Lauren Salzman, daughter of the group . HBO's The Vow, inevitably, features her story. Instead of delaying the trial until the next day. Former devotee Lauren Salzman told a New York City jury that members of secret master-slave society Nxivm were brainwashed to respond at all hours when asked for "acts of care". Q What was your intention when you were in DOS? She said she could not sit with the defense and continue to lie. Salzman, along with former TV actress Allison Mack and others, was part of 60-year-old Ranieres circle of first-line masters who helped to command the group. Court Reporter/Transcriber TypeWrite Word Processing Service, Telephone number 518-581-8973. THE COURT: You can take your appeal if you should not be successful. A former follower of self-help guru Keith Raniere says he was a taskmaster who expected her to be as obedient as a "hungry dog." Lauren Salzman testified Monday that she and other women, including TV actress Allison Mack, were under orders to send Raniere nude photos of themselves and paddle each other if they . Lauren Salzman leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York. Do you think you can do some articles about how they got involved, why they were allowed into Keiths inner circle, and what crimes they committed or may have committed. A Yes, but it was at a time when Keith and I werent interacting very much [during] the two years that Pam was sick and dying. He also instructed the group to make a website for the group under the new name Bar Alpha Mu, as he had told the women to tell other members of NXIVM that the brand was not of his initials, but of the Greek symbols. Lauren is a rat. AGNIFILO: Your Honor, most respectfully and I am not going to belabor the point I think it is an important she talked about the change in perspective, she did, and Im trying to explore that change. Bronfman has asked a federal appellate court to vacate her old sentence and order she be resentenced. Q So the Government plays these recordings for you; right? Its possible that the judge made a mistake that another judge will find to be so egregious that Keith was denied his right to cross-examine witnesses against him. [she is alternately tearing up and holding back tears.]. The date is May 22, 2019. Lauren testified that she was under the impression the woman would be kept in the room for a few days but her "stay" actually lasted 18 to 24 months. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. May 7, 2019: first day of the trial; includes opening statements (Tanya Hajjar for the prosecution, Marc Agnifilo for the defense) and the beginning of the first witness testimony, by Sylvie [last name redacted by order of the court], a DOS "slave" under Monica Duran, May 8, 2019: continuation of Sylvie's testimony; start of Mark Vicente's testimony, May 9, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 13, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 14, 2019: no witnesses, just proceedings, May 15, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 16, 2019: Mark Vicente, Stephen Herbits, Charles Fontanelli, May 17, 2019: Charles Fontanelli, Sean Welch, Lauren Salzman, May 28, 2019: Daniela [last name redacted], May 29, 2019: Daniela [last name redacted], continued, June 5, 2019: James Loperfido, Maegan Rees, June 6, 2019: Maegan Rees continued, Dawn Hughes, Nicole [last name redacted], June 7, 2019: Nicole [last name redacted], continued. Thanks. Q You said on direct examination that you committed extortion; right? He would have had a child with you. [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/silicone-baby-avatar-babyclon-1.jpg. Like Allison Mack, she pled guilty to racketeering & racketeering conspiracy. Also, as far as proving that Lauren Salzman didnt really think she was guilty of anything-(which is what Agnifilo seemed to be trying to prove). Raniere's trial began on May 7 and ended on June 19, 2019. If the appeal is successful, Keith will be in the exact same place he was before the trial began in jail, indicted, and awaiting court. Salzman spent four days on the witness stand during Raniere's 2019 trial, testifying about the group's inner workings, Raniere's involvement, and her own failed attempts to leave the group. 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. a fish hole. Raniere has pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking and other charges. Lauren Salzman is a name that you'll hear prominently in the unraveling of the self-help group NXIVM. The statement, which was read at trial, accused the media of shaming the women for engaging in consensual activities and spearheading a campaign against the rights of women and alternative lifestyles. At one point in the email, Raniere compared DOS members to authors of the Declaration of Independence. 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. A I knew they had a relationship. Steve's work features mainly in the chapter MK-ULTRA in Australia. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. This is especially true where, as here, there was not a pending question (here, the witness was allowed to answer the last question). And before Im a judge, Im a human being. Salzman, a former member of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's Read More FILE - This Oct. 4, 2018 photo shows Lauren Salzman as she leaves Brooklyn Federal Court in New York. All right? As NXIVM membership rates dwindled, Salzman stuck to the narrative that Raniere was unconnected to DOS and had no knowledge of the group. Part 1: Lauren Salzman: Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Women of Raniere and Laurens Acceptance of Them, Part 2: Lauren Salzman Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Lauren Asked If She Was an Adult, Part 3: Lauren Salzman Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Laurens Pain Over Not Having Child, Part 4: Lauren Salzman: Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Branding Was Supposed to Be a Sisterly Bonding Experience, Part 5: Lauren Salzman: Cross-Examination Stopped by Judge: I felt I needed Keith 100 Percent. Longtime Nxivm accountant Kathy Russell, who has copped to charges of visa fraud, still awaits sentencing. Unfortunately for Raniere, however, the ceremony never happened, as authorities arrived at Ranieres home on March 25 to arrest him on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. 