on Friday. When she finally left in February 2012, she was driven to the Mexican border by her father and another NXIVM member, who refused to give her immigration papers; in a series of emails read during the trial, when she begged for her papers back, NXIVM officials refused, accusing her of being manipulative and playing games., Of all the things I did in this case and all the crimes that were committed, this was the worst thing I did, she said, sobbing. Lauren woke up! AGNIFILO: Judge? The line of questioning was not relevant for reasons Scott Johnson stated. She did so in March 2019, admitting to one count of racketeering. Q Yeah, were you surprised that Keith was having these kinds of interactions with these women, most of whom he was sleeping with? She avoided looking at Raniere during her testimony. 20% In response, Salzman sent him a seven-page letter recounting all the ways she was behaving inappropriately. Lauren Salzman, daughter of the group . Email: frankparlato@gmail.com, Lauren Salzman Gets OK From Judge to Sell House Near Former 'Harem Enclave' Knox Woods - Frank Report | Investigative Journalism From Frank Parlato, https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/silicone-baby-avatar-babyclon-1.jpg, Aristegui News: Rainbow, the School Raniere Gave to Children of Carlos Salinas and to Rosa Laura Junco, Christine Marie: Insights on DOS and Help for DOS Victims. 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. A . If Lauren is a Rat and she had a child then that child would be a Ratchild. And then I found out, during that time, he started like twelve new [sexual] relationships with people who were not compensating for those holes that were left in the organization [by Pam and Barbara Jeske] many of them didnt even share any of our values. that Lauren Salzman was held down as another Raniere devotee used a cauterizing pen to etch the initials of Raniere into an area near her pelvis, according to her testimony . Salzman, the former president and co-founder of NXIVM, was sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, to 42 months in prison and fined $150,000, but won't be locked up until January. And you betrayed us. But the jurist was convinced Salzman was a changed woman, saying her new gig caring for animals is about as different as participating in Nxivm than anything I can imagine., This defendant has an inner sense of empathy and duty, Garaufis added Wednesday, as he highlighted Salzmans extensive and sincere cooperation with the government.. I am the one who is disappointed. Its clear she wasnt totally deprogrammed yet. According to Salzmans testimony, he and Dani reached an agreement that she would be confined in a room in a home she shared with her parents, with no communication with the outside world; if she did not agree to these terms, Salzman testified, she would have to go back to Mexico. Q And you said that Kristin told you, and a group of people, that she brought Daniella over the border. You had plenty of if you had other things to say, you could have gone on and said them. Raniere required the brands on the women to be on full display and they should all appear happy if they werent to his satisfaction, he would sometimes request a new photo. Also, as far as proving that Lauren Salzman didnt really think she was guilty of anything-(which is what Agnifilo seemed to be trying to prove). Q And you always were concerned that Keith held Cami in sort of a special place in his heart? Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Former Nxivm slave master Lauren Salzman who admitted to keeping a woman captive for nearly two years during her stint as a high-ranking member in the upstate sex cult dodged jail time at her sentencing on Wednesday. She was applying the principles that were taught to her in NXIVM. There is zero chance a judge will over turn this conviction. AGNIFILO: Im more concerned, quite frankly, about, I thought I took great pains to be appropriate and even-keeled. Parlato is a consulting producer and appears in TNT's The Heiress and the Sex Cult, which premieres on May 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Parlato,_Jr. C-SPAN receives no funding from any government. He also instructed the group to make a website for the group under the new name Bar Alpha Mu, as he had told the women to tell other members of NXIVM that the brand was not of his initials, but of the Greek symbols. We were taking naked pictures up-close vagina pictures three times a week. its official. THE COURT: Anything else from the defense? . If I didnt think it was problematic, I wouldnt have raised it. Despite the negative media attention swarming around the group, the understanding among DOS members was that they would participate in a recommitment ceremony, pledging their allegiance to Raniere which, as Salzman later testified, was assumed to mean group sex. So, sure. Her mother Nancy Salzman, 66, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 8. Salzman obviously did.