Raniere: My Defense Team Failed to Challenge FBI’s Illegal Search

May 15, 2024
Keith Raniere in his library at 8 Hale Dr. Half Moon NY.

As we continue our evaluation of Keith Raniere’s 2255 motion to vacate his conviction based on ineffective assistance of counsel, we turn to another failure he alleges his counsel made:

Counsel Was Constitutionally Ineffective For Failing To Challenge The Illegal Search And Seizure Of Evidence 

Raniere says his defense team should have challenged the illegal search and seizure of Raniere’s library at 8 Hale.

8 Hale

 

RAniere, who at the time he filed his motion, represented himself, pro se, writes, “the government illegally obtained, manipulated, and staged evidence in this case…” and his defense “counsel entirely failed to raise” an objection.

 Illegal Search and Seizure of the 8 Hale Drive Property 

Raniere maintains his Fourth Amendment rights were “egregiously violated” during the FBI search of 8 Hale Dr. in Halfmoon, NY on March 27, 2018.

“The actions taken during this search not only defy the principles of lawful investigation but also undermine the integrity of our justice system,” Raniere wrote. 

Because Raniere’s counsel failed to “challenge these egregious actions by the government in the search and seizure,” Raniere writes his “§ 2255 motion is due to be granted.”

If he is right, Raniere scampers out of prison.

Just reverse the message to understand what Raniere expects from his motion…

Raniere explains what the FBI did:

The FBI’s photos of the evidence, which the US Attorney used as trial evidence, “demonstrate,” according to Raniere, “that FBI agents engaged in illegal conduct by staging evidence, falsifying search photos, and planting evidence.” 

Keith Raniere at 8 Hale Drive from where the hard drive with the Camila photos was seized

Exclusionary Rule

He points to the “exclusionary rule,” which is that evidence obtained through illegal means should be inadmissible in court. But, Raniere points out, it only works “if counsel had raised such a challenge.”

The Supreme Court established that the exclusionary rule is meant to deter future unlawful police conduct.

Ranire argues: “This principle is … a cornerstone of our legal system’s commitment to justice and the rule of law. Any defense lawyer who ignores this cornerstone provides ineffective assistance of counsel.” 

Raniere writes that in criminal trials, “the Court has consistently found the exclusionary rule to be efficacious in deterring improper police conduct and protecting Fourth Amendment rights, as evidenced by landmark cases such as Elkins v. United States (1960), Mapp v. Ohio (1961), and Weeks v. United States (1914). “

In this case, the allegedly illegally obtained evidence includes a Canon camera, memory card, and Western Digital hard drive.

Canon Camera
EOS 20D
A photo of a Lexar camera card similar to the one seized at the executive library of Keith Raniere

 

Western Digital hard drive

“These items were at the heart of the prosecution’s case, purportedly substantiating Racketeering Acts 2-4. However, given the tainted manner in which this evidence was procured, it, and all evidence seized, must be excluded, ” Raniere argues.

In our next post, we will explain Raniere’s evidence that the FBI staged the evidence, and how the FBI photos taken during the raid prove it. 

He says. “According to a report by a former FBI expert who evaluated the evidence in this case, it was obvious that evidence in the search had been illegally staged, planted, manipulated, and the search was ‘not legitimate.'” 

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Free Vanguard
Free Vanguard
1 year ago

F.B.Lies. Period.

Only idiots don’t see it.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Free Vanguard

Abuser. Paedo. Fraudster. Only idiots don’t see it.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

The Great Zodiac Killer Hoax of 1986

Oct 29, 2020 at 3:21pm

From Jack Johnson:

Y’all should check this out too. Keith Raniere the founder of the sex cult NXIVM is alleged to have killed a woman named Pam Cafritz a descendant of the wealthy Washington DC based real estate developer Morris Cafritz. Pam was supporting Raniere and his cult financially (as was one of the Seagram Liquor heirs) but if you go back to Charles Manson this same Cafritz family is supporting Charlie and the family with gobs of money. The woman’s name helping Manson in 1967,1968, 1969 is Charlene Cafritz the daughter in law of Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz. So I would say it’s not the CIA (code word for US Government) but these wealthy degenerate families including the Royal family. If you go back to the murder of Holly Maddox by Earth Day guru Ira Einhorn it was a Bronfman woman that financed Ira’s hideaways in Europe for over 20 years.
http://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/us/nxivm-keith-raniere-sentencing-supporters/index.html
NXIVM is the modern day Manson Family replete with Hollywood movie stars.

https://zodiackillerhoax1986.freeforums.net/thread/349/keith-raniere-murder-pam-cafritz

