NEW YORK: An heiress to the Seagram's liquor fortune and three other folks have been arrested on Tuesday in reference to the investigation of a selfimprovement organisation accused of branding some of its female fans and forcing them into unwanted intercourse.
Clare Bronfman, 39, daughter of the past due former Seagram chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr, surrendered to the FBI and pleaded no longer in charge to racketeering charges. She was once freed from custody following a courtroom appearance the place she pledged to post a $100 million bond to verify her return to courtroom.
US district pass judgement on Nicholas Garaufis set the prime amount after hearing prosecutors label her a flight chance and learning she has a internet price of more or less $200 million, together with a stake in an island resort in Fiji.
Bronfman did not remark as she left a federal courthouse in Brooklyn. She was once to remain beneath area arrest following her free up.
Bronfman is accused in an indictment of serving to NXIVM founder and leader, Keith Raniere, exercise keep an eye on over team participants, together with id robbery, interception of electronic communications and cash laundering. She was once part of an "inner circle" of loyalists who "committed crimes like identity theft and obstruction of justice to sex trafficking, to promote and protect Raniere and NXIVM," US lawyer Richard Donoghue said.
Also, arrested on Tuesday have been Nancy Salzman, who was once the organisation's longtime president; her daughter, Lauren Salzman; and a former bookkeeper Kathy Russell. All 3 have been released on bail.
Despite complaint by means of ex-followers who called NXIVM a cult and a pyramid scheme, its self-improvement classes had earned it 1000's of adherents, together with some with Hollywood ties. They integrated "Battlestar Galactica" actress Nicki Clyne; Bronfman's sister Sara Bronfman; a son of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari; and India Oxenberg, daughter of "Dynasty" actress Catherine Oxenberg.
Clare Bronfman, 39, daughter of the past due former Seagram chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr, surrendered to the FBI and pleaded no longer in charge to racketeering charges. She was once freed from custody following a courtroom appearance the place she pledged to post a $100 million bond to verify her return to courtroom.
US district pass judgement on Nicholas Garaufis set the prime amount after hearing prosecutors label her a flight chance and learning she has a internet price of more or less $200 million, together with a stake in an island resort in Fiji.
Bronfman did not remark as she left a federal courthouse in Brooklyn. She was once to remain beneath area arrest following her free up.
Bronfman is accused in an indictment of serving to NXIVM founder and leader, Keith Raniere, exercise keep an eye on over team participants, together with id robbery, interception of electronic communications and cash laundering. She was once part of an "inner circle" of loyalists who "committed crimes like identity theft and obstruction of justice to sex trafficking, to promote and protect Raniere and NXIVM," US lawyer Richard Donoghue said.
Also, arrested on Tuesday have been Nancy Salzman, who was once the organisation's longtime president; her daughter, Lauren Salzman; and a former bookkeeper Kathy Russell. All 3 have been released on bail.
Despite complaint by means of ex-followers who called NXIVM a cult and a pyramid scheme, its self-improvement classes had earned it 1000's of adherents, together with some with Hollywood ties. They integrated "Battlestar Galactica" actress Nicki Clyne; Bronfman's sister Sara Bronfman; a son of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari; and India Oxenberg, daughter of "Dynasty" actress Catherine Oxenberg.
Seagram heiress arrested over links to NY 'sex cult'
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