Dr. Brandon Porter was notified on August 20 by the New York State Department of Health that he must surrender his medical license.
He can appeal the decision but in the meantime he is prohibited from practicing medicine.
Here is the letter he received:
August 20, 2019 CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Jeffrey J Conklin Esq NYS Department of Health Corning Tower Room 2517 Empire Stale Plaza Albany New York 12237
Michael S Kelton, Esq Abrams Fenslerman et al 1 Metrotech Center Suite 1701 Brooklyn New York 11201
Brandon Porter, M.D. c/o Michael S. Kelton, Esq. Abrams, Fensterman, et. al. 1 Metrotech Center, Suite 1701 Brooklyn New York 11201
RE: In the Matter of Brandon Porter, M.D.
Dear Parties:
Enclosed please find the Determination and Order (No 19-213) of the Hearing Committee in the above referenced matter. This Determination and Order shall be deemed effective upon the receipt or seven (7) days after mailing by certified mail as per the provisions of §230, subdivision 10, paragraph (h) of the New York State Public Health Law.
Five days after receipt of this Order you will be required to deliver to the Board of Professional Medical Conduct your license to practice medicine together with the registration certificate. Delivery shall be by either certified mail or in person to:
Office of Professional Medical Conduct
New York State Department of Health
Office of Professional Medical Conduct
Riverview Center
150 Broadway – Suite 355
Albany, New York 12204
If your license or registration certificate is lost, misplaced or its whereabouts is otherwise unknown, you shall submit an affidavit to that effect If subsequently you locate the requested items, they must then be delivered to the Office of Professional Medical Conduct in the manner noted above.
As prescribed by the New York State Public Health Law §230, subdivision 10, paragraph (i), (McKinney Supp. 2015) and §230-c subdivisions 1 through 5, (McKinney Supp. 2015), “the determination of a committee on professional medical conduct may be reviewed by the Administrative Review Board for professional medical conduct.” Either the licensee or the Department may seek a review of a committee determination.
Request for review of the Committee’s determination by the Administrative Review Board stays penalties other than suspension or revocation until final determination by that Board. Summary orders are not stayed by Administrative Review Board reviews.
All notices of review must be served, by certified mail, upon the Administrative Review Board and (he adverse party within fourteen (14) days of service and receipt of the enclosed Determination and Order.
The notice of review served on the Administrative Review Board should be forwarded to;
James F. Horan, Esq., Chief Administrative Law Judge
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Adjudication
Riverview Center
150 Broadway – Suite 510
Albany, New York 12204
The parties shall have 30 days from the notice of appeal in which to file their briefs to the Administrative Review Board. Six copies of all papers must also be sent to the attention of Mr. Horan at the above address and one copy to the other party. The stipulated record in this matter shall consist of the official hearing transcript(s) and all documents in evidence.
Parties will be notified by mail of the Administrative Review Board’s Determination and Order.
Porter got into hot water with his medical license for conducting human fright experiments and failing to report a mysterious illness at Vanguard Week 2016 which saw hundreds of followers of Keith Raniere, head of the Nxivm cult, become sick.
The Health Department charged Porter with 25 specifications of professional misconduct in 2018.
Porter mustered a defense calling Nxivm witnesses to testify on his behalf.
He called Julia Berry, Lucas Roberts, Robert Younis, Dolores Wilson, Scan Craney, Evan Horowitz, his wife, Janie, and Roxane Cohen Silver, Ph.D. and himself.
He conducted human research that “exposed his subjects to the possibility of injury, including physical, psychological or social injury, as a consequence of participating as a subject in any research, development.”
he also violated the rule requiring physicians to report unusual outbreak of disease.
Here are the findings of fact:
Findings’ of Fact
- Brandon Porter, M.D. was authorized to practice medicine in New York State on June 12, 2009, by the issuance of license number 253486. The Respondent’s background includes M.D. and Ph.D. graduate degrees from the University of Iowa as part of a Medical Science Training Program. [Exhibit 1; Transcript, p. 2386.]
- Beginning in 2001, the Respondent became a member of NXIVM, a corporation based in Albany, New York and founded by Keith Raniere, with the “goal to do research,” specifically to evaluate whether the NXIVM curriculum produced measurable results. The Respondent relocated for NXIVM in 2009 to Albany, New York, from Iowa to “measure the program…”
- The Respondent alleged the purpose of NXIVM was to help people build more joy in their lives and achieve self-improvement goals through its programs, which included Executive Success Programs, of which Nancy Salzman was president, the Ethical Science Foundation, funded by Clare Bronfman as president, and the Ethicist, overseen by Daniella Padilla and Lauren Saltzman.
- NXIVM targeted individuals willing to pay for courses to improve themselves personally and professionally.
- Between 2009 and 2017, the Respondent was employed as a hospitalist at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany. His job duties included providing care and treatment to hospital patients and making referrals to specialists. In September of 2017, the Respondent met with Steven Hanks, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, and his supervisor, Thea Dalfino, M.D., Chief of Hospital Medicine, to discuss his employment amid “reputational concerns” after articles emerged that he was showing videos to people. The Respondent admitted to the physicians that he was conducting human subject research without IRB approval. One month later, Dr. Hanks provided the Respondent with the opportunity to resign from this position and the Respondent accepted….
- Within the period of 2010 through 2017, the Respondent performed human subject research on approximately 200 subjects, including A.7 and A. 10, participating in courses through NXIVM’s Executive Success Program (ESP study). As part of the study, he used an electroencephalogram (BEG) to record the subjects’ brain activity, galvanic skin resistance (GSR) to measure their physiological responses and a video camcorder or audio tape to record their facial or auditory reactions. The Respondent claimed his purpose in using these devices was to evaluate subjects’ brainwave and emotional responses….
- Between 2012 and 2017, as part of NXIVM’s Executive Success Program, the Respondent performed human subject research on ten subjects diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome, including C.1, when he counted their tics and instructed them to complete Yale Global Tic Severity Scale surveys to determine the severity of their Tourette’s symptoms. He also used the EEG, GSR and video camcorder to record their tics and the results of Nancy Saltzman working with them over the course of four to 20 sessions. The Respondent alleged the purpose in the Tourette’s study was to measure improvement oi changes of the subjects’ Tourette’s symptoms.