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Dec 17, 2020 at 8:51pm  
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Post by jack on Dec 17, 2020 at 8:51pm
From Wiki Son of Sam. Under the subheading “Cult Structure” we get a last name very similar to Raniere. John Carr is said to have recruited a John Paul Ranieri into a mafia prostitution ring “suffocating” young girls.
QUOTE:
John Carr – longtime cult member who recruited John Paul Ranieri into a Mafia prostitution ring; known as a “rapist and suffocator of young girls” who was clearly a heterosexual pedophile; went on to work at Minot Air Force Base, participating in a cult in North Dakota while also frequently commuting back to New York; matched a composite sketch in the Son of Sam murders

Michael Carr – lived in Rochester NY in the early 1970s, and perhaps participated in the Alphabet murders there; matched a composite sketch in the Son of Sam murders

Now from AP story in 1990 we find John Paul Ranieri commenting on the case of Jeff Dahlmer , who also like John Gacy liked to suffocate young men.
Quote from AP story 1990

A street minister who befriended Dahmer about a month ago noticed a bias against homosexuals and blacks. ″He hated the gay community with a passion and most gay people,″ said John Paul Ranieri

apnews.com/article/87812664d5e161ea8a9b255899357c8f

I assume this guy John Paul Ranieri is a black man. This same names turns up in the Son of Sam story and John Carr.
Wheat Carr

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Dec 17, 2020 at 8:51pm  
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Post by jack on Dec 17, 2020 at 8:51pm
From Wiki Son of Sam. Under the subheading “Cult Structure” we get a last name very similar to Raniere. John Carr is said to have recruited a John Paul Ranieri into a mafia prostitution ring “suffocating” young girls.
QUOTE:
John Carr – longtime cult member who recruited John Paul Ranieri into a Mafia prostitution ring; known as a “rapist and suffocator of young girls” who was clearly a heterosexual pedophile; went on to work at Minot Air Force Base, participating in a cult in North Dakota while also frequently commuting back to New York; matched a composite sketch in the Son of Sam murders

Michael Carr – lived in Rochester NY in the early 1970s, and perhaps participated in the Alphabet murders there; matched a composite sketch in the Son of Sam murders

Now from AP story in 1990 we find John Paul Ranieri commenting on the case of Jeff Dahlmer , who also like John Gacy liked to suffocate young men.
Quote from AP story 1990

A street minister who befriended Dahmer about a month ago noticed a bias against homosexuals and blacks. ″He hated the gay community with a passion and most gay people,″ said John Paul Ranieri

apnews.com/article/87812664d5e161ea8a9b255899357c8f

I assume this guy John Paul Ranieri is a black man. This same names turns up in the Son of Sam story and John Carr.
Wheat Carr

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Oct 29, 2020 at 3:21pm Admin Horan said:
From Jack Johnson:

Y’all should check this out too. Keith Raniere the founder of the sex cult NXIVM is alleged to have killed a woman named Pam Cafritz a descendant of the wealthy Washington DC based real estate developer Morris Cafritz. Pam was supporting Raniere and his cult financially (as was one of the Seagram Liquor heirs) but if you go back to Charles Manson this same Cafritz family is supporting Charlie and the family with gobs of money. The woman’s name helping Manson in 1967,1968, 1969 is Charlene Cafritz the daughter in law of Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz. So I would say it’s not the CIA (code word for US Government) but these wealthy degenerate families including the Royal family. If you go back to the murder of Holly Maddox by Earth Day guru Ira Einhorn it was a Bronfman woman that financed Ira’s hideaways in Europe for over 20 years.
http://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/us/nxivm-keith-raniere-sentencing-supporters/index.html
NXIVM is the modern day Manson Family replete with Hollywood movie stars.

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Post by paulhart on Sep 19, 2021 at 4:05pm
Charlene Lawley Cafritz was at the center of two families (Lawley and Cafritz) who had deep deep ties to Washington’s intelligence community. Charlene’s mother Lucille Lawley was one of the top women in the US State Dept. for decades. She was the personal assistant of Dean Rusk, one of the architects of the Vietnam War and target of many anti-war protests. Her father Jack Lawley was so deep inside the deep state that you won’t find anything about him publicly. He was in the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency), the military’s version of the CIA. That’s how the Lawley family knew the Cafritz family. Morris and Gwen Cafritz (Charlene’s in-laws) secretly offered space in their buildings to intelligence agencies in the DC area… including giving space to the DIA in the Cafritz Building in Arlington, Virginia. Morris and Gwen became close to J. Edgar Hoover starting in the 1940s. Charlene was simply a conduit to funnel Fed $ to Manson in 1968 and 1969.

