Self-help guru requests new trial in sex-trafficking case

NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a cult-like self-improvement group that attracted heiresses and Hollywood actresses is requesting a new trial in his sex-trafficking case. A jury convicted Keith Raniere in June on all counts of sex-trafficking and coercing women into sex. He and his lawyers filed a motion Monday in Brooklyn federal court... Read More

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Keith Raniere

June 20, 2019

Self-help guru convicted in lurid sex-trafficking case

NEW YORK (AP) — The guru of a cult-like self-improvement group that attracted heiresses and Hollywood actresses was convicted Wednesday of turning his female devotees into his sex slaves through such means as shame, punishment and nude blackmail photos. A jury in federal court in Brooklyn took less than five hours to find 58-year-old Keith... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

June 19, 2019

Jury deliberations begin in ‘branded women’ trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating at the trial of the former leader of an upstate New York self-help group that prosecutors say branded women. The deliberations in the case against Keith Raniere (rah-NEER’-ee) started Wednesday morning in federal court in Brooklyn. Prosecutors have told jurors that said the 58-year-old Raniere’s organization,... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

June 17, 2019

Closing arguments at trial of self-improvement group founder

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor says the former spiritual leader of a cult-like self-improvement group was a “con man” and a “crime boss.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza delivered closing arguments on Monday at the trial of Keith Raniere (rah-NEER’-ee). Penza recounted testimony that Raniere had some of his brainwashed female followers branded... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

May 30, 2019

Woman testifies about alleged confinement by self-help guru

NEW YORK (AP) — Getting involved with purported self-help sage Keith Raniere meant having no say on whether to get an abortion, being tasked with monitoring a billionaire’s hacked email account and getting banished alone in a bedroom for nearly two years after showing interest in another man. That was the price a government witness... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

May 22, 2019

Witness: Self-help guru was both a coward and bully

NEW YORK (AP) — Self-help guru Keith Raniere was a coward during his arrest last year in Mexico on a U.S. sex-trafficking charge and a bully when dealing with a follower who failed to adhere to his twisted code of ethics, a witness testified Tuesday at Raniere’s New York City trial. The follower was confined... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

May 10, 2019

Ex-follower in case of branded women: Leader was a con man

NEW YORK (AP) — Self-help guru Keith Raniere was brilliant – so brilliant that the government considered him a threat and that his energy could impact weather. Those myths and other oddities about the spiritual leader of the secretive upstate New York organization called NXIVM were detailed on Thursday by a former group official testifying... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

May 8, 2019

Witness testifies on secret society’s ‘sex slave’ initiation

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman testified on Tuesday that shortly after being recruited for a secret “master-slave” society within an upstate New York self-help group she got a disturbing message from her handler: It was her turn to “seduce” the group’s leader, Keith Raniere. The witness at Raniere’s trial at federal court in Manhattan... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

May 7, 2019

Trial opens in sex-trafficking case against self-help guru

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City jury is set to hear opening statements and testimony at the sex-trafficking case against a self-help guru. The trial beginning Tuesday is expected to feature testimony from women who claim that they were forced to have sex with Keith Raniere. He’s the former leader of an upstate... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

March 19, 2019

NY self-help guru pleads not guilty to child porn charges

NEW YORK (AP) — The spiritual leader of an upstate New York self-help group pleaded not guilty on Monday to newly filed child pornography charges at a hearing where it became clear that his co-defendants are trying to avoid going to trial with him next month. Keith Raniere was charged last week with exploiting a... Read More

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Keith Raniere

September 14, 2018

Sex-trafficking case against self-help group could expand

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor says there could be more criminal charges brought against the leader of a purported self-help group who’s accused of forcing women into having unwanted sex. Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza also told a Brooklyn judge at a hearing on Thursday that it’s possible more people could be charged... Read More

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Keith Raniere, NXIVM

June 13, 2018

Judge denies bail for NXIVM founder

NEW YORK (AP) — An heiress is being considered a “co-conspirator” in a sensational sex-trafficking case in which the jailed founder of a purported self-help group is accused of branding women, a federal prosecutor said at a hearing Tuesday. Keith Raniere was denied bail as his lawyers sought his release on $10 million bond, using... Read More

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Keith Raniere

Self-help guru requests new trial in sex-trafficking case

Self-help guru convicted in lurid sex-trafficking case

Jury deliberations begin in ‘branded women’ trial

Closing arguments at trial of self-improvement group founder

Woman testifies about alleged confinement by self-help guru

Witness: Self-help guru was both a coward and bully

Ex-follower in case of branded women: Leader was a con man

Witness testifies on secret society’s ‘sex slave’ initiation

Trial opens in sex-trafficking case against self-help guru

NY self-help guru pleads not guilty to child porn charges

Sex-trafficking case against self-help group could expand

Judge denies bail for NXIVM founder

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