Keith Raniere, head of NXIVM 'sex cult' has been found guilty on seven counts including racketeering, possession of child pornography, extortion, sexual exploitation of a child, and forced labor
The former girlfriend of Raniere, the leader of the spiritual organization, was only about an hour off. After six weeks of grueling testimony, during which witnesses gave grueling testimony about being held down and branded, beaten with paddles, and coerced into having sex with the defendant, Raniere has been found guilty of all seven of the criminal charges against him. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
To convict Raniere of the racketeering charge, jurors had to find him guilty of at least two of 11 predicate acts, including possession of child pornography, extortion, sexual exploitation of a child, and forced labor. They found him guilty on all 11.leading up to the verdict, Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor in the Eastern District and managing partner of Tucker Levin, said that for this reason, the racketeering charge would be most difficult for Raniere’s defense team to beat.
During her opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya Hajjar characterized Raniere as a “con man” who “targeted people looking to improve their lives. “Once he gained their trust, he exploited it,” Hajjar said. Her opening arguments primarily focused on DOS, the all-female organization that was the subject of thepiece. She accused Raniere of instructing first-line DOS slaves to recruit women by telling them it was a female empowerment group.
During the trial proceedings, jurors heard testimony from Daniela, a former NXIVM member who said she was imprisoned by Raniere in a room for more than two years as punishment for falling in love with another man; Nicole, a former DOS slave who alleged that, as part of DOS, she was blindfolded, tied to a table, and forced to have a stranger perform oral sex on her; and Salzman, another former DOS slave and NXIVM insider who alleged that Raniere instructed her to withhold the true purpose of DOS...
During one particularly brutal moment, jurors looked at naked photographs of Camila which were allegedly taken when she was 15, which were found on a hard drive on Raniere’s computer in a folder titled “Studies.” The folder contained hundreds of photos of women in NXIVM, all of whom were posed to prominently display their genitalia.
In front of a packed courtroom on Monday and Tuesday morning, Agnifilo did not attempt to refute the government’s characterization of Raniere’s actions, particularly in the context of DOS, saying that the jury may find his behavior “disgusting” and his lifestyle “distasteful.” He did, however, dispute that any of the allegations against him constituted criminal acts, arguing, as he did throughout much of the trial, that there was no evidence that the activities in DOS were not consensual.
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