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Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

JON ATACK:
It’s always good to find out who we’re talking to before we start going.

MARK VICENTE:
🤔

NEW YORK TIMES

November 6, 1988

Radio Tape Thefts Tied to Pretoria: U.S. Officials Assert Pilferage Is a Bid to Sway Coverage of African Countries

Officials at the Voice of America say they suspect that South African agents have tried to penetrate the agency and take scripts and tapes of programs prepared for broadcast to Angola and Mozambique.

South Africa has supported guerrilla movements in the two countries, which are former colonies of Portugal.

V.O.A. officials said the agency had dismissed an employee of its Portuguese service after the agency’s security office concluded that he was ”in the service of another government.” The officials said the man was suspected of arranging for the delivery of tapes to the South African Embassy here in late 1986. The man, Antonio Augusto da Silva Vicente, a Portuguese citizen, left the United States and has since gone to work for the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg.

Mr. da Silva said American authorities believed that he had stolen tapes from the Voice of America and given them to his wife, Juliana, for delivery to the South African Embassy here. He said that American authorities routinely conducted surveillance of the embassy and noticed that she often visited it.

‘A Sad Misunderstanding’

But in a telephone interview Thursday from Johannesburg, Mr. da Silva said his wife was doing ordinary translation work for the embassy ”to get some extra money,” and he said, ”I never did anything wrong.” He said that his career at the agency had ended in ”a sad misunderstanding.”

Mrs. da Silva, who now works at the South African Embassy in Portugal, declined to answer questions about the incident, but in a telephone interview Thursday she said, ”Everything is unfair in America.”

Eli Bitzer, a spokesman for the South African Embassy, said ”we categorically deny that we knew anything” about the removal of tapes from the Voice of America. ”Nor could we have benefited from such activities,” he said.

After a lull, tapes began to disappear again in April last year, and the problem has continued this year, officials at the Voice of America said. Some of the missing tapes contained reports on politically sensitive topics like relations between the United States and Mozambique. Some disappeared before they were to be used in broadcasts; others were taken after being used.

‘Systematic Pilfering’

Margaret O. Kennedy, deputy chief of the agency’s Africa division, and Gregory A. Pirio, chief of its Portuguese service, and several other officials said they suspected that the tapes had been taken by people working in behalf of South Africa.

Richard W. Carlson, director of the Voice of America, said, ”We have no absolute proof that it was the South Africans, but logic tells me it was.”

The disappearance of such tapes was unusual. In a confidential report describing the problem last year, Mrs. Kennedy said, ”I have no personal knowledge of intentional stealing of tapes intended for imminent airing anywhere else in V.O.A. in my 15 years’ experience here.”

In a separate report, Mr. Pirio said, ”At first, I thought that this was a case of misplaced tapes, but after a number of episodes, I realized that this constituted systematic pilfering.” The new incidents of missing tapes, after the dismissal of the Portuguese employee in 1986, ”led us to suspect that South Africa might again be interfering in our service,” Mr. Pirio said in an interview this week.

Shift in Employee Experience

Security officers of the United States Information Agency, the parent agency for the Voice of America, investigated the thefts, but they were unable to determine who was taking the tapes.

The thefts came in the wake of a struggle for control of the Voice of America service that broadcasts programs in Portuguese to Africa. For years, the service was dominated by Portuguese expatriates who had lived in Angola or Mozambique and sympathized with the former colonial governments there. Many had worked at Radio South Africa.

More recently, the service has hired broadcast journalists who worked in Lisbon after the overthrow of Portugal’s right-wing dictatorship and black journalists who have worked in the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa since their independence in 1975.

Some conservatives, including Senator Jesse Helms, Republican of North Carolina, have expressed concern about the service, suggesting that it provides too much coverage of the leftist governments in Angola and Mozambique and too little coverage of the rebel movements there.

Senior officials of the agency reject such charges. Charles Z. Wick, director of the United States Information Agency, said the Portuguese service had provided ”accurate, objective and comprehensive” coverage of events in Africa. Marcos Samondo, a Washington representative for the Angolan guerrilla group, said the rebels believed that the Portuguese service was biased in favor of the Angolan Government several years ago, but now regarded it as fair and objective.

