V-Week 2017 attendance is low; sources say 125, but Clare claims 275

Nancy Salzman with Sara Bronfman at V-Week 2017.

Sources say attendance at V-Week is estimated to be around 125. One source said she believes there may be as many as 175. Last year’s V-Week attendance was estimated to be over 400.

NXIVM Corp. charges between $1750 to almost $5,000 to attend V-Week, depending on type of accommodations and how far in advance people pay. The fee includes room and board at Silver Bay Resort on the shores of Lake George, New York.

It is believed that a number of people were given free admittance several days before the event.

“Me and my friend noticed that the past few days there are some new faces, not a ton, but some new faces,’ said a source. “There are a lot of Mexicans here.”

In addition to those who may have been provided with complimentary attendance to V-Week, there are a number of temporary employees hired by Clare Bronfman to assist with the event. NXIVM budgets about $50,000 for temporary help during V-Week but an exact count of temps who are staying at Silver Bay is not known.

Photos of V-Week posted on social media show few people participating at V-Week outdoor events.

According to one source, Clare Bronfman claims there are 275 people at V-Week. Miss Bronfman maintains there are 230 adults and 45 children.

“I can’t say whether Clare’s figures are accurate,” said the source. “But last year I think there was about 490. There is definitely a big chunk missing.”

The number of people present at meals in the dining hall do not support Miss Bronfman’s claim of 275 people.

Here is a picture from a secret gathering of the Society Of Protectors at V Week.

The High Counsel of the Society of Protectors meet in the dining hall off the side where they can discuss their plans. The group is bound to secrecy about all their practices and activities.
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Vanguard chooses not eat at the dining hall with the others at V -Week. The food served is exclusively vegetarian. Sources say Vanguard prefers to enjoy a well-balanced diet that includes meat.

A source familiar with NXIVM operations, said that, as of late June, about 175 people had made reservations for V Week. Following reports of Vanguard creating a master-slave group, with pubic branding and blackmailing women, about 40 people asked for refunds. NXIVM declined to refund any monies.

When asked about Miss Bronfman’s claim of 275 people, a source said, “bullshit.”

“The atmosphere is very weird,” said this same source. “Everyone knows there is something going on.”

Communications with Silver Bay remains difficult. Phone service is poor. Some people suspect that NIXVM may be monitoring email communications through the server they set up at Silver Bay and some may be reluctant to email reports which they can do freely at home

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There seem to be plenty of empty tables at V-Week. Sources say a number of new people are here who may have been given the opportunity to attend for free.
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This photo of Nancy Salzman [left] with Sara Bronfman was taken yesterday at V-Week. Ms. Salzman has been given the name Prefect by Vanguard. Prefect holds morning coffee chats at V-Week where students may view her and learn wisdom from her in an informal setting.
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Group photos at V-Week include only a few people. The women are reputed DOS slaves [l] Sylvie Lloyd and [r] Michelle Hatchette.
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The dining hall at Silver Bay.

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[…] began a mass exodus, ditching NXIVM and its subsidiary groups. FrankReport reported that the2017 “V-Week,” (an annual celebration of Raniere’s birthday, who is called by members “The Vanguard,” […]

Ricardo
Ricardo
6 years ago

In the meal photo it looks like an SOP meeting at the back there. I think I spotted Lucas Roberts and Justin Elliot but couldn’t make out the others. What are they standing for? A penance for participating in female mutilation? Douchebags. Every one of them.

What it's like at Vweek 2017?
What it's like at Vweek 2017?
6 years ago

I’m a sex slave. I’m having a psychosis. I’m experiencing PTSD. I have Herpes. There’s nobody here. Let’s all fake smile like psychopaths and pretend to be joyous in the lake. 😂

Free the DOS SLAVES
Free the DOS SLAVES
6 years ago

Looks like Nurse Nancy is speaking to Sara Bronfman Igtet. Sara should have stayed away from the US and in England. I hate to be the grammar police but it should be coffee Klatches not clutches. I dont recognize the men in the photo of 5 as anyone, i have seen around the KW compound but the women appear to be Sylvie Lloyd and Michelle Hatchette – both DOS slaves.

LAUGH
LAUGH
6 years ago

Can I just say, I love that you have sources there Frank. These pictures make me feel GREAT about what is happening to NXIVM. They deserve what is happening to them.

There is NO WAY there is 275 people there.

Last year there was also NOT 490 people, there was 375 tops and most of them were not there all at the same time. They counted people that did not show up and people that only came for VDAY.

Right before Vweek they scrambled to get people enrolled, guilted people into being there. For the past 3 years Vweek numbers have declined each year.

People were spending so much money on the Ultima courses, they were tapped out. They couldn’t afford Vweek last year, and that was before any of this shit hit the fan.

So I LAUGH at this 275…it’s a bunch of BS.

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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.

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. La Secta Que Sedujo al Poder en México” by Juan Alberto Vasquez.

Parlato has been prominently featured on HBO’s docuseries “The Vow” and was the lead investigator and coordinating producer for Investigation Discovery’s “The Lost Women of NXIVM.” Parlato was also credited in the Starz docuseries "Seduced" for saving 'slave' women from being branded and escaping the sex-slave cult known as DOS.

Additionally, Parlato’s coverage of the group OneTaste, starting in 2018, helped spark an FBI investigation, which led to indictments of two of its leaders in 2023.

Parlato appeared on the Nancy Grace Show, Beyond the Headlines with Gretchen Carlson, Dr. Oz, American Greed, Dateline NBC, and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, where Parlato conducted the first-ever interview with Keith Raniere after his arrest. This was ironic, as many credit Parlato as one of the primary architects of his arrest and the cratering of the cult he founded.

Parlato is a consulting producer and appears in TNT's The Heiress and the Sex Cult, which premiered on May 22, 2022. Most recently, he consulted and appeared on Tubi's "Branded and Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM," which aired January, 2023.

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