- Following completion of the Tourette’s study, on behalf of NXIVM, five out of the ten subjects participated in a documentary film, My Tourette’s, which was made available online and identified the Respondent as “lead researcher.”
- Within the period 2012 to 2017, on behalf of NXIVM Executive Success Programs, the Respondent performed human subject research on two subjects diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), including B-l, when he administered Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale surveys to measure the severity of their OCD symptoms (OCD study) and used a video camcorder to record the results of Nancy Salzman working with B.l. …
- Between 2016 through August of 2017, as part of NXIVM’s Ethicist program, the Respondent performed human subject research on approximately 40 human subjects, including l, A.2. A.5, A.6, A.7, A.9 and A. 10, by showing them happy or inspirational and disturbing or graphically violent scenes from commercials, short films and movie clips (video clips study). These clips included a video depicting the actual murders and dismemberment of five women and movie scenes showing a gang rape and a racially motivated murder of an African American male. The Respondent used the EEG and GSR to record their brainwaves and physiological responses to watching the clips. He also used a video camcorder to record their facial expressions….
- The Respondent’s conduct in performing the video clips, Tourette’s, OCD and ESP human research studies on the subjects, including A.l, A.2, A.5, A.6, A.7, A.9, A. 10, B.l and C. 1, constituted the practice of medicine. The Respondent also practiced medicine when he prescribed Wellbutrin to subject B-l on two occasions, which he completed without documenting a clinical record of communicating with the subject’s treating psychiatrist…..
- The Respondent collected the data from the EEGs, galvanic skin responses and video camcorder and downloaded it to a computer. The data, hard drive and equipment used for the studies, lists containing names of study participants and OCD and Tourette’s surveys are located in the locked room of a building used by the Ethical Science Foundation and beyond the Respondent’s control….
- The Respondent labeled the data by assigning non-random numerical values to the subjects based on the order in which they “joined the study.” This number and the subjects’ names were placed on a list, which was saved to the computer. The video data shows the subjects’ unmasked faces….
- It was a deviation from the standard of care for the Respondent not to maintain the data from the studies himself. The Respondent was obligated to safeguard the data to prevent its improper use….
- In performing the human research studies, the Respondent exposed the subjects, including A.I, A.2, A.5, A.6, A.7, A.9, A.10, B.l and C.l to risks of harm, including psychological and physical anguish, pain and suffering and data breaches of their confidential and sensitive information. The subjects’ responses from the EEGs and other recording devices were never analyzed, resulting in studies withoul results or benefits to science, medicine or humankind…..
- Prior to performing human research on the subjects, including A. 1, A.2, A.5, A.6, A.7, A.9, 10, B.l and C.l, the Respondent was required to apply to the Commissioner to establish a HRRC of affiliate himself with an institution or agency having a HRRC to review the studies in accordance with New York State laws, neither of which he accomplished. AIIRRC is equivalent to an Institutional Review Board (IRB) as an entity that reviews human subject research not in compliance with, or subject to, federal regulations….
- The Respondent very seriously deviated from the standard of care by performing human subject research without approval from the Commissioner to establish a HRRC or affiliation with an institution or agency having a IIRRC. The purpose of a IIRRC is to assess risks, protect subjects….
- Prior to performing human research on the subjects, including A. I, A.2, A.5, A.6, A.7, A.9, 10, B.l and C.I, the Respondent was required to obtain their voluntary, written informed consent. The Respondent failed to obtain this consent from the subjects….
- The Respondent very seriously deviated from the standard of care by performing human subject research on the subjects without obtaining their written, informed consent. It is essential to obtain initial written informed consent and written reconsent to inform subjects of the human research details, risks, benefits, the right to withdraw and plans for confidentiality protection and minimization of risks….
- Prior to performing human research on subjects, including A.1, A.2, A.5, A.6, A.7, A.9, 10, B.l and C.l, the Respondent was required to complete human subject research training to confirm his competency and qualifications to engage in such research. The Respondent never completed this training…..
- The Respondent very seriously deviated from the standard of care in performing human subject research without completing human subject research training. The purpose of the training is to ensure research staff adhere to rules, laws and standards applicable to human subject research….
- Prior to performing human research on subjects, including A. 1, A.2, A.5, A.6, A.7, A.9, 10, B.l and C.l, the Respondent was required to submit a research protocol, informed consent templates certificates of human subject research training and plans for data interpretation and statistical methods to an MRRC for review. The Respondent never submitted these documents. The protocol would identify research details, including its necessity, purpose, benefits and risks, the research team and plans for minimizing risks and protecting confidentiality….
- The Respondent very seriously deviated from the standard of care by performing human Hibject research without submitting any of these documents to a i-IRRC. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure human subject research respects persons by protecting their rights and autonomy…..
- Between August and into the beginning of September of 2016, the Respondent participated in an annual corporate retreat for NX1VM at the Silver Bay YMCA Family and Retreat Center, located in Silver Bay, New York. The Respondent alleged that the goal of the event was for NX1VM members to “be joyful” and celebrate “humanity.” Approximately 400 to 450 NX1VM members attended this event.
- While attending this event, the Respondent became aware that many of the attendees, including a pregnant woman, infants and young children, became ill with a wide-spread gastrointestinal illness and suffered symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. The Respondent suspected the cause of the illness was a virus, possibly Norovirus. Norovirus is contagious and can lead to large, quick outbreaks of the disease….
- This illness constituted an unusual disease outbreak. It included a group of people who developed symptoms that they otherwise would not have had. Physicians are legally obligated to report any .disease outbreak or unusual disease to public health officials and pending a response, isolate infected The Respondent failed to satisfy these obligations….
- It was a moderate departure from the standard of care for the Respondent not to report the disease outbreak. The attendees and public were placed at risk for harm, including preterm labor for pregnant women, dehydration for neonates and infants and morbidity for the immunosupprcssed or renal [illness].
Whoa – renal illnesses?
That is exactly what Pam Cafritz had – renal cancer. Is it possible that Raniere with Porter’s help may have sought to introduce this illness into Vanguard Week to finish off one inconvenient old harem member?
Raniere and Porter quarantined many of the Nxians – they said – to protect Pam – who was dying of renal cancer.
Were they really trying to protect her? We will have more to say on this later.