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. The man Salzman had previously described as her most important person her mentor, spiritual advisor, and lover; the man whose initials she had chosen to brand into the flesh above her abdomen; the man who had taught her the values of love, sacrifice, personal responsibility and courage had, when confronted with arrest, run away and hidden in a walk-in closet. 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. I created enough damage to thwart our plans together for the rest of our lives, Salzman read from the document in court on Friday. 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. See full search documentation. Q Yeah, were you surprised that Keith was having these kinds of interactions with these women, most of whom he was sleeping with? Was Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis right to halt the cross-examination of Lauren Salzman? Lauren and the others will have had even more time to get perspective on what actually happened and why. And I think DOS took the place of that, in large part, because now you have slaves going out specifically looking for sexual relationships and personal relationships for Keith. And she was becoming disillusioned because she was watching him lie and telling her to lie and it was totally not ethical. The judge said he would have CONSIDERED it, not allowed it. Others were threatened with the release of their collateral - nude photos and other embarrassing material that female members turned over to their "masters" to ensure obedience and silence - if they didn't have unwanted sex with him. No relationship, no baby. A Yes. Salzman, the former president and co-founder of NXIVM, was sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, to 42 months in prison and fined $150,000, but won't be locked up until January. On Friday, Lauren Salzman, 42, took the stand in the trial against Keith Alan Raniere. at 1619-20 (testimony of Lauren Salzman that Raniere preferred DOS recruits to be individuals "in positions of power and influence"). CA. We were supposed to be uniform: All looking the same, and fully frontally naked, Salzman testified. , and Padilla purchased various BDSM sex toys for use during penance, as a sex-toy company owner testified last week. She has described, both in her court testimony and in the HBO documentary The Vow, the emotional. AGNIFILO: I am not trying to argue with you. I think Lauren did an excellent job of clearly articulating things as they were and not getting tripped up by Agnifilo. and our Q Let me just ask you the question. Lauren Salzman's attorneys argued for no jail time given her cooperation and testimony during Keith Raniere's trial in 2019. She described how the sick Svengali, with whom she had a 17-year relationship, was in the process of building a sex dungeon full of cages and BDSM equipment when he was arrested in 2018. They were then whipped and paddled with a spiked sex toy, she claimed. The daughter of group cofounder Nancy Salzman, who has pleaded guilty to a single charge of racketeering conspiracy, Salzman, 42, began her testimony last week describing her first meeting. Such penance including paddlings with a leather strap, which Raniere would occasionally supervise remotely via conference call. 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. I dont know that. Lauren Salzman,. Lauren Salzman detailed the allegations in Brooklyn federal court, testifying that Keith Raniere had plans to build a sex dungeon in a home the group owned in Waterford, N.Y. "They were making a dungeon in the basement. I wanted to put the available transcripts from Keith Raniere's trial all in one place, for my own organizational purposes. Q Do you know if a box of her belongings was taken to your mothers house? She also told the judge that she kept the woman captive from March 2010 to April 2012 while [threatening] to deport Jane Doe 4 back to Mexico if she did not complete labor requested by myself and others.. Lauren Salzman was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to time served and ordered her to perform 300 hours of community service Credit: AP 4 She was a former member of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's inner circle Prosecutors noted her "credible, detailed" testimony against her ex Raniere at his 2019 trial as reason for leniency. That it will be done. Lauren Salzman reported to Raniere regarding Daniela's "progress," but You didnt know he was with them at those times? Q Youve been through a lot for Keith; right? The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. I knew that before. Lauren woke up! pmc_jwplayer('jwplayer_c132tQIF_yTTJs9q5_div','yTTJs9q5').setup( Who cares whether she had convinced herself at the time that it was not illegal or illegal but allowed or whatever. She was dressed in a black pant suit. Alright? The seduction assignment, he said, was intended to give women an experience with the man where the man couldve abused his power, but didnt.. His work to expose and take down NXIVM is featured in books like Captive by Catherine Oxenberg, Scarred by Sarah Edmonson, The Program by Toni Natalie, and NXIVM. Q But youve read the chats between Keith and Cami? I misheard the answer. 