V.O.A. broadcasts have large audiences in Angola and Mozambique. Agency officials said the stolen tapes had apparently been used in efforts to discredit a journalist in Maputo, Mozambique, who contributed to the Voice of America on a regular free-lance basis. …

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

It is deplorable what Keith Raniere was able to do these poor girls. I don’t think that it was enough to also convict Alison Mack. There were more people involved in helping him sexually abuse his prey. This type of group facilitation also commonly exists in family court. Private attorneys and therapists are given leeway to do whatever they want, including preventing emergency screenings after a child has confirmed being sexually abused. It happened to my kids. An attorney, Valerie Houghton, is forcing my kids to live with sexual abuse. She doesn’t care that the youngest was just two when the abuse began or that my eldest son is now suicidal. These people have zero empathy.

Northeastern train 195
Northeastern train 195
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

—There were more people involved in helping him sexually abuse his prey.

Pam Cafritz is one of those people.

If I remember, correctly,

Frank Parlato had a theory:
The purpose of DOS was to fill the
‘large shoes’ Pam left behind.

there are plenty of articles on the Frank report regarding this topic!

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Who Was Pam Cafritz? Was She Keith Raniere’s Girlfriend? How Did She Die?Kriti Mehrotra August 22, 2020
https://thecinemaholic.com/pam-cafritz/

[ … ]
 As time went on, Pam became Keith’s chief procurer of women as well. She, along with a few different women, lived with him and did whatever he wanted. Apparently, she even recruited a 12-year-old girl to walk her dog just so Keith could rape her.
Pamela could easily be considered as Keith’s second in command, after all, she was probably his longest harem member. As Keith was known to like his women very, very thin, Pam kept a low-calorie diet and was an active runner as well. She has been referred to as his pimp, his wing woman, his forger, and his enabler. In 2018, when The New York Times did the expose on NXIVM and Keith, Pam was referred to as his “most important long-term girlfriend.” But, because Keith was always involved with other women, and no one who knew their relationship personally has ever opened up about it, we can’t be sure. The one thing that we can confidently say, though, is that Pam did have a special place in Keith’s life.
[ … ]

https://thecinemaholic.com/pam-cafritz/

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

I get everything you are saying. I just don’t buy it. Not convinced or even slightly convinced that Pam was this horrible person. It’s too convenient and not consistent with her personality/outward actions. That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Pam swung from both sides and was up to some freaky shit…

JadeKitty9
JadeKitty9
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

It’s wild how things can twist, right? I mean, you really have to look deeper into the whole situation. Maybe a good read on legal tactics or a documentary about similar cases can shed some light. The truth often hides in the details!

Northeastern train 195
Northeastern train 195
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Last thing:

Pam helped to rope Allison Mack into Raniere World.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Keith Raniere’s former townhouse and sex lair and the site of his library is still for sale. Despite the low price, the sale has not yet closed. The property does not appear to be in high demand. 

Frank ReportKeith Raniere’s ‘Sex Lair’ and Library – the Townhouse at 8 Hale – Is for Sale for $148,000; Books Removed; Hot Tub IncludedApril 18, 2024

https://frankreport.com/2024/04/18/keith-ranieres-sex-lair-and-library-the-townhouse-at-8-hale-is-for-sale-for-148000-books-removed-hot-tub-included/

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

This idiot will not give up.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

NANCY SALZMAN:

DATES OF PROBATION/  SUPERVISED RELEASE

FROM 3/19/2024 TO 3/18/2027

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago

Suneel-

You failed Vanguard……

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago
Reply to  NiceGuy

Suneel, if wiping Clare’s ass was an Olympic Sport, you would be Gold Medal champion for U.S.A.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Why does “THE SMART, EST MAN IN THE WORLD”, keep losing, is he just getting warmed up or what? I keep waiting for him to represent himself and take his case to the supreme court, and win 9-0, and then get out and get himself appointed to the Supreme Court, go ahead and laugh, do not underestimate this 4’10″genius,

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

It would be of interest to ascertain whether Keith Raniere’s height was measured with or without shoes. Such a discrepancy could potentially lead to erroneous measurement results.

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago

Pimp Mack’s shitty poetry.

No rhythm, tone or form. All complete garbage.

Did Kieth teach his understudies like Pimp Mack to just throw random words together?

https://allpoetry.com/Allison_Mack

I guess a haiku is appropriate:

Allison Pimp Mack
Dumb fucking bimbo moron
Has horse shit for brains

Just Sayin'
Just Sayin'
1 year ago
Reply to  Pilgrim

Ugh. Wasn’t there also poetry she wrote released about feeling she was trapped in a closet when nxivm was crashing?

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago
Reply to  Just Sayin'

Yea, but its nowhere to be found. I think Pimp took down her crappy website.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

JFK wanted to end the Federal Reserve.