As for Porter’s human fright experiments, I have always suspected that these were conducted on prospective DOS women – to see how well they would respond to violence and brutality.
The DOS women Raniere wanted were best if they were without conscience. He wanted women who could see women beheaded and not cry out or turn away.
What would this mad duo – Porter and Raniere – have done if Frank Report did not expose their branding of women – which caused the Nxivm cult to crater.
Frank Report revealed the branding and blackmail scheme in June 2017 and immediately the cult fell to peices.
Note in the findings above that the 2016 Vanguard Week had 400 plus attendees.
The 2017 Vanguard Week – which was held in August 2017 – between the time I first broke the branding story in June [and also the human fright experiment story] Dr. Brandon Porter conducting human fright experiments on slender young ladies… Why?
The New York Times story that prompted the FBI to investigate Raniere came out in October 2017.
Vanguard Week, 2017 had a mere 125 attendees.
As for Dr. Brandon Porter, true he can try an appeal, but my guess is his chances for success are low.
So we must leave Porter and our readers as we so often do with not the usual Nxivm slogan “He who has the most joy wins,” but one more apropos:
Viva Executive Success!
Frank Parlato 
Janine Morrison 
J.J. O'Hara 
Richard Luthmann 
Marie White 
Paul Serran
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This may be the first decent thing I have ever seen NYS do.
It is a known and recognised fact, that the healthcare professions are appealing to people with personality disorders or sociopathic tendencies, due to the degree of power those professions can give over patients.
“People with personality disorders can be among the most challenging for organisations to deal with. Such individuals can operate in a framework that seems to have little relationship to any external reality.”
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/how-to-deal-with-personality-disorders-in-the-workplace/
This is in reply to Capn. Crunch.
I never left my job, never brought my personal life on the job, never recruited anyone either.
I was never a blind follower, a good cultie.
I quickly saw through them.
So there, smarty pants. No one gave me a second chance because I harmed no one thus one wasn’t needed.
Then I am genuinely happy for you!
I am not trying to be a smart pants.
You’re blameless.
poor baby lost his little medical license.
Human experiments for the good of mankind under the auspices of a charismatic leader. Hmmm…….
Stop calling him Dr. Porter. He is no longer licensed to be a doctor. His name is Brandon.
Hurrah!!! And good riddance to bad rubbish!!! Why can’t the govt gain access to his ‘research’? Surely, there is a list somewhere, of who exactly passed his psycho test with flying colours. Surely, this we have a right to know, unless, of course, military intelligence, already has these suckers all lined up as patsies for future deployment.
IMO: You mean like an Operation Paperclip for NXians? Operation Paperclip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip
“IMO: You mean like an Operation Paperclip for NXians? Operation Paperclip:”
LOL
Diane, there’s not one rocket scientist, nuclear physicist or brain surgeon in all of NXIVM.
Although in Herr Doktor Porter, they had a Dr. Josef Mengele!
The trailer for the Lifetime movie, Escaping the Nxivm Cult, or whatever it’s called was released and looks a lot like the photos and artwork accompanying this article. A grim and grimy horror movie with sex and soap opera dramatics. Peter Facinelli as Raniere; good luck with that impersonation.
ET Online Trailer from the new movie based on Catherine Oxenberg’s battle to extract India from NXIVM.
https://www.etonline.com/lifetime-movie-about-nxivm-cult-debuts-creepy-trailer-with-an-allison-mack-lookalike-exclusive
I give this movie two thumbs up!
Hopefully, it will raise awareness of how dangerous cults are. Even if it only does that, it will have done enough. If it’s also entertaining, that will be even better. It’s a pity that they chose a leading man who isn’t an unwashed, pudgy little jerk, like Raniere. I don’t think Smellovision is available yet, so we’ll make do.
No doubt Raniere’s fellow inmates will enjoy it, and give him a good kicking by way of applause.
FIELDS, Jason Baker, MD
Location: Wilmington, NC (New Hanover Co) | DOB: 5/24/1969
License #: 0099-00833 | Specialty: PD (as reported by physician)
Medical Ed: East Tennessee State University (1996)
Cause: Dr Fields is methamphetamine dependent. At the Board’s request, he inactivated his North
Carolina medical license in 2006. At that time, he was already a participant in the NCPHP and
had undergone inpatient treatment. His license was reactivated in March 2007. In April 2007, he
surrendered his license after testing positive for methamphetamine.
Action: 10/05/2007.
This fantastic pediatrician discovered my youngest daughter’s heart murmur. He had an incredible bedside manner. He was a wonderful physician. Sadly, he made a bad choice. We are all capable of bad choices. We have laws with consequences to hopefully stem the effects of bad decisions.
I will refrain from offering a Biblical reference at this time.
Oh, please.
You would excuse Weinstein and Epstein.
You would call Hitler misunderstood.
Porter should never be allowed to practice medicine. Note he only worked something like 12 hours or so, going over medical records and referring patients on, never let this sadist near anyone to do harm again.
You don’t have to put down his legitimate medical work to point out he should get far worse than have his medical license revoked permanently, sued civilly, and put in prison.
He inflicted severe emotional distress through unauthorized procedures to unknowing victims. Jail.
You’re going to have to name the crime and find the government agency to go after him for him to be put in prison.
We’re only looking at Brandon Porter here, and there are more than enough good reasons to permanently revoke his license. Porter went much further than making a few bad decisions. He was an active long-term member of a criminal enterprise. Like Raniere, he thought he was above the law, probably because of Clare (shudder) Bronfman’s wealth. He should have a chance of redeeming himself as a human being, but practising medicine should play no part in that.
All is not lost…Dr. Porter did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night…
On whose dime???
More than likely CB’s. She likes to finance the unworthy.
Good on NYS Dept. of Health. Good on the survivors who bravely, honestly spoke out, made reports and cooperated in the investigation. Good on FR, always.
FR reported previously that Porter was recruited by Nancy Salzman while still in med school. While he and his family may be understandably loathe to bite the hand(s) that feed them — the Salzman slave, Clare Bronfman’s, namely.
I hope if criminal charges are brought — as I believe they should be — that the Porters do not make the same mistake Allison Mack made by letting Clare’s counsel dictate Brandon Porter’s defense strategy and keep culpability away from the woman who purportedly targeted him and shaped his practice to carry-out and legitimize her business.
