January, 2021 - Frank Report

Kristin Keeffe Is a Victim to Watch at Raniere Restitution Hearings

January 29, 2021

In our last post, Prosecution Files for Restitution on Behalf of Raniere’s Victims; Filing Under Seal, Raniere to Respond, we discussed some of the people who may be making claims for restitution as purported victims of Keith Raniere. The judge apparently will…

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Prosecution Files for Restitution on Behalf of Raniere’s Victims; Filing Under Seal, Raniere to Respond

by Frank Parlato

January 28, 2021

The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has filed a letter with the court seeking restitution for the victims of Keith Raniere. The letter was filed under seal and accompanied by restitution claims made by individuals who say Raniere…

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Shocking! Suneel Blasts Raniere’s Boastful Website Biography, Calls it ‘Ludicrous’

by Correspondent

January 28, 2021

Editor’s note: I do not know what readers will make of this. Perhaps Suneel has a mind of his own. He was asked to do a critique of Keith Raniere’s biography and was taunted by Bangkok, who claimed he would not be…

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Change.org Petition: ‘I Want Keith Raniere to Be Released From Jail’ — Has Only One Signer in Two Months

by Frank Parlato

January 27, 2021

Change.org is a petition website, used by more than 400 million people to date, whose mission is to “empower people everywhere to create the change they want to see.” Now, one person says she wants to see a change in the status…

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Guest View: Was the Nxivm EM (Exploration of Meaning) Process Stolen by Raniere From a Man Named Morty Lefkoe?

by Guest View

January 27, 2021

By Pandora’sJF It is pretty well known that Keith Raniere “borrowed,” elements of his courses from other well-known self-help groups, such as Scientology, Est, NLP, Theosophy, Korzybski and Tony Robbins just to name a few. The Nxivm EM (Exploration of Meaning) aspect…

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Bangkok: Is Suneel a Textbook Cult-Follower, Mentally Incapable of Criticizing Raniere’s Personal Behavior?

by Guest View

January 27, 2021

By Pious Bangkok I think Frank is taking the wrong approach with Suneel. Putting all the endlessly REHASHED legal facts aside for a moment, Frank needs to attempt to verify if Suneel is behaving as a textbook cult-follower or not. That should…

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Debate: Claviger and Bangkok: Should Raniere Have Been Granted Release on Bail Prior to Trial?

by Correspondent

January 27, 2021

Keith Alan Raniere was arrested by the FBI on March 26, 2018, in Texas, after being captured in Mexico and removed from the country the same day. After his arrest, and while in custody at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), Raniere…

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Guest View: Can Keith Still Be ‘Vanguard’ at USP Tucson?

by Guest View

January 26, 2021

The following is a guest view by an anonymous commenter who titled it “Will Vanguard Rise Again?” It bears publishing as a separate post since it points out some interesting parallels between the world Keith Raniere knew as the leader of Nxivm…

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Suneel Responds to Health Professional Who Said Raniere Was a Textbook Human Trafficker – Blasts Prosecution and Judge in His Case

by Correspondent

January 25, 2021

Suneel Chakravorty is a supporter and advocate for Keith Raniere, a man convicted of federal crimes including sex trafficking, forced labor and racketeering with predicate acts of possession of child porn [about 20 pictures of a then-15-year-old girl] and sexual exploitation of…

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Claviger Answers Readers’ Questions About Raniere in Prison

by AnnaMercury

January 25, 2021

A recent Frank Report post, Raniere Moved to US Penitentiary Tucson, Arizona – Likely to Work in Prison Food Service, raised some questions from curious readers. Frank Report’s legal correspondent, K.R. Claviger, sheds light on Keith Raniere’s prison situation. ********** Is…

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American Greed Nightmare at Nxivm Producer Scott Cohn: ‘Keith Raniere Used a Common Marketing Technique to Attract Victims’

by Frank Parlato

January 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: The author of this post, Scott Cohn, is, among his other professional duties, a special correspondent for the true financial crime series “American Greed.” I worked with Cohn on the American Greed episode ‘Nightmare at NXIVM’ which premieres Monday, Jan. 25,…

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Shivani: Raniere and Nancy Salzman Knew How to Keep Sara Bronfman Happy

by Guest View

January 24, 2021

Susan Dones’s post, When I First Saw Sara Bronfman She Was Kissing and Hugging on Edgar Boone Right in the Training, gave readers a glimpse of a Seagram’s heiress Sara Bronfman, aged about 25, at an Executive Success Programs intensive in what…

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Susan Dones: When I First Saw Sara Bronfman She Was Kissing and Hugging on Edgar Boone Right in the Training

by Correspondent

January 23, 2021

When Sara Bronfman first came to Executive Success Programs, she took an intensive in Mexico City. Soon enough, she entered into a relationship with the Mexican pioneer of ESP, Edgar Boone. Because of his recruiting skills, Edgar Boone rose on the Nxivm…

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Short, New Video From ID: The Lost Women of NXIVM: Rumors vs. Reality – Watch Here

by AnnaMercury

January 22, 2021

Investigation Discovery’s “The Lost Women of NXIVM” was a two hour film featuring Frank Parlato, the investigative journalist who first revealed that NXIVM was branding women, as he takes a deep dive to answer the questions surrounding the tragic deaths and…

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Raniere Moved to US Penitentiary Tucson, Arizona – Likely to Work in Prison Food Service

by Frank Parlato

January 22, 2021

According to the Bureau of Prison records, Keith Raniere is at the United States Penitentiary Tucson, Arizona. USP Tucson offers a Sex Offender Management Program (SOMP) and therefore has a higher proportion of sex offenders in its general population. KEITH RANIERE Register…

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American Greed: ‘Nightmare at NXIVM’ on CNBC Monday, January 25 -10PM ET- See Previews Here

by AnnaMercury

January 21, 2021

By Alison McClintock CNBC’s American Greed premiered its 14th season on January 18, 2021. The second episode of the season, airing Monday, January 25th, looks at the alleged greed of so-called ‘sex cult guru’ Keith Raniere. It’s called “American Greed: Nightmare at…

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Health Professional Says ‘Keith Raniere’s Modus Operandi Checks Off All the Boxes of Human Trafficking’

by Guest View

January 21, 2021

By Lucid Moment This is in response to Suneel, who sees the prosecution’s case against Keith Raniere as trying to “dirty him up” while piecemealing and isolating every situation in his trial. Then he can say these situations are not relevant or…

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Keith Raniere Transferred to Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center – Likely Headed to Tucson in 30-60 Days

by Frank Parlato

January 20, 2021

Keith Raniere has been transferred to Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center (FTC). He has left U.S. Penitentiary (USP) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he has been since January 6th after completing his COVID quarantine there. Raniere was removed from the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center…

January 2021