Lauren Salzman is a name that you'll hear prominently in the unraveling of the self-help group NXIVM. Lauren Salzman leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York. And whether shes telling the truth, whether the jury believes her, I think its absolutely necessary that there be a certain level of consideration for someones condition. She did so in March 2019, admitting to one count of racketeering. A Yes. Lauren Salzman was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to time served and ordered her to perform 300 hours of community service Credit: AP 4 She was a former member of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's inner circle Prosecutors noted her "credible, detailed" testimony against her ex Raniere at his 2019 trial as reason for leniency. DOS members were also required to do penance for perceived misdeeds. Salzman testified that she was even branded during a 2017 ceremony. Her mother Nancy Salzman, 66, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 8. THE COURT: If you want to know, you went way over the line as far as Im concerned with regard to this witness. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. A I took collateral from people who were afraid to not give it to me, because I already had their collateral, and they were calling it extortion at the time and I even discussed it with Keith and he was, like, its not extortion, they agreed to it. 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. Q Let me ask you the question. Do you think you can do some articles about how they got involved, why they were allowed into Keiths inner circle, and what crimes they committed or may have committed. She was dressed in a black pant suit. TV actress Allison Mack, who was a slave master in the sex-cult and lured women into the group, got three years in prison .
Former Top NXIVM Lieutenant With New Career in Dog Grooming - Yahoo Among the more sensational allegations: Some women "slaves" in a secret NXIVM sorority were branded with Raniere's initials as part of their initiation. For more information, please see our When Salzman confronted Raniere about it, he denied sleeping with the women. Q Did you intend to commit extortion at the time that you did it? Q Part of whats happened is that, through the discovery process, you have learned more about Keiths relationships with other women; fair to say? Lauren Salzman, 42, who pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy in March, testified she was a master and had six slaves of her own. Q So the Government plays these recordings for you; right? THE COURT: You said thats not what made it hard? Q But you know that now because the Government gave you the recordings to listen to of the meetings that you werent in? Isnt the world better off without a Ratchild? Per federal transcripts, Mack told prosecutors . Raniere also drafted a public statement defending the existence of DOS while simultaneously denying he had anything to do with it. [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. And she was becoming disillusioned because she was watching him lie and telling her to lie and it was totally not ethical. You could have.
Nxivm trial hears of debauchery and cruelty within alleged 'sex cult' Salzman and other DOS masters, including Garza. Like Allison Mack, she pled guilty to racketeering & racketeering conspiracy. Frank made an excellent decision in the way he chose to realease Laurens testimony. Q Kristin Keeffe, you said, was in the legal sort of part NXIVM, she was in the legal department? Meanwhile, Mack pleaded guilty last month to charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group's spiritual leader. She avoided jail time and was sentenced to time served, five years. 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. if(typeof(jQuery)=="function"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)}; Unfortunately for Raniere, however, the ceremony never happened, as authorities arrived at Ranieres home on March 25 to arrest him on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
JDK-8141210 : Very slow loading of JavaScript file with recent JDK She should be very proud of herself that she took the stand, answered questions bravely and articulately. A I knew they had a relationship. See full search documentation. 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. [Lauren is growing visibly upset and is crying]. "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. . Specifically, Keith caught on tape talking about branding and clearly admitting he understood it wasnt voluntary. Court Reporter/Transcriber TypeWrite Word Processing Service, Telephone number 518-581-8973.
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Nxivm member admits to enslaving woman in a locked room for 2 years I didnt want to sit at the defense table and tell a false story about what happened. At one point, she said, she wanted to have a relationship with another man, and approached Raniere to ask for permission. THE COURT: All right, the witness is excused. Lauren Salzman had twenty-two slaves when she was exposed & arrested, according to the New York Times.
United States v. Raniere, 1:18-cr-00204 - CourtListener.com Lauren Salzman, 'First-Line Master' in NXIVM Cult, Avoids Jail Time Part 1: Lauren Salzman: Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Women of Raniere and Lauren's 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: Lauren's Pain Over Not Having Child 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. Trial testimony showed surveillance cameras were set up outside the room and the woman wrote letters almost daily asking for forgiveness. 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 .
