The trial transcripts offer by far the most gripping (and soul-crushing) account for sure. A The conversations sound different to me now than they did before and so I dont hear them the same way and thats difficult. Im done. She was more and more upset. All the links come from the docket, available at Court Listener: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6374665/united-states-v-raniere. I misheard the answer. Thats what I did when I was in DOS. Judge, can we have a sidebar? And when I found that I had done things that I believe are wrongful, and also criminal, I did exactly what Keith taught me to do, which is take responsibility for and figure out how to fix it. If you read through the transcript, news articles and asked anyone at the closing arguments, your Vanturd is guilty without Salzmans testimony. Lauren Salzman leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York. Numskull. I was annoyed initially but now I understand. Youre back! 'The Vow Part II's' Most Disturbing NXIVM Revelation: The Three Mexican I lied to everybody. Judges have great power to control the courtroom. 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. Our legal system gaurantees the right to a trial by jury, but when there is a recording of your confession, why bother? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Following Ranieres arrest in Mexico, Salzman said, she started to come to terms with the true extent of Ranieres thrall over her; at times, she appeared to be processing it even while she was on the stand. And before Im a judge, Im a human being. This story has been shared 114,023 times. Frank made an excellent decision in the way he chose to realease Laurens testimony. 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. There would be a cage for the people who were most committed to growth,'' Salzman testified. Lauren Salzman, who detailed the group's inner workings during four days of testimony at Keith Raniere's trial, was sentenced to probation. Raniere also drafted a public statement defending the existence of DOS while simultaneously denying he had anything to do with it. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. AGNIFILO: I dont know why Your Honor cut off my cross-examination. A Oh, Im sorry. 80% . A Well, if I dont believe anything that any of my friends say, then I didnt experience any of that. Q So you heard conversations well, can I ask you a question, do you love Keith? windshield wiper broke off while driving. This is so great! there is going to be the part of DOS that other people know and then theres going to be this other secret sex part of DOS where were going to get slaves to pleasure us that was not what I signed up for. THE COURT: I took her guilty plea, sir. I dont know that. Longtime Nxivm accountant Kathy Russell, who has copped to charges of visa fraud, still awaits sentencing. Lauren Salzman, 42, testified that the same young woman, identified as Daniela, was confined to a bedroom for two years - all because she gained weight and asked to see a man other than Raniere. The Most Disturbing Details From the NXIVM Docuseries Agnifilo states, he was done. He basically verbally confessed to racketeering. They began a sexual relationship in 2001, which they continued in secret until 2008 or 2009, while she was in DOS. Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. Next question. 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. She had been on the floor and he had kicked her, Salzman recounted Padilla telling her. Apparently emboldened by her demonstration of loyalty, Raniere once again brought up the idea of fathering a child with Salzman, accompanying her to doctors office visits so she could receive fertility treatments. Q And you said that Kristin told you, and a group of people, that she brought Daniella over the border. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Every Wild Allegation From the NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Trial Pea!! I created enough damage to thwart our plans together for the rest of our lives, Salzman read from the document in court on Friday. Sex Toy Testimony at NXIVM Trial Raises Questions About Kink and Consent Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. She had faced 14 to 17 1/2 years for working as Ranieres right-hand woman to lure victims into DOS. And he exited the courtroom. A Well, yes. Nxivm trial hears of debauchery and cruelty within alleged 'sex cult' Keith Raniere's Nxivm sex cult trial: What we learned - BBC News and this is at a time when you and Keith are still talking about you possibly having children in the spring of 2016; correct? Lauren and the others will have had even more time to get perspective on what actually happened and why. AP Lauren Salzman, 45, a former NXIVM collaborator of cult leader Keith Raniere, was sentenced on Wednesday to time served and five years of probation. THE COURT: Asked and answered. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Prominent NXIVM cult leader Lauren Salzman avoids jail time after Salzmans crying and sobbing is because she was realizing how bad she f*cked up and will now pay for it while being questioned, although the judge may instead invite her to lunch. The defendant, Keith Raniere, is at the defense table with his other lawyers. And then I found out, during that time, he started like twelve new [sexual] relationships with people who were not compensating for those holes that were left in the organization [by Pam and Barbara Jeske] many of them didnt even share any of our values. Salzman testified that she was even branded during a 2017 ceremony. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Q You have learned more about Keiths relationship with Cami, for instance? Redirect? I lied to the entire community about it, she testified. Court Reporter/Transcriber TypeWrite Word Processing Service, Telephone number 518-581-8973. NXIVM Member Testifies She Was Imprisoned In Room for Almost Two Years NXIVM victim, neighbor react to Nancy Salzman's prison sentence The links no longer appear to work. A federal judge sentenced Lauren Salzman, a high-ranking leader of an upstate New York sex cult, to five years of probation on Wednesday, following her "extraordinary" assistance to prosecutors. A I didnt know specifically it was a racketeering violation, but I knew things were illegal that I was doing and I did them anyway. 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. We've received your submission. PUBLISHED 4:16 PM ET May 20, 2019. When police finally kicked down the door, Salzman said, they pushed her to the ground and pointed guns at her. Id. She was supposed to be sentenced in 2019, and could face up to twenty years behind bars for her part in NXIVM. 'I'm Trying to Break Her': Former NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Member Details Misogynistic Methods of Control. Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Nancy Salzman, also known as "Prefect," the former president and co-founder of Nxivm, was sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis for racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of conspiracy to commit identity Pea, just imagine babies that looked like this: I showed reprehensible judgment, Salzman said. Lauren Salzman, a "first-line master" within DOS, testified that there were five stages of recruitment. Q You didnt know the specifics of the conversations because you werent there; right? I knew that before. Lauren Salzman told a Brooklyn jury that as members of a secret master-slave society within an upstate New York group called Nxivm, women were so brainwashed they would jump at all hours. On Wednesday, Salzman apologized for keeping a woman named Daniela captive in a room from 2010 to 2012 at Ranieres request and threatening to deport her to Mexico. She probably provided the most damning piece of evidence in this case. Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a. that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. The seduction assignment, he said, was intended to give women an experience with the man where the man couldve abused his power, but didnt.. Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a damning New York Times report that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. It kills me that I hurt people that I loved so much, a teary Salzman told the court. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. ; see, e.g., Trial Transcript ("Tr.") at 619-24 (testimony of Mark Vicente regarding Nxivm recruitment strategies); id. I hope he is abjectly miserable right now. THE COURT: You can take your appeal if you should not be successful. I figured this would be useful for others as well. As Salzman ascended through NXIVMs ranks, Raniere encouraged her to have sex with other women he was involved with, but forbade her to sleep with other men. Like Allison Mack, she pled guilty to racketeering & racketeering conspiracy. I didnt know what it was. A She would draft the e-mail and suggest that the family use it and then Hector would use Kristins drafted e-mail, yes. Salzman flew into a panic. This is Part 6 of Lauren Salzman: Cross-Examination Stopped by Judge. So you have your record, and if there is a conviction, you can appeal my decision to the Second Circuit, okay? JDK-8141210 : Very slow loading of JavaScript file with recent JDK