September, 2018 - Frank Report

Shadow State: What is Kim Constable trying to hide?

September 7, 2018

By Shadow State Frank Report published an article about Kim Constable and her ties to NXIVM’s Rainbow Cultural Garden’s pre-schools. The article included a photo of Kim Constable with Allison Mack both wearing black coats or cloaks. That photo was on Constable’s…

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Lauren Salzman gets 3rd Arizona lawyer – bringing the total NXIVM lawyer defense team to 22

by Frank Parlato

September 6, 2018

Call it Executive Success For Lawyers. There are now 22 of them. Lauren Salzman has just added team a third lawyer to her legal defense – also from Arizona – to defend her in Brooklyn on federal racketeering charges in connection with…

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FBI Still Investigating –Another Superseding Indictment Likely in November-December

by Frank Parlato

September 5, 2018

In a recent filing, Keith Raniere’s attorneys implied I had sources within the DOJ/FBI Eastern District NY who improperly leaked information to me. This is false. I have never spoken with anyone at the DOJ EDNY. This does not prevent me from…

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A mother who got her 18-year-old daughter out of NXIVM-DOS – in the nick of time

by Frank Parlato

September 5, 2018

I received this email last night from a grateful mother of a teenage girl. I redacted some names to protect the privacy of the mother. By a Mother My daughter was involved with [NXIVM member name redacted] in 2016 and earlier. I was…

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Attorney Omar Rosales brings class action lawsuit against Sara Bronfman-Igtet for NXIVM fraud

by Frank Parlato

September 4, 2018

Omar Rosales moves fast. The former NXIVM student, and attorney was first to write a book about NXIVM — American Cult: Nxivm Exposed. Now, he is first to bring a class action lawsuit against NXIVM – suing one of its High Rank –…

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A cult worse than NXIVM? — a mother’s plea to rescue her daughter from ‘OneTaste!’

by Frank Parlato

September 4, 2018

Recently an anguished mother contacted me – after reading Catherine Oxenberg’s book Captive – to see if I could help her out. Her daughter, she said, was in a cult as bad or worse than NXIVM. Like NXIVM, the cult – or…

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Breaking News – Vanguard is Being Bugged at MDC

by K.R. Claviger

September 4, 2018

Word has leaked out of the Metropolitan Detention Center that Keith Alan Raniere f/k/a Vanguard n/k/a Federal Prisoner 57005-177 is being bugged at MDC. Yep – and he’s not the only prisoner there who is dealing with this problem. Turns out that…

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Meet Kim Constable – leader of Rainbow Cultural Garden Ireland – NXIVM member and – according to her – a true executive success!

by Frank Parlato

September 4, 2018

Body building Rainbow teacher has a message of success for everyone The leader of Rainbow Cultural Garden in Belfast, Ireland is Kim Constable. A longtime devotee of Keith Raniere’s revolutionary teachings for children, she works closely with Sara Bronfman – the leader…

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Misc. correspondence and other stray items concerning NXIVM in my email inbox

by Frank Parlato

September 4, 2018

Metropolitan Detention Center – Brooklyn: Be careful, Vanguard… Georgian fighter, Avtandil Khurtsidze was attacked by a rival gang at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center and was hospitalized. Khurtsidze suffered multiple stab wounds from the incident. The 39-year-old fighter was scheduled to take on Billy…

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Guest View: The Mighty Parlato Pen

by Frank Parlato

September 4, 2018

This is a guest view by one of the reporters at the Precision [Bronfman] v Plyam trial in 2011. Since I publish articles critical of me, I see no reason not to publish one that praises. By A Reporter at the Los…

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Ex-NXIVM Student: The good in NXIVM was the greatness of Nancy Salzman; when she disintegrated, NXIVM fell to pieces

by Frank Parlato

September 3, 2018

Oh, well, I guess I will add my two cents to this discussion. I took the 5 day course, the 16 day intensive and went one summer to V-Week. I benefited by increased awareness, increased self-assessment and my life purpose strengthened from…

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Shadow State: Allison Mack is a PREDATOR who profited from her abuse of other women

by Frank Parlato

September 3, 2018

Shadow State 1958, in response to Flowers comment, “The difference is that Allison was first brainwashed and victimized by a man” wrote, “Do you understand how out of touch with reality your response is?” By Shadow State 1958 Among the vast majority…

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At every level NXIVM was a toxic practice and recruitment tool! [there is no good in NXIVM]

by Frank Parlato

September 3, 2018

A reader of Frank Report made a strong argument in an email today. He opposes the idea promulgated by Barbara Bouchey and others, some of whom were evidently interviewed by CBC – who say there was a great deal of good in…

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CBC’s ‘Escaping NXIVM’ quotes former students who say they found good in the course

by Frank Parlato

September 3, 2018

CBC has an upcoming six-part podcast series Uncover: Escaping NXIVM, coming out in September. It features Sarah Edmondson and her escape from NXIVM. Besides Sarah, CBC interviewed many former NXIVM memvers – including Barbara Bouchey, and others like Toni Natalie and myself.…

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A former cult member gives her view on Allison and India – and their mothers

by Frank Parlato

September 2, 2018

Here is a letter from a reader. Dear Mr. Parlato; I follow daily, with interest, your reporting on NXIVM and the many players. I do so because I too was in a cult back in the years 1982 to 1984. All…

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ESP/NXIVM León is hobbling along – but with hop-a-long cast

by Frank Parlato

September 2, 2018

Some say that in León, Executive Success Programs A/K/A NXIVM is alive and almost well. It’s hard to keep a life-coaching program called Executive Success growing when the founder is such a success that he’s in jail facing trial on charges that…

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Part 2: Debating Raniere’s motion to seal: If granted – and if I find out who’s posting bail through sources – I will publish their names!

by Frank Parlato

September 2, 2018

This is part 2 of my analysis of the 13-page letter that was recently sent to Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis by Keith Raniere’s attorneys. The letter, which is actually a motion, seeks to shield from the public the names of Raniere’s friends who would…

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Is Vanguard a Narcissist?

by Frank Parlato

September 1, 2018

According to MSN.com, The recently published 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) lists the nine criteria for narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). As I was reading it, I could not help think of a certain leader of a cult I have written about. Here…

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