Allison Mack's Wife Nicki Clyne Defends Convicted NXIVM Founder Keith Raniere

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Allison Mack Jemal CountessGetty Images Detailed information about the inner workings of upstate New York's so-called "sex cult" continue to be revealed as federal prosecutors pursue cases against its highest-ranking members, including the group's leader, Keith Raniere, who was found guilty of sex trafficking and forced labor charges. An investigative journalist from the Times Union of Albany first exposed the group called NXIVM in a series of features in 2012 questioning its strange sex practices.

A wealthy benefactor of Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of a self-improvement group in upstate New York convicted of turning women into sex slaves who were branded with his initials, was sentenced Wednesday to almost seven years in prison in the federal conspiracy case. Seagram’s liquor fortune heir Clare Bronfman was taken into custody to begin her 81-month sentence immediately after her appearance in federal court in Brooklyn.

Clare Bronfman has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for her role in the NXIVM cult. She pleaded guilty in 2019 to charges related to the notorious group and its leader Keith Raniere, who was also arrested back in 2018. “She used her incredible wealth as a means of intimidation, threat and exacting revenge on individuals who challenged its [Nxivm] dogmas,” Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis said during sentencing in Brooklyn federal court on September 30. The judge also ordered the daughter of the late Canadian billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr. to pay a $500,000 fine. Five other members of the cult, including Smallville star Allison Mack, are still awaiting sentencing. Here’s 5 things to know about Clare.

Janet W. Lee Clare Bronfman — benefactor of Nxivm founder Keith Raniere and Seagram liquor heir — became the first defendant sentenced for the marketing company’s human-trafficking and sexual abuse case.

A wealthy benefactor of Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of a self-improvement group in upstate New York convicted of turning women into sex slaves branded with his initials, is facing sentencing in the federal conspiracy case. Seagram’s liquor fortune heiress Clare Bronfman is due to appear on Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn.

A group of NXIVM members have enlisted the help of Amanda Knox — an American woman who was convicted for a 2007 murder but ultimately exonerated — in a bid to help the group’s leader, Keith Raniere.

Allison Mack 's wife Nicki Clyne has come to the defence of 'sex cult' Nxivm.

Former “Battlestar Galactica” actress and NXIVM member Nicki Clyne is speaking publicly for the first time since Keith Raniere was convicted in 2019 on seven counts, including sex trafficking, racketeering and conspiracy charges, after the self-help organization he founded was exposed as a ponzi scheme and cult that forced many female recruits into sexual slavery.

Nicki Clyne, known for her role on "Battlestar Galactica," is speaking out publicly in support of NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere. He was convicted in June 2019 on seven counts that included racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and attempted sex trafficking.

The Vow, currently airing on HBO, offers a compelling inside glimpse at the world of NXIVM — on the surface a self-improvement program that recruited a good number of film and TV actors; but in actuality a front for an insidious sex-cult revolving around one man, Keith Raniere. A former Amway salesman, Raniere, 60, employedSmallvillestar Alison Mack to recruit him female sex partners —who famously branded his initials into their pubic regions with a cauterizing wand.