2020 - Frank Report

Battle Between India Oxenberg and Mark Vicente Over ‘Seduced’

November 2, 2020

Vicente- Oxenberg Battle There is a battle ongoing between India Oxenberg and Mark Vicente over how Vicente is portrayed in Starz’s TV four-part series, Seduced, Inside the Nxivm Cult. India is a co-producer and the main character in the documentary. A different picture…

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Scammers Spread Bitcoin Scheme With Phony Endorsement From Sir Paul McCartney

by Guest View

November 1, 2020

Celebrities around the world are now bait for a new scam. Bitcoin is booming again after its major drop in 2018, and the recent success has a lot of people talking. Among those excited by the current highs are online scammers who…

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Edgar Boone, Highest Ranking Nxivm Member [Blue Sash]: ‘Keith Raniere Has Been a Kind, Hardworking Humanitarian, and Ethical Human Being, Who Developed Some Amazing Personal Growth Tools’

by Frank Parlato

November 1, 2020

Though he has left Albany where he lived for years near his mentor, Keith Raniere, and returned to Mexico, with his wife and children, after Raniere’s arrest, Edgar Boone remains the highest-ranking member of Nxivm – holding the Blue Sash. In the…

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Camila’s Complete Statement at Raniere’s Sentencing –‘When I Was Still 15, He Took Naked Pictures — Naked Pictures of Me!’

by Frank Parlato

November 1, 2020

As we analyze the appropriateness of the 120 year sentence of Keith Alan Raniere, we might as well begin with the first victim to speak at his sentencing hearing: Camila. Her victim statement was the first time Camila, age 30, made her…

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Barbara Bouchey: My Impressions of the Sentencing Hearing of Keith Raniere

by Correspondent

October 31, 2020

Barbara Bouchey, a former girlfriend of Keith Raniere – and a former high ranking Nxivm member, was one of 15 victims permitted to make statements at Raniere’s sentencing on October 27, 2020. She was in the courtroom during the entire five-hour long…

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High-Status Hector, Father of Raniere Victims, Camila and Daniela, Is Also Grandfather of the ‘Avatar’ Baby

by Correspondent

October 31, 2020

By Heidi Hutchinson In response to Father-Idiot: Hector’s Amazing Letter in Support of Raniere — He Is the Father of Victims Daniela and Camila, I’m reminded of Lauren Salzman’s haunting testimony at the trial of Keith Raniere where she details her conversations…

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Does Keith Raniere Deserve a 120 Year Prison Sentence?

by Frank Parlato

October 31, 2020

Now that the sentencing of Keith Alan Raniere has been imposed, this is an excellent time to review the appropriateness of his sentence. I have been writing about Raniere since late 2015, 10 days after he and Clare Bronfman arranged for my…

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Father-Idiot: Hector’s Amazing Letter in Support of Raniere — He Is the Father of Victims Daniela and Camila

by Frank Parlato

October 30, 2020

In a previous post, Part #2: Judge Garaufis on Sentencing Raniere to 120 Years: ‘Abuse Inflicted Unimaginable Trauma and Damage’ on Daniela and Camila, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis had some unkind words for Hector F [last name redacted]. Hector is the father…

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Ironic Video: The Man Raniere Tried to Put in Prison, Frank Parlato, Gets to Tell Worldwide Media Outside Courthouse About Raniere’s 120 Year Prison Sentence

by Frank Parlato

October 30, 2020

I mentioned in a prior post that I had the privilege of informing the media outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse that Keith Alan Raniere had received a sentence of 120 years. It was ironic that I should be first to deliver the…

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Part #2: Judge Garaufis on Sentencing Raniere to 120 Years: ‘Abuse Inflicted Unimaginable Trauma and Damage’ on Daniela and Camila

by Frank Parlato

October 29, 2020

In the previous post, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis’ sentencing memorandum was published. In it, he explains how and why he came up with a sentence for Keith Raniere of 120 years. From that post, I removed a section on Camila and Daniela…

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Judge Garaufis on Why He Sentenced Raniere to 120 Years; Part 1: ‘DOS Operated to Abuse and Exploit Young Women for Sex, Labor, and Financial Gain’

by Frank Parlato

October 29, 2020

Prior to sentencing Keith Alan Raniere on October 27, 2020, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis read his sentencing memorandum in court. This document explains how he came to his decision to sentence Raniere to 120 years. Read the complete memorandum here. Here is an…

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Where We Go From Here With Keith Raniere

by Frank Parlato

October 29, 2020

Now that Keith Raniere has been sentenced to 120 years in federal prison, it is time to examine the record and what happened at sentencing. Was the century-plus sentence appropriate for his crimes of conviction? Or was he sentenced excessively and for…

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DOJ’s Press Release on Keith Raniere’s 120 Years Prison Sentence

by Frank Parlato

October 27, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2020 Contact: John Marzulli United States Attorney’s Office (718) 254-6323 PRESS RELEASE NXIVM LEADER KEITH RANIERE SENTENCED TO 120 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RACKETEERING AND SEX TRAFFICKING OFFENSES Keith Raniere, the founder and leader of Nxivm, was…

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LAST UPDATED: 4:30 PM – The Sentencing of Keith Alan Raniere – With Frequent Updates as the Hearing Proceeds

by Frank Parlato

October 27, 2020

4:30 PM Keith Raniere Sentenced To 120 Years In Federal Prison Keith Raniere has been sentenced to 120-years in federal prison. The sentence is not actually as bad as it sounds because, with time off for good behavior, he’ll only have to…

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Remember Rhiannon, Who Said Raniere Raped Her 60 Times When She Was 12

by Frank Parlato

October 27, 2020

This post is for the followers of Keith Alan Raniere. Some of them told me they do not believe Keith had sex with Camila when she was 15. Camila is expected to make a victim statement at Raniere’s sentencing later today. Raaniere’s followers…

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Publishing Raniere’s Last Words and the Desperate Efforts of His Followers Is Not ‘Selling Out’

by Frank Parlato

October 26, 2020

Some readers think that publishing the remarks of Keith Raniere, interviewing him, or publishing his podcast, is enabling him. One reader said I sold out to his camp for money. Here are a couple of comments in bold. Frank, please don’t give…

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Ivy Nevares Wants Raniere’s Podcast Banned — but Is This What Raniere Is Talking About – His Right of Free Speech?

by Frank Parlato

October 26, 2020

Corrected: I first wrote that this was a First Amendment issue. It is not since First Amendment refers to government suppression of speech. This is rather the importance of defending free speech and the right of even a despised person to give…

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Keith Raniere Releases Podcast Part 1: The Devil, Hitler, and Lady Justice

by Frank Parlato

October 26, 2020

Keith Alan Raniere has released a podcast – via his followers – and it is available on Apple podcast and Spotify. But you don’t need to go there, you can hear it right here. Along with something you can’t get elsewhere —…

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