Otherwise, I fear the players may change but Clare’s stated science research goal to “manipulate” others through these dangerous, harmful and ILLEGAL methods will remain intact while it’s victims’ mental health may not.
Btw, what happened to all the Kafka-Esk medical equipment i.e. torture devices Clare purchased for Porter’s experiments? Was that seized? Shipped to Mexico? …Hope it’s not being used in the Rainbow Cultural Gardens hidden chambers or maybe Alex Betancourt’s multi-cultural institutes of lower learning in the US but I wouldn’t put it past them.
You put forth some good questions, Heidi.
Congratulations to the New York State Board of Health for making the right decision.
Now it is time for the State of New York to file charges against the top NXIVM defendants.
Feds’ court filing suggest NY State criminal charges might be filed against Raniere and Mack
https://frankreport.com/2018/05/14/fedscourt-filing-suggest-ny-state-criminal-charges-might-be-filed-against-raniere-and-mack/
Just because the Feds in Brooklyn prosecuted some of these NXIVM gangsters on some charges does not mean that the State of New York can’t bring charges for violations of New York State Laws.
Here is a list of the possible crimes for New York State’s Attorney General to investigate and prosecute.
1. Conspiracy To Commit Identity Theft Regarding Jane Doe 1 (Keith Raniere & Others);
2. Conspiracy To Unlawfully Possess Identification Documents (Keith Raniere & Others);
3. Sexual Exploitation Of A Child Regarding Jane Doe 2 (Keith Raniere);
4. Sexual Exploitation Of A Child Regarding Jane Doe 2 (Keith Raniere);
5. Possession Of Child Pornography (Keith Raniere);
6. Conspiracy To Commit Identity Theft (Keith Raniere, Clare Bronfman, and Others);
7. Identity Theft Regarding John Doe 1 (Keith Raniere & Others);
8. Identity Theft Regarding John Doe 2 (Keith Raniere, Clare Bronfman & Others);
9. Conspiracy To Alter Records For Use In An Official Proceeding (Keith Raniere & Others);
10. Conspiracy To Commit Identity Theft Regarding Jane Doe 3 (Keith Raniere & Others);
11. Money Laundering (Clare Bronfman & Others);
12. Trafficking Of Jane Doe 4 For Labor And Services (Keith Raniere, Lauren Salzman & Others);
13. Document Servitude Of Jane Done 4 (Keith Raniere, Lauren Salzman & Others)
14. State Law Extortion (Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Lauren Salzman & Others);
15. Visa Fraud (Clare Bronfman);
16. Sex Trafficking Of Jane Doe 5 (Keith Raniere, Allison Mack & Others);
17. Forced Labor Of Jane Doe 5 (Keith Raniere, Allison Mack & Others);
18. Forced Labor Of Jane Doe 9 (Lauren Salzman & Others); and
19. Conspiracy To Commit Identity Theft (Keith Raniere, Clare Bronfman & Others).
And here are other possible crimes committed by the top five NXIVM defendants and other NXIVM criminals
RE: Keith Raniere
– Aiding & Abetting
– Alien Smuggling
– Assault
– Bank Fraud
– Battery
– Blackmail
– Bribery Of Elected Officials
– Bribery Of Governmental Officials
– Bribery Of Law Enforcement Officials
– Bulk Cash Smuggling
– Child Abuse
– Child Neglect
– Coercion
– Computer Hacking
– Computer Tampering
– Computer Trespass
– Conducting Unauthorized Scientific Experiments
– Conspiracy
– Criminal Facilitation
– Criminal Mischief
– Criminal Nuisance
– Defamation
– Defrauding the Government
– Encouraging/Inducing Unauthorized Aliens To Enter
– Endangering the Welfare of a Child
– Extortion
– Failure to Issue W-2 Forms and 1099 Forms
– Failure to Report Income Paid to Consultants & Employees
– Failure to Withhold & Pay Employer Taxes
– False Advertising
– Falsely Reporting Incidents To Law Enforcement Authorities
– Falsifying Business Records
– Falsifying Evidence
– Filing False Affidavits
– Filing False Business Records
– Filing Falsified Visa Applications
– Forcing Staff to Kick-back a Portion Of Their Wages
– Forgery
– Fraud
– Harassment
– Hazing
– Hindering Prosecution
– Identity Theft
– Illegally Accessing Personal Information
– Kidnapping
– Larceny
– Mail Fraud
– Money Laundering
– Obstructing Governmental Administration
– Operating Unlicensed Day Care Centers
– Operating Unlicensed Schools
– Perjury
– Possession Of Child Pornography
– Practicing Therapy Without A License
– Providing False Documentation to Immigrants to Allow Them to Obtain Visas
– Rape
– Reimbursing Staff for Mandated Political Contributions
– Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
– Retaliation Against Witnesses
– Sexual Assault
– Sexual Exploitation
– Sexual Exploitation Of A Child
– Slavery
– Stalking
– Statutory Rape
– Structuring Bank Transactions
– Tampering with Private Communications
– Tax Evasion
– Tax Fraud
– Wire Fraud
– Wiretapping
– Witness Tampering
RE: Nancy Salzman
– Aiding & Abetting
– Alien Smuggling
– Bank Fraud
– Blackmail
– Bribery Of Elected Officials
– Bribery Of Government Officials
– Bribery Of Law Enforcement Officials
– Bulk Cash Smuggling
– Coercion
– Computer Hacking
– Computer Tampering
– Computer Trespass
– Conducting Unauthorized Scientific Experiments
– Conspiracy
– Criminal Facilitation
– Criminal Mischief
– Criminal Nuisance
– Defamation
– Defrauding the Government
– Encouraging/Inducing Unauthorized Aliens To Enter
– Extortion
– Failure to Issue W-2 Forms and 1099 Forms
– Failure to Report Income Paid to Consultants & Employees
– Failure to Withhold & Pay Employer Taxes
– False Advertising
– Falsely Reporting Incidents To Law Enforcement Authorities
– Falsifying Business Records
– Falsifying Evidence
– Filing False Affidavits
– Filing False Business Records
– Filing Falsified Visa Applications
– Forcing Staff to Kick-back a Portion Of Their Wages
– Fraud
– Harassment
– Hindering Prosecution
– Illegally Accessing Personal Information
– Larceny
– Mail Fraud
– Money Laundering
– Obstructing Governmental Administration
– Perjury
– Practicing Therapy Without A License
– Providing False Documentation to Immigrants to Allow Them to Obtain Visas