'I'm Trying to Break Her': Former NXIVM 'Sex Cult' Member Details Misogynistic Methods of Control. That's led to speculation she may cooperate. if(typeof(jQuery)=="function"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)}; Salzman was a high-ranking NXIVM member who dodged a prison sentence entirely after testifying for the feds against Raniere. I am responsible for Lauren being before you.. A I had concerns that it was problematic and I chose to go with what Keith said. THE COURT: You may ask your question. The jury was dismissed. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. Q And one thats one of the things that you went through; right? And I didnt have a problem. They began a sexual relationship in 2001, which they continued in secret until 2008 or 2009, while she was in DOS. I think Pam facilitated a number of Keiths personal and romantic relationships and kept them alive throughout the years. 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 In the end it wont matter at all, because hes very obviously guilty, by the taped words from his own mouth. She was applying the principles that were taught to her in NXIVM. It was not interrupted and wasnt getting anywhere with Lauren. AGNIFILO: Judge? Salzman, the daughter of NXIVM. I was very upset, she said. You could have asked your questions and moved on to the next question, but you kept coming back, and I am not going to have someone have a nervous breakdown on the witness stand in front of excuse me, this is not DOS. Were you doing it to scare them? According to Salzmans testimony, he and Dani reached an agreement that she would be confined in a room in a home she shared with her parents, with no communication with the outside world; if she did not agree to these terms, Salzman testified, she would have to go back to Mexico. 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The judge were in stopping this and because of this the appeal will be successful and Keith will be free. Its better than any book. And her testimony was transcribed verbatim. 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. She was told. Q And with the exception of Rosa Laura, Keith slept with all of those women? She has said that she deeply regrets introducing her daughter to Nxivm and Raniere. Mack, 38, of Smallville fame, was sentenced to three years in prison last month, after prosecutors asked for leniency due to her cooperation. Of all the regrettable things I have done with Keith and Nxivm, this by far is the one that gives me the greatest personal sadness, she wrote to the judge. Allowed herself to be both vulnerable and strong. When the police showed up, I was in one mode: protect Keith, Salzman testified on Tuesday at the Brooklyn federal courthouse where Raniere is currently standing trial. Per federal transcripts, Mack told prosecutors . Lauren Salzman had twenty-two slaves when she was exposed & arrested, according to the New York Times. 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. Q So here you are, listening to Keith talk to these women about DOS and the creation of DOS, youre not there, and youre listening to these recordings; correct? Lauren Salzman, Nxivm cult member who secretly pleaded guilty last week Salzman's guilty plea last Monday did not appear on any public calendar, and portions of the transcript are. Nxivm 'slave master' Lauren Salzman gets time served for role in cult How a mother and daughter rose up in Nxivm, got indicted and eventually turned against Keith Raniere Catherine Oxenberg feared daughter India had suicide pact with NXIVM sex cult Survivor of sex cult explains how she avoided being brainwashed by NXIVM A top "slave master" in the alleged sex cult Nxivm said in testimony on Friday she herself was sexually and psychologically enslaved by Keith Raniere, . C-SPAN is a private, non-profit public service of the cable television industry that covers the political process. Learning that Cami and Keith had a special relationship is not what was troubling to me. I wanted her to be able to have that. Initially, Raniere said Dani would only have to stay a few days in the room, which contained little other than a bare mattress, for a few days. I showed reprehensible judgment, Salzman said. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. She pleaded guilty to only racketeering conspiracy, and was the. Q You said [in the direct examination] when Keith was arrested in Mexico, Mexican police came in and they had machine guns? AGNIFILO: No, no, I thought she was about to answer, so I told her not to. not really, your Vandaddy isnt going to see the outside of a prison cell unless hes on the way to or returning from a courtroom. We've received your submission. Q And you didnt want to have to go through this criminal trial with him; is that fair to say? I may not get everything right up here, but I will tell you, as a human being, it was the right decision. Im asking about what you know, what you know based on what you saw and what you saw other people doing with your own senses, eyewitness-type stuff; you didnt see any of that? ( Lauren Salzman is accused of "coaching" and controlling Daniela during her imprisonment.) Meanwhile, Mack pleaded guilty last month to charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group's spiritual leader. I lied to the entire community about it, she testified. She was here and one day she was gone? And you betrayed us. Q And you always were concerned that Keith held Cami in sort of a special place in his heart? Q Keith had a child with Kristin Keefe; right? And it says something about the utter STUPIDITY of Lauren Salzman that it takes the Mexican Police pointing machine guns at her head to begin to wake her up. He called in and wanted to make sure we were flicking the wrist hard enough, Salzman said. