September, 2018 - Frank Report

Readers: Kristin Kreuk’s hypocrisy gets more stunning by the week!

September 19, 2018

Some readers think that Frank Report has devoted too much space to Kristin Kreuk. Yet, just in the last few days, she was mentioned hundreds of times in comments by a wide array of different readers. A number of readers commented on…

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CBC story details how Vancouver was impacted by branding revelations

by Frank Parlato

September 19, 2018

CBC reporter, Jason Proctor has written an intriguing story of how, when the Vancouver Chapter fell to pieces – with news of the branding, shocking its membership – it was the beginning of the end for NXIVM. “The fortunes of NXIVM have…

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Bad News for Vanguard: Judge designates case as ‘complex’ – as Raniere sits in jail — trial date likely to be postponed!

by Frank Parlato

September 18, 2018

Today was a bad day for the man known to his followers as Vanguard. His hope for a speedy trial may have gone out the window – or through the bars of his jail cell. In the matter of the USA v. Keith…

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The ‘fingering’ cult: A reader’s experience of OneTaste – is not very tasteful at all

by Frank Parlato

September 18, 2018

A reader shared her experience of being pitched by OneTaste and while she evidently did not get sucked into the group that sells the practice of men “fingering” women as Orgasmic Meditation [OM], she has some interesting observations of a group that…

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Prosecution responds – opposes Bronfman’s request to contact NXIVM members

by Frank Parlato

September 18, 2018

On September 17th, Assistant US Attorneys Moira Penza and Tanya Hajjar for The U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, responded to Clare Bronfman’s recent request to be able to contact as many as 1000 NXIVM members as part…

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More on the ‘cult’ that may be worse than NXIVM – OneTaste

by Frank Parlato

September 17, 2018

.After publishing an article on OneTaste, in Artvoice and Frank Report – https://artvoice.com/2018/09/04/a-cult-worse-than-nxivm-a-mothers-plea-for-me-to-help-get-her-daughter-out-of-onetaste/ I received this email from a Nathan Hewat. The subject line was Wow… You win the prize And the body of the email from Nathan read, “for the worst article…

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More Brilliant NXIVM artwork from MK10ART

by Frank Parlato

September 17, 2018

In an ongoing effort to preserve copies of MK10ART – since at least one picture was summarily removed by Instagram – Frank Report is proud to post several more of this brilliant artist’s NXIVM works. [Kristin Kreuk claimed to know nothing…

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Reader: Kristin Kreuk recruited her posse into NXIVM

by Frank Parlato

September 17, 2018

By A Reader Kendra Voth, a producer on Smallville, was recruited into the NXIVM cult by Kristin ‘Kook’ Kreuk. They did Girls By Design together as their NXIVM project to spread NXIVM bullshit. They also coached together in Vancouver and Seattle NXIVM.…

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Making Raniere Look Ridiculous; Part 2

by Frank Parlato

September 17, 2018

In the event that Keith Raniere’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, is scouring Frank Report to find fictional pictures of Raniere to show the judge, to convince him that people who want to co-guarantee his bail bond – thereby giving Keith a chance to…

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Court filing: Kathy Russell asks for contact with NXIVM members and keep it secret from Frank Parlato

by Frank Parlato

September 16, 2018

A letter filed with the court on Friday, September 14, 2018, seems to make clear where criminal defendant Kathy Russell stands. She stands by her Vanguard. She also wants to see her friends in NXIVM – and maybe work for some of them.…

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Poem by Cynthia Hunter: Vanguard Man

by Frank Parlato

September 16, 2018

By Cynthia Hunter Legatus packed my bag last night, pre-arrest Zero hour, nine a.m. And I’m gonna be shackled As El Chapo by then I miss Clifton Park so much I miss my slaves It’s lonely here in jail On such a…

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Insider in the know: Bouchey – a sad story – and a misleading one

by Frank Parlato

September 16, 2018

This is a guest view from an insider with a deep knowledge of what transpired behind the scenes in NXIVM. By An Insider in the Know The issue with Keith Raniere and his gal pals already sleeping with him is, they worked…

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Reader: ‘I went to a five day intensive … it took months to get back to normal life’

by Frank Parlato

September 16, 2018

A reader describes the 5-day intensive she attended and gives a pretty good description of their cult like techniques. She said it’s possible because she is an attractive slender female, she got to go the first 5-day intensive for free. By Just…

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Question for Heidi Hutchinson – and her answer: How come the Times Union expose did not prompt law enforcement to act in 2012?

by Frank Parlato

September 16, 2018

A reader calling him/herself “So Many Opportunities” posed a question to Heidi Hutchinson – about why nothing happened after the shocking and award-winning expose by Jim Odato in the Albany Times Union. Heidi is a reasonable person to ask since she was…

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Will Diamond: Sex trafficking may be hard to prove – but Jim Del Negro did plenty of financial crimes

by Frank Parlato

September 16, 2018

By Will Diamond Even though Nxivm – and for personal reasons – I include Jim Del Nego – the poor man’s mini vanguard – has ruined many lives — and even though I am much impressed with Frank Parlato, and his never…

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Heidi Hutchinson on Barbara Bouchey and Keith Raniere

by Frank Parlato

September 15, 2018

Heidi Hutchinson is the sister of the late Gina Hutchinson and has known Keith Raniere since the early 1980s when she first met him sneaking out of her sister’s bedroom – ass first. At the time, Keith said he was going to…

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Barbara Bouchey gives her own take on Keith Raniere on Megyn Kelly

by Frank Parlato

September 15, 2018

This past week, former NXIVM High-Rank Barbara Bouchey appeared on Megyn Kelly Today show on NBC TV and offered millions of viewers an interesting perspective on Keith Raniere and NXIVM. Because we get so few alternate perspectives on Raniere on this blog…

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Sara Bronfman deletes Twitter account – does it portend coming indictment?

by Frank Parlato

September 15, 2018

The woman who, on her Twitter bio, called herself a “World Citizen”, and who wrote she is “Working for a safer, more humane world – inside and out,” may soon be working to save herself. Sara Bronfman has deleted her Twitter account.…

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