Ex-NXIVM Member Lauren Salzman Testifies Against Keith Raniere | Crime News She seemed still a bit in love with Raniere, even if it had intellectually sunk in that he was a monster. Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a. that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. As part of this protracted litigation, that dragged on for more than a decade, Raniere and his sidekick Salzman, were deposed for hours under oath. 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. And thats really what this was. 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. It was illegal extortion, as she realizes now and as she recounted in her guilty plea. 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. A Because I think Keith had a whole bunch of people [DOS first line women] to meet his objectives and serving him in a way that Pam facilitated before. 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. [she is alternately tearing up and holding back tears.]. 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." . The organization is commonly called a "cult," and has been termed a "racketeering enterprise" by the U.S. government. Raniere wanted this testimony forever suppressed and sealed so that no one would ever know what he and Salzman had admitted or lied about under oath. Q Did you think it was extortion when you took the stuff? 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. It felt very hurtful and confusing to me. Nonetheless, she stayed in the group. I am responsible for Lauren being before you.. The Government showed that there were 25 people admitted into Keiths inner circle over the years, but it looks like some of them Jack Levy, Monica Duran, Kristin Keefe have had few, if any articles devoted to them on here. Im done. 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. Aww you're so welcome! Q But youve read the chats between Keith and Cami? She doesnt want a child with KAR, who cant even keep it up enough to even shoot blanks LOL. A Well, if I dont believe anything that any of my friends say, then I didnt experience any of that. She was more and more upset. 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. He would have had a child with you., Pea: When I try to get the 22nd or the 23rd, it shows as only one page. I mean, one of my concerns though is that Keith was not being honest with me about what was going on, and he was mischaracterizing things and making promises to me that were influencing my life decisions when I could have gone in other ways and was expressing that I wanted to. Lauren Salzman, who detailed the group's inner workings during four days of testimony at Keith Raniere's trial, was sentenced to probation. This is not the allegations. I . I was beginning to realize that I was looking forward to the end of January like my sons awaiting a Star Wars movie, and that I might be in for disappointment, is there another place to access these? 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. The judge said he would have CONSIDERED it, not allowed it. You may stand down. oh pea..you are a nut case. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Were you doing it to scare them? She had faced 14 to 17 1/2 years for working as Ranieres right-hand woman to lure victims into DOS. She said she could not sit with the defense and continue to lie. But most of my first-line DOS masters were telling me things that were gravely concerning to me that they were doing. At times she approached tears and spoke sometimes in a shaky voice. THE COURT: You can take your appeal if you should not be successful. Reading the direct transcripts is blowing my mind. She talked to the police through the bedroom door, asking if they had a warrant. For years, Raniere continued to hold the prospect of having a child with Salzman over her head, at one point giving her a timeline of between a year and five years. He revoked the option, however, after Salzman committed an ethical breach, jumping on a another man while celebrating a victory after a volleyball game.
NXIVM victim, neighbor react to Nancy Salzman's prison sentence Q And you didnt want to have to go through this criminal trial with him; is that fair to say? Q Did you intend to commit a racketeering violation at the time that you did it? I wanted to put the available transcripts from Keith Raniere's trial all in one place, for my own organizational purposes. 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. Q And these are meetings between Keith, Monica Duran, Dani Padilla, and Loreta Garza, right? Salzman, a former . Others were threatened with the release of their collateral - nude photos and other embarrassing material that female members turned over to their "masters" to ensure obedience and silence - if they didn't have unwanted sex with him. Salzman, who was in NXIVM's Executive Success Programs (ESP) for nearly two decades, testified that she had been with Raniere in a $10,000-a-week resort when authorities in Mexico arrested the. I just want to say thank you for this post. Salzman obviously did.
