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. Edmonsons husband publicly confronted Salzman about DOS at a NXIVM event, prompting the rest of the organization to learn about the existence of DOS. Salzman, the daughter of NXIVM. Nxivm trial: Women paddled and expected to be as obedient as 'hungry 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. AGNIFILO: Judge? A I knew there was some project that they were working on at one point in time. (AP Photo/Mary. I was very upset, she said. 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. This story has been shared 114,023 times. Agnifilo now switched to Dani who at this point had not yet testified but had been brought up by Lauren in her direct testimony. The defendant, Keith Raniere, is at the defense table with his other lawyers. When I try to get the 22nd or the 23rd, it shows as only one page. 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. The daughter of group cofounder Nancy Salzman, who has pleaded guilty to a single charge of racketeering conspiracy, Salzman, 42, began her testimony last week describing her first meeting. But most of my first-line DOS masters were telling me things that were gravely concerning to me that they were doing. I think Pam facilitated a number of Keiths personal and romantic relationships and kept them alive throughout the years. Lauren Salzman, whose mother co-founded Nxivm. In 2010, another NXIVM member that Raniere was sexually involved with, a Mexican woman identified only as Dani, fell in love with another man, which Raniere deemed an ethical breach. For more information, please see our 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. Hey, did you ever find the entirety of pacer testimony? Q You said on direct examination that you committed extortion; right? 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. THE COURT: Asked and answered. 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. The feds will try him again, but he may not have the benefit of the Seagrams millions to help with his defense. NXIVM victim, neighbor react to Nancy Salzman's prison sentence Nxivm inner circle member testifies in federal court and says she was The Judge did what his conscience told him to do- be a compassionate human. I committed to stay with nothing. Having said that, I didnt think Agnifilo went overboard, there were a lot of questions where Salzman wasnt answering the question being asked. La Secta Que Sedujo al Poder en Mxico by Juan Alberto Vasquez. Given that its almost impossible to imagine how continuing the questioning would have made any difference, I think theres almost no chance this matters on appeal. 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 $3.5 million in restitution. And I am not going to allow someone to be placed in this circumstance and then let it continue. Lauren Salzman,. Raniere was furious, saying he questioned whether he wanted to have a child with someone who could be so disrespectful to him. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 'The Vow Part II's' Most Disturbing NXIVM Revelation: The Three Mexican if(typeof(jQuery)=="function"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)}; TV actress Allison Mack, who was a slave master in the sex-cult and lured women into the group, got three years in prison . Q Let me just ask you the question. I thought it was extremely excruciating. At times she approached tears and spoke sometimes in a shaky voice. She should be very proud of herself that she took the stand, answered questions bravely and articulately. 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. Next question. In response to the bad press surrounding NXIVM, Raniere went into damage control mode. ( Lauren Salzman is accused of "coaching" and controlling Daniela during her imprisonment.) Salzman was a high-ranking NXIVM member who dodged a prison sentence entirely after testifying for the feds against Raniere. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. Lauren stepped down. Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. 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. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. 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. Hes been convicted. You lost everything Lauren. 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. It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced, she said. Allowed herself to be both vulnerable and strong. I stayed with Keith despite all the other [sexual] relationships, and that was something that he could have been honest with me about, and mischaracterizing and making me feel sorry for him because his life is so hard because we lost our friends and I cant get my shit together is not what was going on. NEW YORK (AP) After weeks of relentlessly lurid testimony, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Friday wrapped up their sex trafficking case against Keith Raniere, . This is especially true where, as here, there was not a pending question (here, the witness was allowed to answer the last question). A I dont recall. 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. That happened at least once that I know of. Q You said [in the direct examination] when Keith was arrested in Mexico, Mexican police came in and they had machine guns? Q And with the exception of Rosa Laura, Keith slept with all of those women? Press J to jump to the feed. 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. So, sure. I'm been addicted to reading every single thing related to NXIVM in the past two weeks. He would have had a child with you. 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, and I think there were some with Allison [Mack] and Rosa Laura [Junco] too. Sustained. The man Salzman had previously described as her most important person her mentor, spiritual advisor, and lover; the man whose initials she had chosen to brand into the flesh above her abdomen; the man who had taught her the values of love, sacrifice, personal responsibility and courage had, when confronted with arrest, run away and hidden in a walk-in closet. She seemed still a bit in love with Raniere, even if it had intellectually sunk in that he was a monster. And he exited the courtroom. get it? The judge were in stopping this and because of this the appeal will be successful and Keith will be free. Q When you were in DOS before anybody was arrested, were you doing things intentionally to break the law? The account of Ranieres arrest capped off the highly revealing direct testimony of Salzman, who has pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy. Everyone rises for the jury. Knowledge of the group became widespread in late 2017, after the. Keith Raniere's Nxivm sex cult trial: What we learned - BBC News NXIVM defector Lauren Salzman to be sentenced in July What am I doing wrong? 