– Reimbursing Staff for Mandated Political Contributions
– Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
– Retaliation Against Witnesses
– Structuring Bank Transactions
– Tampering with Private Communications
– Tax Evasion
– Tax Fraud
– Wire Fraud
– Wiretapping
– Witness Tampering
RE: Clare Bronfman
– Aiding & Abetting
– Alien Smuggling
– Bank Fraud
– Blackmail
– Bribery Of Elected Officials
– Bribery Of Governmental Officials
– Bribery Of Law Enforcement Officials
– Bulk Cash Smuggling
– Child Abuse
– Child Neglect
– Coercion
– Computer Hacking
– Computer Tampering
– Computer Trespass
– Conducting Unauthorized Scientific Experiments
– Conspiracy
– Criminal Facilitation
– Criminal Mischief
– Criminal Nuisance
– Defamation
– Defrauding the Government
– Encouraging/Inducing Unauthorized Aliens To Enter
– Endangering the Welfare of a Child
– Extortion
– Failure to Issue W-2 Forms and 1099 Forms
– Failure to Report Income Paid to Consultants & Employees
– Failure to Withhold & Pay Employer Taxes
– False Advertising
– Falsely Reporting Incidents To Law Enforcement Authorities
– Falsifying Business Records
– Falsifying Evidence
– Filing False Affidavits
– Filing False Business Records
– Filing Falsified Visa Applications
– Forcing Staff to Kick-back a Portion Of Their Wages
– Fraud
– Harassment
– Hazing
– Hindering Prosecution
– Identity Theft
– Illegally Accessing Personal Information
– Larceny
– Mail Fraud
– Money Laundering
– Obstructing Governmental Administration
– Operating Unlicensed Day Care Center
– Operating Unlicensed Schools
– Perjury
– Providing False Documentation to Immigrants to Allow Them to Obtain Visas
– Reimbursing Staff for Mandated Political Contributions
– Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
– Retaliation Against Witnesses
– Stalking
– Structuring Bank Transactions
– Tampering with Private Communications
– Tax Evasion
– Tax Fraud
– Wire Fraud
– Wiretapping
– Witness Tampering
RE: Allison Mack
– Aiding & Abetting
– Blackmail
– Bulk Cash Smuggling
– Coercion
– Conspiracy
– Criminal Facilitation
– Criminal Mischief
– Criminal Nuisance
– Defrauding the Government
– Extortion
– Fraud
– Harassment
– Hazing
– Hindering Prosecution
– Mail Fraud
– Money Laundering
– Obstructing Governmental Administration
– Perjury
Sex Trafficking
– Tax Evasion
– Tax Fraud
RE: Lauren Salzman
– Aiding & Abetting
– Bulk Cash Smuggling
– Coercion
– Conspiracy
– Criminal Facilitation
– Criminal Mischief
– Criminal Nuisance
– Defrauding the Government
– Extortion
– False Advertising
– Fraud
– Harassment
– Hazing
– Hindering Prosecution
– Kidnapping
– Mail Fraud
– Money Laundering
– Obstructing Governmental Administration
– Perjury
– Practicing Therapy Without A License
– Tax Evasion
– Tax Fraud
I think you missed a couple.
I didn’t see murder or conspiracy to commit murder. Are Gina Hutchinson’s case or Kristen Snyder’s case ever going to be reopened?
This is absolutely disgusting. Will anything happen to others, if they are complicit?
Is anyone else involved? Who controlled the studies, contrived the methodology etc??
Holy crap. If anyone had doubts as to the barbaric practices, wow!
From my experience, having been in a cult, those complicit rarely, if ever, pay a price.
They go on with life leaving damaged souls in their wake.
In the cult I was in, we were told, by the then leader, the only 2 things you couldn’t do was drugs or be a homosexual.
Everything else was permissible.
Read between the lines there, folks.
Wanna know the kicker? A few years ago I found my spiritual parent in the cult on FB. When I knew her, she was lockstep in with the cult, her and her husband on the way up the power grid.
Guess what.
Now she’s a lesbian!!!!
So, ya see those complicit in recruiting, programming, enforcing the ideology, and punishment of the group, do just fine.
Frankly, I feel lied to and betrayed by her though it does explain her behavior around me.
Me? I was a babe in the woods, an innocent among wolves.
Oh, they get along just fine. No worries there.
As an aside, I was going over, in my mind, analyzing, as I do most things, what was the one thing, once one started to see the disconnect between actions and words in the cult. It was more than just gaslighting, though that was certainly used along with double talk and outright lying.
If one pointed out to your spiritual parent, fellowship leader, etc. that X or Y was doing something that was the opposite of the Biblical teaching they interpreted as gospel, here’s what the response was.
You were told to stop looking at people, people will always disappoint you, keep your eye on God.
BUT it was your fellow believer in the cult who was stealing from you, lying to you, not being responsible with debts, etc.
It is a Catch 22, cause if you protest, you are at fault and if you keep quiet, you are not only part of the problem but help to perpetuate the hypocrisy.
These groups are all the same.
Sex, money, and power.
They may play around with words but it’s just word salad
Everybody wants to belong, feel loved, and when they dangle changing the world for the better and you can be part of that….well, it’s hard to resist.
Thank you for sharing, g. It helps me better understand you, and I love your last sentence.
I didn’t realize anyone paid attention to what I write.
I pay attention.
I pay attention. It’s great to get a “good culties” point of view.
Great last sentence. Since we have no clue who you are, can you say which cult?
Each time I reply, it doesn’t take.
The cult was/is The Way International out of New Knoxville Ohio. Started by Victor Paul Wierwille, then by L Craig Martindale and now Rosealie Rivenstock once Martindale was removed, and sued, for sexual improprieties.
At its apex, it was 100,0000 members. Now est. 5000 with ex-members starting their own little Way.
NXIVM, Scientology, The Way, self-help groups, ideologies, etc. they all operate the same. Gaslighting, outright lies, diet restrictions, groupthink, cult of personality, etc.