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AGNIFILO: I dont know why Your Honor cut off my cross-examination. A I felt insecure about it, but that wasnt what was troubling to me. Q you were still holding out hope, as of June 2016 when these conversations [2016] are taking place [with the other first-line DOS slaves] these meetings between Keith and these other women, [at this time] you are still holding out hope that you might end up with Keith? 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. Terrified, she called out Ranieres name, only for him to emerge from a walk-in closet next to the bedroom. Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a damning New York Times report that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. She was applying the principles that were taught to her in NXIVM. and our Learning that Cami and Keith had a special relationship is not what was troubling to me. 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. 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 We were running out of ideas as to what to do Salzman said, according to the New York Post. I am worried about her composure in this case. Who knew court transcripts could be so addictive?! She has said that she deeply regrets introducing her daughter to Nxivm and Raniere. 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. AP Lauren Salzman, 45, a former NXIVM collaborator of cult leader Keith Raniere, was sentenced on Wednesday to time served and five years of probation. All Rights reserved. A Yes. since her testimony, Salzman has become a . I showed reprehensible judgment, Salzman said. And I didnt have a problem. At that time, sheadmitted keeping a slave locked in a room for more than two years. THE COURT: You did, in many different ways. You didnt know he was with them at those times? President (To Win Colorado) (D) Joe Biden* (R) Donald Trump. This story has been shared 177,460 times.
USA v. Raniere et al, 1:18-cr-00204, No. 966 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 27, 2020) Trial Transcripts : r/theNXIVMcase - reddit It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced, she said. The ghoulish guru landed 120 years behind bars last year for his heinous crimes, and was recently ordered to pay his slew of victims nearly $3.5 million in restitution. 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. 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. Sorry.
lauren salzman testimony transcript - taocairo.com I'm sure you sound this way too. I figured this would be useful for others as well. I may not get everything right up here, but I will tell you, as a human being, it was the right decision. 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. Q And you said that Kristin told you, and a group of people, that she brought Daniella over the border. At one point, Raniere asked Danis mother, Adriana, to stay confined to a room adjacent to Danis, as a way to make it clear to Daniela that her actions were affecting other people close to her, Salzman testified.
NXIVM Cult Leader Lauren Salzman Avoids Prison Sentence - Variety And before Im a judge, Im a human being. Just trusting and loyal to someone who was gifted at manipulation. 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. Actually it sounds like Lauren was really being ethical and was waking up to what that really means. . I didnt understand the question. C-SPAN receives no funding from any government. La Secta Que Sedujo al Poder en Mxico by Juan Alberto Vasquez. Raniere's trial began on May 7 and ended on June 19, 2019. Agnifilos approach of what did you think at the time was a loser from the git-go. Yet she tried to remain calm.
NXIVM defector Lauren Salzman to be sentenced in July Q You said [in the direct examination] when Keith was arrested in Mexico, Mexican police came in and they had machine guns? 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. Yeah, where he says . 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. She was here and one day she was gone? Q Yeah, were you surprised that Keith was having these kinds of interactions with these women, most of whom he was sleeping with? 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. 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. A My intention was to prove to Keith that I was not so far below the ethical standard that he holds that I was I dont even know how far below I am.
NXIVM trial: Jury selection to begin in Upstate NY sex cult case - syracuse Life as a Nxivm 'Slave': Branding, Whippings - The New York Times Included in that group of eight was TVs Smallville actress Allison Mack and her now-wife, Nicki Clyne, according to Salzmans testimony. A I had concerns that it was problematic and I chose to go with what Keith said. 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.. A Well, yes. I think the full transcripts are meant to drop on January 21st.
How a mother and daughter rose up in Nxivm, got indicted and eventually Sex Toy Testimony at NXIVM Trial Raises Questions About Kink and Consent Its all there, its on the record. 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. That happened at least once that I know of. 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. The statement, which was read at trial, accused the media of shaming the women for engaging in consensual activities and spearheading a campaign against the rights of women and alternative lifestyles. At one point in the email, Raniere compared DOS members to authors of the Declaration of Independence. I thought that really went pretty far beyond the pale, frankly. To think I was right at your side and sacrificed for you. 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.
Formerly sealed deposition transcripts of NXVIM "sex cult" leaders now the part about her leaving suddenly I had conversations with Keith quite some time before she left where he wasnt sure he should spend time developing a close relationship with his son because of Kristin, and that if at some point he got close to Gaelyn, there might be some rift or separation between them that would be damaging to his son, so I think he foresaw that. I thought it was extremely excruciating. He should have taken a plea deal. If Lauren is a Rat and she had a child then that child would be a Ratchild. On Monday, Salzman provided more sensational details about the alleged inner workings of the group. 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.
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