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. She said she could not sit with the defense and continue to lie. This organization is nuts. She had faced 14 to 17 1/2 years for working as Ranieres right-hand woman to lure victims into DOS. 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 . 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. 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. You had plenty of if you had other things to say, you could have gone on and said them. 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 . And before Im a judge, Im a human being. 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. If the appeal is successful, Keith will be in the exact same place he was before the trial began in jail, indicted, and awaiting court. I did not do that in my group [get Keith sex slaves]. , and Padilla purchased various BDSM sex toys for use during penance, as a sex-toy company owner testified last week. Salzman flew into a panic. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. Lauren Salzman is a name that you'll hear prominently in the unraveling of the self-help group NXIVM. AGNIFILO: I am not trying to argue with you. HBO's The Vow, inevitably, features her story. If you read through the transcript, news articles and asked anyone at the closing arguments, your Vanturd is guilty without Salzmans testimony. The one who was not applying them was the man who made them up Keith Raniere. THE COURT: I took her guilty plea, sir. Q But youve read the chats between Keith and Cami? 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Appeals court upholds sentences for NXIVM sex cult leaders, Nxivm sex cult leader Keith Raniere claims prison transfer puts his life at risk, Nxivm leader Keith Raniere claims feds conspiring against him with hermaphrodite cellmate, Nxivm leader complains fellow sex trafficker left him dizzy after prison beatdown, keeping a woman named Daniela captive in a room, was slapped with six years and nine months behind bars. [she is alternately tearing up and holding back tears.]. 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. She rose up and is actually practicing what she preached. The emotional sentencing capped a lengthy legal case that saw Salzman, who now works as a dog groomer, turn on longtime ally Keith Raniere and help put the twisted cult leader behind bars. But it was too late- the defense had rested. If youre going to commit a crime, dont record yourself admitting to it. 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. This is so great! Per federal transcripts, Mack told prosecutors . I am worried about her composure in this case, the judge explained to an apparently perplexed Mark []. I didnt want to sit at the defense table and tell a false story about what happened. She doesnt want a child with KAR, who cant even keep it up enough to even shoot blanks LOL. Former Top NXIVM Lieutenant With New Career in Dog Grooming - Yahoo Lurid testimony wraps up in case against self-help guru Q So you heard conversations well, can I ask you a question, do you love Keith? The group was founded by so-called "Vanguard" Keith Raniere. Allison Mack Sentenced to Prison For Her NXIVM Charges in 2021 The relationships I learned about when I joined but it wasnt confusing to me that there had been time spent developing those things. The organization is commonly called a "cult," and has been termed a "racketeering enterprise" by the U.S. government. 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. Yeah, where he says . The Government didnt teach me that. This is not the allegations. Instead of delaying the trial until the next day. Salzman said Ranierehad sex with seven of the eight members of the top inner circle, known as DOS an acronym for a Latin phrase roughly translated as "Lord/master of obedient women." Full name: Lauren Salzman Gender: Female Date of birth: 1977 Age: 44 years old (as of 2021) Ethnicity: White Nationality: American Famous for: Member of NXIVM Sexuality: Straight Height in feet: 5'5" Height in centimetres: 165 Hair colour: Black Eye colour: Green Father: Michael Salzman Mother: Nancy Salzman Sister: Michelle Salzman Thats what I did when I was in DOS. 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. He was my master, Salzman said during the start of her testimony last week, adding that she respected him, and trusted him and I wanted to be like him. She called him Doomp, and he called her Lorn/Forlorn, cause I was sad and suffering, she said. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! This is Part 6 of Lauren Salzman: Cross-Examination Stopped by Judge. Lauren Salzman, a former high-ranking Nxivm member who testified - CNN Nonetheless, she continued to follow Ranieres orders to not allow Dani to have access to her papers, on the grounds that she wanted him to think she was willing to do what it took to be a responsible parent., planned to build a dungeon in the basement of the sorority house. At one point, she said, she wanted to have a relationship with another man, and approached Raniere to ask for permission. Frank made an excellent decision in the way he chose to realease Laurens testimony. Salzman flew into a panic. She described how the sick Svengali, with whom she had a 17-year relationship, was in the process of building a sex dungeon full of cages and BDSM equipment when he was arrested in 2018. Lauren Salzman's Sensational and Damning Testimony United States v. Raniere, 1:18-cr-00204 - CourtListener.com Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. THE COURT: You said thats not what made it hard? 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In the end it wont matter at all, because hes very obviously guilty, by the taped words from his own mouth. I think that Pams passing away relates to the start of DOS. NXIVM trial: 'Complete meltdown' for ex-lover - Times Union Who knew court transcripts could be so addictive?! Agnifilos approach of what did you think at the time was a loser from the git-go. I have to sentence this defendant and what you did was, basically, ask her to make legal judgments about whether what she did in pleading guilty was farcical that she took somebody elses advice, some lawyer, so she could get out from under a trial. Q Did you think it was extortion when you took the stuff? Q What was your intention when you were in DOS? Yet she tried to remain calm. Among the more sensational allegations: Some women "slaves" in a secret NXIVM sorority were branded with Raniere's initials as part of their initiation. FacebookZuckerberg_NewsCorpMurdoch_Twitter_CIA_FBI_MI6 - inltv.co.uk Learning that Cami and Keith had a special relationship is not what was troubling to me. NXIVM Sex Slave Testifies About Naked Meetings, Dungeon - Rolling Stone