It always boils down to the same thing.
Sex, power, and money.
In the voice of Freddie Mercury:
“Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I’m gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust”
This is another example of what NXIVM means, when it uses the words, ‘Ethical’ and ‘Humanitarian.’
It is now time for the US Attorney in the NDNY to indict both Doctor Danielle Roberts and her Master Allison Mack for sex trafficking in the Northern District of New York.
Branding women with hot irons is a common practice among sex traffickers.
Branding women turns those women into property.
Most sex traffickers use a real branding iron in a conspicuous location, a one-to-two-second event. NXIVM used a cauterizing tool, a 20-30 minute process, without anesthesia, in an extremely sensitive and private part of the body. Branding women leaves a physical, mental, and emotional scar. It does NOTHING about them becoming property. That may be the pimp’s intent, but it does not do that unless you believe women are stupid. Of course, you think everyone is stupid except for yourself, the smartest “man” in the room.
“Most sex traffickers use a real branding iron ”
Many sex traffickers will use a wire coat hangar unbent and heated on a stove.
But in the end, it’s all the same.
The person is a branded (marked) sex slave.
Sex trafficking is an ugly business conducted by twisted people like Allison Mack and Lauren Salzman.
Your confusing India with someone else.
Branding isn’t illegal in NYS.
But who has the most money and fame certainly seems to play a part in who must pay for ONE BAD APPLE that set out to ruin the whole bunch.
Branding is illegal if blackmail is involved. The crime is called blackmail.
Branding as part of sex trafficking is illegal.
“Branding women with hot irons is a common practice among sex traffickers.”
Only if you’re cognizant that is what’s happening and as India said, ” You dont know these people and what they are capable of.” Dr. Roberts never trafficked anyone, India did. She only sought to develop an exercise program that would engage the muscular, skeletal system, have aerobic qualities, and provide mental release. Her only mistake was choosing the “smartest man in the world” as Nancy Saltzman proclaimed.
And trusting her elders and commitment.
I believe that in her testimony, Lauren stated that Jimena cried out as she was branded, begging for it to stop. If that’s true, then consent was revoked, and what followed was battery.
We don’t know everything that Roberts did. If she was aware of the blackmail, and she probably was, then her cauterizing was not legal.
We have not yet ascertained if Raniere had collateral on Roberts herself but that is most likely the case.
I lost my previous comment, but yes: Keith hss to be so annoyed that Jeffrey Epstein stole his thunder. No one really gives a crap about the stupid, 70s hairdo, creepy, NYT mag cover, wet-lipped, pedo freak Keith in the big scheme of things.
Raniere didn’t have the political connections and previous sex conviction that Epstein had. We don’t even know whether Raniere has ever heard of Epstein.
Mr. Porter’s wife was, as far as I know, the only publicly (FR) named “Raniere supporter” at the sentencing hearing. Not a big leap, considering that Clare supports the family. I believe they have three young children, which makes the situation so incredibly sad. The community still continues, though (AnonyMaker will
Shen was good enough for Lauren–
I do see the clear Nancy connection, though. Of course she would be most interested, next to Keith, in any “data” to prove the worth of the “tech” that, let us not forget, she was offering for thousands of dollars even after Doofus Pedo Vanguard was arrested (Sorry/not sorry, suckers).
Nancy was on video promoting the notion that the very young can be seen as sexually mature. She taught it.
In addition, you cannot forget the whole aborted “Nxivm cured my Tourette’s” debacle right after the trial. Who was behind that?
I wonder who here has also seen Nancy in a rage? She is fearsome.
Last, for now, what is the legal status of the “tech” outside of the US? It was meant for greatness, yet was always, by design, a somewhat a smallish, community-based thing catching low information strivers.
Nancy in a rage?? I can’t reconcile that vision with the rabid bespectacled dog (sounds more polite that bipedal bitch) walking out of the Court building with her attorney’s arm lovingly around her shoulders while she was giving the look of a lamb to slaughter. A backhand to dislocate several cervical vertebrae is what she badly required back then!! She should be treated purely as a worthless object, just as she did her victims!
I’m not sure where you were going with the reference to me, but I have no doubt that remnants of the community continue on. However, it’s already much reduced unless you’re referring to a relatively small hard core, and if it follows other examples of such groups after catastrophic leadership upheaval, is likely to continue to dwindle down to just a few true believers.
If you have an information that they’re somehow succeeding in holding things together, or even just updates about just what is going on, then it would be interesting to hear.
Nancy Salzman is the only convicted NXIVM member who left court with a smile on her face, after pleading guilty. I like to call her ‘The Gran With a Plan.’ She is looking forward to lo a luxurious retirement once she’s served her micro-sentence. From her point of view, Raniere is now surplus to requirements. She will be the epitome of a model prisoner, and be released early. She knows where the money is. The money that nobody else knows about. Hence the smile.
It may have been a nervous smile. There is no early release, there is a slight reduction for good behavior. She better move to a place without a U.S. extradition treaty and protect her money outside of the reach of U.S. authorities, because if given a monetary penalty she claims she can’t pay and is later found to have lots of money, the Feds will come knocking on her door.
Mommy Dearest
And ONE of the MOST GUILTY
Ok, so he performed research without an official permission. That is of course a breach of good professional conduct, but I’ve heard of quite a few doctors that do that. I don’t think that in itself should be a reason to revoke his license. Apparently, noone asked the question if this research really harmed any of the participants and what kind of results it yielded. As to the accusation that Keith had Pam “killed” by purposely introducing a virus, where is ANY evidence for something like that?
Where’s the evidence, you ask?
In the fact that NONE of the senior NXIVM members contracted this same illness, you naive dope. 🙂
What are the chances of a coincidence like that?
That’s called using common sense.
You’re right. No one asked the harm question. That’s because he never got proper consent.
What an asshole.
Patrick, he also did not get informed consent from the victims of his “research”. The videos shown to them were extremely disturbing, and the experience was reportedly traumatic.
As for Pam’s death, there are many unanswered questions.
All videos available on any TV
I have seen beheadings in Drivers Education Class!!!
But the agenda is to smear everyone involved, especially the ones who legitimately worked their asses off to become doctors and were used and set up from the beginning thinking they were truly making a contribution to help others!