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. But what was more troubling is not that they had a relationship it was Keiths consistent misrepresentations of things he made promises to me that I gave up real other opportunities of things that I wanted and he knew that I wanted, and he didnt fulfill those promises Keith said, in the curriculum, that ultimately we want to make our words so strong, like so strong that when we tell people we will do something, it will be done. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Q Was your intention to hurt people or was it to help people? She was more and more upset. The one who was not applying them was the man who made them up Keith Raniere. A I took collateral from people who were afraid to not give it to me, because I already had their collateral, and they were calling it extortion at the time and I even discussed it with Keith and he was, like, its not extortion, they agreed to it. And then sometimes Hector would send his own e-mails ? {"vloc":"auto","floating":true,"playlist":"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/feeds\/c132tQIF.json","ph":2} That makes their state of mind at the time meaningless, as long as they woke up later. The links included here are the ones accessible to everyone. But what I had here was, I had a crisis here. Agnifilo even said at one point she didnt have to answer a question when the objection was sustained, he was actually being helpful to the DOJ and lessening the stress on Salzman. I was annoyed initially but now I understand. She doesnt want a child with KAR, who cant even keep it up enough to even shoot blanks LOL. She previously pleaded . I haven't purchased any additional transcripts from PACER. But according to Salzmans testimony, she ended up staying for somewhere between 18 and 24 months. AGNIFILO: I dont think she did. The emotional sentencing capped a lengthy legal case that saw Salzman, who now works as a dog groomer, turn on longtime ally Keith Raniere and help put the twisted cult leader behind bars. If I didnt think it was problematic, I wouldnt have raised it. His work has been cited in hundreds of news outlets, like The New York Times, The Daily Mail, VICE News, CBS News, Fox News, New York Post, New York Daily News, Oxygen, Rolling Stone, People Magazine, The Sun, The Times of London, CBS Inside Edition, among many others in all five continents. 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And also I mean, I knew it because when I joined DOS there was something that had been created over a period of time that seemed pretty extensive. On the last day after jury instructions, I believe he told the defense they could have asked to recall the witness and he would have allowed it. Salacious Allegations Emerge In NXIVM Sex Cult Trial. Lauren Salzman, 42, is a cooperating witness in the sex trafficking and racketeering trial of NXIVM's founder, Keith Raniere, who has pleaded not guilty on all counts. And then he characterized the reasons for why he didnt uphold his word to me as being because it was so difficult that two of our best friends died of terminal illnesses [Pam Cafritz and Barbara Jeske] and the void that that left in our community, and how much extra work fell on him and how hard its been because of all of our failures and ineptitudes and the political situation. Reading the direct transcripts is blowing my mind. Part 1: Lauren Salzman: Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Women of Raniere and Lauren's Acceptance of Them Part 2: Lauren Salzman Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Lauren Asked If She Was an Adult Part 3: Lauren Salzman Cross Examination Stopped by Judge: Lauren's Pain Over Not Having Child Sir, I have a right and an obligation to control the extent to which something like this is put to a witness and you had that opportunity. It kills me that I hurt people that I loved so much, a teary Salzman told the court. There is zero chance a judge will over turn this conviction. My main priority was that Keith was OK., Editors picks You had plenty of if you had other things to say, you could have gone on and said them. DOS members were also required to do penance for perceived misdeeds. A Oh, Im sorry. Hes been convicted. THE COURT: That requires a legal conclusion. Everything they were talking about is stuff that we talked about in DOS and that I knew already when I listened to that, except the fact that there were the seven of them and they planned to stay, the seven of them. Sorry. And if I made a mistake, then you will have your opportunity if you should not be successful in gaining your clients acquittal, and Im just going to leave it at that. Alas, Salzman still awaits her sentence a year later . Agnifilo referred audiotapes [and transcripts of the tapes] of meetings held for DOS in 2016 before Lauren joined DOS. 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. A I felt insecure about it, but that wasnt what was troubling to me. Q Part of whats happened is that, through the discovery process, you have learned more about Keiths relationships with other women; fair to say? Everyone rose. and this is at a time when you and Keith are still talking about you possibly having children in the spring of 2016; correct? The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
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