March, 2021 - Frank Report

Jeremy Bronfman Buys $29M Mansion in Santa Monica, While Aunt Clare Lives Rent-Free in Philly

March 30, 2021

Jeremy Bronfman spent $29.4 million on a Santa Monica mansion for him and his wife, Stephanie Beck Bronfman. Bronfman, 34, is one of 24 grandchildren of the late billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr., and the son of Matt Bronfman, the Manhattan-based investor, who…

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Unhappy With Frank Report, Shadow Opposes Leniency for Nancy and Lauren Salzman

by Guest View

March 30, 2021

I have to admit that one of the nicest features of publishing the Frank Report is getting comments from readers, who in a sense are part of the Frank Report team. Some of the contributions are so good that I find myself…

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Heidi: NXIVM Harassment, Hacking, Blackmailing, False Criminal Charges, Near Death and Death

by Guest View

March 30, 2021

By Heidi Hutchinson Thank you for the reminder in your story Albany Times Union Was Instrumental in Demise of NXIVM; Took Path Opposite of Local Law Enforcement, that so many were dissuaded from ever joining NXIVM and, especially, that Daniella “escaped” as a result…

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Clara Luz Flores, Defending NXIVM Ties on Facebook, Accused of Buying ‘Likes’

by Frank Parlato

March 30, 2021

Last week, she enjoyed hundreds of thousands of people giving her the horse laugh, after getting caught lying about Nxivm and Keith Raniere. She claimed she knew neither of them. Yesterday, Clara Luz Flores Carrales, 47, the woman who is vying not…

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TU Story: Raniere Arrested 3 Years Ago, Offers Insights and Chance for FR to Consider Nancy and Lauren Salzman Today

by Frank Parlato

March 29, 2021

Yesterday, another interesting story was published by the Albany Times Union entitled 3 Years After Raniere’s arrest, NXIVM divides into victims, loyalists, guilty It was written by Rob Gavin who has been covering NXIVM for several years and attended the entire trial…

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Former Nxivm Coach, Candidate for Governor of Nuevo Leon, Predicted to Lose After Lying About Raniere

by Frank Parlato

March 29, 2021

Columnist Elliott Ruiz, writing for Millenio, one of the leading publications in Mexico, is predicting that the candidate for governor of Nuevo Leon, Clare Luz Flores, is going to lose the election. She was leading in the polls in a four-way race.…

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Albany Times Union Was Instrumental in Demise of NXIVM; Took Path Opposite of Local Law Enforcement

by Frank Parlato

March 29, 2021

The role a local newspaper or media outlet can take in reporting matters of importance in a community is amply demonstrated in the case of the Albany Times Union [TU] and their coverage of one of their local businesses or, as some…

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Heidi: More Than a Decade Ago, We Tried to Alert Edgar Bronfman to the Crimes of Nxivm to Protect Ourselves and Save His Daughters

by Frank Parlato

March 26, 2021

By Heidi Hutchinson Stephen Herbits’ testimony in the trial of Keith Raniere was most definitely damning to Clare Bronfman. A few verbal swipes were attempted to be elicited by Raniere defense attorney Marc Aginfilo at Frank Parlato when Herbits was cross-examined. Herbits’…

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Proof that Clara Luz Flores, Candidate for Governor of Nuevo Leon, Was Lying About Not Knowing Nxivm or Raniere

by Frank Parlato

March 25, 2021

Clara Luz Flora, the candidate for governor for Nuevo Leon in Mexico, does not appear to be telling the truth about Nxivm or Keith Raniere. Journalist Julio Astillero interviewed Luz Flores on March 24, and asked the candidate about her link with…

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Readers Debate on Whether to Publish Material From Raniere Attorneys’ Sealed Restitution Filings That Was Accidentally Published By Court Website

by Frank Parlato

March 25, 2021

There has been considerable interest in the accidentally published filing by Keith Raniere’s attorneys who argued against the government’s recommendation for victim restitution in his case. The filing was supposed to be filed under seal but somehow, through a technical error, apparently…

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Dr. Danielle Roberts: ‘Thank You DOS and All of the Deeply Committed Women I Have Been Privileged to Meet on This Journey’

by Frank Parlato

March 25, 2021

Danielle Roberts D.O. is in the fight of her life. She is a physician and, based on a complaint filed by Sarah Edmondson, the New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct [OPMC] initiated an investigation and then a series of hearings…

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Leading Mexican Candidate for Gov. of Nuevo Leon, Clara Luz Flores, Appears on Video With NXIVM’s Keith Raniere –She Filmed at Nancy Salzman’s House in Albany

by Frank Parlato

March 25, 2021

In 2017, Frank Report first broke the news that Clara Luz Flores, the then-mayor of the Mexican city of Escobedo, was a coach for Nxivm. See: Mayor Clara Luz Flores of Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico is a Coach for Cult that Brands…

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Government Calls Publishing Names of 117 ‘Victims’ a ‘Technical Error’ – Blames Raniere’s Attorneys

by Frank Parlato

March 24, 2021

Yesterday, Frank Report revealed that the US Court’s website, PACER.gov published a court filing that contained the full names of every one of the 117 alleged victims of Keith Raniere. The government is now calling it a ‘technical error’ apparently made by…

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Mess-Up! Raniere ‘Victims’ Full Names Published Accidentally Online on Government Website –Defense’s Restitution Claims Filed Under Seal Is Live for Hours Before Taken Down

by Frank Parlato

March 23, 2021

Everyone who claimed to be a victim in the federal case against Keith Raniere, and his codefendants, was named in a document accidentally published on the US courts website, PACER.gov., [Pacer is an acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records] earlier today.…

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DOS Defender Linda Chung: ‘What Do You Make of the Women Who Are “Victims”‘?

by Guest View

March 22, 2021

Linda Chung was a member of the sorority, Dominus Obsequium Sororum, better known as DOS. DOS was a master-slave-based sorority that, unusual for a sorority, had a man as the ultimate master. His name is Keith Alan Raniere. Raniere is now serving…

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Raniere Prosecutor Mark Lesko Named Acting US Attorney EDNY

by Frank Parlato

March 22, 2021

Mark J. Lesko has begun serving as Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, as per the Vacancies Reform Act. Lesko was sworn in yesterday by United States Chief Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Margo…

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Clare Bronfman’s Appeal of Her Sentence Seems to Have Little Chance of Success

by Frank Parlato

March 21, 2021

What are the chances of Clare Bronfman winning an appeal of her sentence? Probably not very good. Bronfman was sentenced to 81 months in federal prison, triple the maximum of the sentencing guidelines for the felony crimes she admitted to committing, and…

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Guest Post: Nancy Salzman, the Hypnotist

by Frank Parlato

March 18, 2021

[Editor’s Note: The following is a submission from a reader of the Frank Report.] By Faris Rauf Hi Frank, Hope you’re well. I am a longtime reader of the Frank Report ever since you first broke the NXIVM story nearly three years…

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