Ah, but Hollywood rules!
“Research” vs. “Human Subjects Research” are two very different things….
No way! Keith van Guard, the king of your family, is spotless as the whitest angel! All of us here on this forum except for your RH, are cretins suspecting Keith van Guard of all sorts of imaginary shit. Go and slap Judge Garaufis for being so brazen as to declare your owner, is about to spend some time in jail. Don’t put up with us, Patrick. We’re all idiots. Best you go and kick Trump in the ass and install yourself as the US President. You are too powerful. Go and show them you are God’s gift to humanity! You are an idiot if you don’t do it, Patrick!
The network revealed it’s set the premiere date for Sunday, Oct. 6 at 10/9c and is kicking things off with an episode titled “NXIVM: Self Help or Sex Cult?” According to E!, the installment “focuses on the recruitment of women into the organization and its sub-groups, and the severe impact it had on their lives. This installment also uncovers the secrets and shocking behavior that led to the conviction of deceitful NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and the guilty plea and imminent sentencing of former actor and NXIVM member Allison Mack. Among those who tell their stories are Catherine Oxenberg, who speaks candidly about losing her daughter to the cult and finally rescuing her, and Barbara Bouchey openly shares what it was like to live within the group.”
coming sept 21,,,article include a trailer
https://etcanada.com/news/494357/creepy-new-trailer-gives-first-look-at-lifetimes-nxivm-cult-movie/
From what I know about persons who wear white lab coats, I’m not surprised that there are a few nut jobs like Brandon Porter who are “practicing” medicine. The thing that surprises me is that a government agency actually DID SOMETHING RIGHT for once!
I’m literally shocked that the medical board decided some nut job was dangerous enough that they decided to take action.
This was a slam dunk decision. Totally expected, especially after he was asked to quit and all of the convictions. He’s lucky not to be one of them, and perhaps will be if the NDNY gets off their fat a$$es.
GREAT!
He paid nothing for his education.
Justice is served in this case.
I will celebrate tonight!
Does scaring the crap out of women by exhibiting violent “snuff” type movies constitute practicing medicine?
Now to yank the medical license of Quack Dr. Danielle Roberts!
Allison Mack’s Mad Brander!
Ring a ring ding, Danielle Roberts.
Wasn’t Porter’s license already suspended? He was doing work other than medicine at last report.
It’s a known characteristic that psychopaths don’t respond normally to things like the sight of violence, so testing reactions as Porter was doing would definitely be a way to determine who had such characteristics and so would be capable of doing almost anything.
The story says he was asked to resign and complied.
I said at the outset this was in preparation to innure these women to violent acts to weaponize them.
Keith hinted at some grandiose plan he had in mind that he has not, to this day, revealed.
Since the women were groomed to be loose sexually and to endure third grade burns without anesthesia, then selected to join a secret group named DOS with masters of 7 slaves who then became recruiters and masters themselves of 7 slaves and so on (this was not MLM this was secret cells the names of which only Keith was aware of and the masters of each cell were not aware of the slaves of the others yet Keith knew who they all were), trained to respond, without thinking in 60 seconds at all times or be physically punished (think Pavlov) all one has to do is follow the dots.
This was far more than just sating Keith’s sex life. He was weaponizing these women to be Stepford like and carry out a mission he had not yet revealed, probably never would in whole but might do in part.
Keith was creating the perfect weapon.
Women who would fuck on command, without protest, anyone he ordered them to and then to assassinate them callously without questioning why or feeling remorse.
Keep in mind, calculated assisinati9ns of key political figures can alter the political landscape of a country.
Japan, prior to WW2 proved that with 13 targetted assassinations.
Note how Keith had nothing in his name. Nothing connected to him
Keith was positioning himself to be the power behind the throne yet he would be calling the shots.
Keith may not be the smartest guy in the world but he’s a crafty devil.
That might be your craziest post yet, and one of the first I may actually agree with.
Geez, craziest???? I am very sane.
Thing is these groups are all alike.
Crazy, huh? Lol Way too funny.
Maybe crazy isn’t the right word. Far out? Building a team of female assassins… But I see where you’re coming from – what was his end game? I don’t know. Your idea is as good of a guess (and as far out) as any I have.
Thrilled beyond words he will rot in prison.
But punishing his victims not so much.
Many may start out as victims, but if their actions become criminal, they are responsible for those actions and the harm caused. Yes, top dog Vanguard kept his name out of things and danced semantics so nothing was “his fault” – but the law was able to see past semantics and convict him. There are still plenty out there who are responsible for criminal actions even if committed in his name. Plenty out there now hiding behind the role of “victim” rather than facing the consequences of their own actions.
Like India was?
It’s the Top Dogs involved for Years
That should face the Greatest Responsibility
So many people involved for years on end.
g, the cult that you were in and refuse to name has left you brain damaged. You have absolutely no evidence what the intent of Raniere was with respect to Porter. You didn’t even respond to the question being asked.
DOS was MLM, through and through. While people in MLM scams such as Amway know who most of their upline is, some people are kept hidden, but this is a minor issue compared to what is discussed below. More importantly, it is the hidden information and rules against communicating with others, not hidden names. For example, in Amway, where Raniere started his MLM scam career, it is taught to not to communicate with anyone who is “crossline” with you, which means anyone who is not in your downline or direct upline. The upline also doesn’t tell prospects or their downline that they are involved in an illegal pyramid (little to no retail sales to non-distributors) and RICO fraud (tool scams), for obvious reasons.
Amway also teaches “edification,” which is essentially worshipping and serving their upline, not questioning them, etc., just like a master/slave relationship. However, the upline uses the words “business partners” and “teammates” to describe their downline to cover up this master/slave relationship. Talking good about your upline is smart business, but when it is misused to cover up the above criminal activities.
Stick to your cult experience, because you are clueless when it comes to MLM scams.
I agree with your assessment
Oh, please.
You denigrate everyone because you wanna be top dog, king of the hill.
I did my homework and continue to do it. Keith intimated to such.
You are obsessed with AMWAY and continually made this forum your vehicle for your vendetta against AMWAY.
Frankly, you’re irritating and crude.
I believe it’s been reported that assassins were one of the “crafts” Raniere talked about creating.
But he also looked into having his own country. He likely had lots of similarly grandiose plans that he had no chance of actually pulling off. Plus he said something like that DOS was going to expand to include millions of women, as if it could somehow become the Avon or Mary Kay of BDSM, which is ludicrous.
Manson also had his followers believing that they would spark a worldwide revolution. The only real danger is to the handful of followers who buy into nonsense, and in a few cases to some outsiders who they manage to harm before they implode.
See, you paid attention to Keith’s plans for power.
Wanna tell Scott? He’s stuck on AMWAY and always wants to start a fight.
Amway is much larger and ongoing than Raniere dreamed of, as well as the cult you were in that you refuse to name, combined. I don’t want to start fights with weaklings like you, just demonstate how weak you are.
No sh*t Sherlock.
About time! Let him sell siding and windows!!!
Porter was let go from that job once his employer felt the heat of bad publicity.
Makes me wonder if his NXIVM buddy who works at the same place and secured him the job is still employed there.
Think about it. Would you want Porter in your home?
I wouldn’t.
Let him beg for his supper. Or, better yet, money bags Clare can support him and his family.
Now we need to strip Danielle Roberts of her medical license. Any doctor who willingly inflicts third degree burns on a person is insane and should be barred from medicine.
Can anybody confirm that Porter was fired? If so, does anybody know what Porter is doing now?
He was doing windows and siding but, again, the agenda here is to have everyone fired through bad media so that they can never recover! The hypocrisy here is unbelievable. Keep getting them fired so They Can Never Leave the Cult and fully recover then out them as Cultists!!
You can’t learn a lesson that way unless of course, Your Mom or Dad is filthy RICH.
I think that losing his license to practice medicine is totally appropriate (If undertaking unauthorized experiments on women and children doesn’t qualify for that penalty, what the hell does?). And I know that it’s not necessarily permanent because NYSDOH has restored licenses to other doctors who had their licenses taken away.
What I want to know is what Porter is going to do to make amends to the women and children that he fucked with. Since he’s now living off of Clare Bronfman’s tit (which is, I admit, a fright film all by itself), he ought to be doing whatever he can to help his victims.
The agenda is to make them move far away so they can leave the cult.
Here, Here!
KR Claviger,
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After the comments go three or more deep, you have to use the first “REPLY” option you can find going up.
Interestingly, Porter had a great interest in women with compulsive obsessive disorders.
Mic drop. Encore encore.
A lot of people talk shit about NXIVM’s program.
However, it may have done some good.
Thus, I think it’s only fair to look at the results of senior people who went thru the program:
1) Brandon Porter went from being a practicing M.D. to being an insulation salesman, while throwing away years of college and medical school.
2) Allison Mack went from being a rich and famous television star to being an unemployable, broke, convicted racketeer and sex slaver (and soon to be prisoner).
3) Nicki Clyne went from having a starring role on Battlestar Galactica to serving sandwiches at a Vegan Deli, while being unemployable for any acting roles ever again.
4) Clare Bear reportedly inherited $400-$500 million dollars, but according to Frank Parlato (and federal court asset disclosures) her current fortune is only around $200 million in total assets.
5) Emi Salinas went from being a well respected, international figure who was poised to lead Mexico one day —- to becoming an outcast in his own country and humiliating his family name, while reportedly fleeing the country for a while.
6) Bitch Pam Cafritz hailed from a rich and prominent family. But she left this world as a dying fool, drinking milky white cocktails to cure her cancer rather than visiting a real hospital. Oh, and her $8 million dollars was apparently appropriated for the good of NXIVM. What a sad, wasted life.
It would seem to me that NXIVM’s program is akin to self flagellation, but multiplied by infinity.
Has anybody ever come out of NXIVM better off than before they started?
This guy is sick in the head for showing snuff films and rape. Going down the path of Dr. Mengele Dr. Porter? Wacko.
Sadly he is not sick. Were he so he could be cured.
Porter was “turned” by Keith but only because he could be, he always had it in him.
Unbelievable!
I must go down to the Hudson River to see if the waters have parted because this is exactly the kind of miracle I never thought we’d see in NY State.
Thank God!
And thank you, Frank, for shining the light on all of this darkness.
To Brandon Porter,
Please remember you have 3 young children.
I do not know if you are a good man or a bad man.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt and choose to believe you are good man who was led astray.
Children need a father. Your children did not choose life.
You chose to bring them into the world for your own joy not theirs.
You owe it to them to be there for them.
Children need a father.
Do not abandon them.
Be the man you should have been, be strong.
You did not murder anyone or molest any children.
When your children grow up they will remember a father that loved them and believe the truth, you were a man that made the mistake of trusting a psychopathic madman.
Children need a father.
Children need a father, not a psycho.
In response to BeAman.
So because Porter didn’t murder anyone he gets a pass as a good father?
Porter aided and abetted Keith and thus he is certainly not a decent man or good fsther.
Good to know no one ever took advantage of you G
???
Everyone gets taken advantage of at one time or another.
Even you.
Ever hear of “once burned, twice shy?”
I’m wiser for the experience.
Certainly, however, someone gave you another chance to support yourself.
That Is Not Frank’s and the internet agenda here. Perhaps you were lucky and your cult stint happened prior to blogs, etc.
Well, they are supported by 6-million-fine Clare. She had better support them. Best outcome would be that he isn’t a freak (debatable) and can perhaps work as an EMT
This blog wont let that happen, Only Frank deserves a second chance here.
Children need a father who is not a psychopath.
One of the qualities that psychopaths are known to possess, is that that even when they are fully aware of a law, they may choose to break it.
Brandon Porter was fully aware of the laws he chose to repeatedly break.
I would not wish that kind of father on any child.
I am also worried about his children and hope that Brandon has come to realize that he was also hoodwinked by a psychopath. For the benefit of his family, I hope he can find a job so that he can support his young children. But man, what a waste of an expensive education! A medical degree and a Ph.D. Good Lord, he’s probably still paying his student loans.
Porter went to med school FREE!
And, no, Porter and his wife see themselves as victims.
They are true believers because they have to be. There is no other option afforded them except victimology.
As the “great” Raniere said, “there are no victims in NXIVM.”
How? How did Porter go to med school for free?
Well said. Can’t change the past. Now what? Step up, BP.