Just sayin’

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

“… According to Steve Pigeon—who along with notorious fixer Roger Stone, worked for Nxivm as a political consultant—Raniere had convinced Clare that her family’s money was evil and that she had to purify it by spending it on ethical things, like Nxivm. …

… According to Pigeon, who was working for Clare and Nxivm at the time, Raniere claimed the commodities market was controlled by the Illuminati, which he in turn claimed was managed by Edgar Bronfman Sr. Clare and Sara covered about $65 million of Raniere’s losses, Pigeon says. …“

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/31/from-heiress-to-felon-how-clare-bronfman-wound-up-in-cult-like-group-nxivm/

Are Raniere’s theories all wrong?
Are Raniere’s theories all wrong?
1 year ago

Sort of like Charles Manson wasn’t all wrong?

Maybe the same political circles used Raniere and Manson, then tossed both after those privately managed social experiments ran off the rail.

Can someone ask Raniere if he supports the push to end the “Federal” Reserve? His answer would say a lot.

Rep. Massie’s legislation abolishes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve banks. It also repeals the Federal Reserve Act, the 1913 law that created the Federal Reserve System.

“Americans are suffering under crippling inflation, and the Federal Reserve is to blame,” said Rep. Massie. “During COVID, the Federal Reserve created trillions of dollars out of thin air and loaned it to the Treasury Department to enable unprecedented deficit spending. By monetizing the debt, the Federal Reserve devalued the dollar and enabled free money policies that caused the high inflation we see today.”

https://massie.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395644

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

“… Today, our money system is based on fiat currency – money that has no intrinsic value and is not backed by any tangible assets such as gold or silver. This type of money is created out of thin air by the Federal Reserve and the banking system, primarily through the process of lending.

The creation of money through lending is based on a fractional reserve system, which allows banks to create loans that are many times greater than their actual reserves. This system, combined with the use of fiat currency, enables the massive expansion of the money supply, which in turn leads to inflation and boom-bust cycles.

… The continued use of the Mandrake Mechanism and fiat money has serious implications for the future of the global economy. History has shown that every nation that has adopted fiat money has ultimately experienced economic collapse, and there is little reason to believe that the current system will be any different. …”

https://dcsosik.substack.com/p/the-mandrake-mechanism

It’s all a show.
It’s all a show.
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

“… The ancient alchemists sought in vain to convert lead into gold. Modern alchemists have succeeded in that quest. The lead bullets of war have yielded an endless source of gold for those magicians who control the Mandrake Mechanism. The startling fact emerges that, without the ability to create fiat money, most modern wars simply would not have occurred. As long as the Mechanism is allowed to function, future wars are inevitable. This is the story of how that came to pass. …”

https://archive.org/details/g-edward-griffin-creature-from-jekyll-island/page/n5/mode/2up?q=Mandrake

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

United States v. Raniere, 1:18-cr-00204, (E.D.N.Y)
Document Number: 1260
Date Filed: May 10, 2024
Description: Main Document Notice of Appeal – Final Judgment
___________________________________________________

[Excerpt]

Criminal Notice of Appeal – Form A

NOTICE OF APPEAL
United States District Court
Eastern District of New York

Caption: United States of America
v.
Keith Raniere

Docket No.: 18-CR-204 (NGG)
Nicholas G. Garaufis
(District Court Judge)

Notice is hereby given that Keith Raniere appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from the judgment, other Order Denying Motion for Recusal (Dkt. 1194) entered in this action on April 26, 2023.

Defendant’s Counsel: Joseph M. Tully
Counsel’s Address: 713 Main Street
Martinez CA 94553
Counsel’s Phone: (925) 229 9700

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.416187/gov.uscourts.nyed.416187.1260.0.pdf

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Prosecutors love these big and important cases where, as in the Raniere case, the burden of proof is so overwhelming that it’s an easy game to win the case hands down if you don’t make any mistakes. They offer the prosecutor the opportunity to distinguish himself and recommend himself for other significant tasks or a better-paying job, and they are highly regarded by the media. It is an advantage if the show runs for 6 weeks so that the trial is covered long enough, and you don’t go back to business as usual so quickly. You stay in people’s minds for longer and do good public relations. Raniere has done a good job with all this, without meaning to. But it has also hurt him enormously. He and his lawyers probably didn’t realize that or ignored it. For Raniere, the whole process was the worst PR imaginable. But he decided that himself.

Dear Pyriel,
Dear Pyriel,
1 year ago
Reply to  Pyriel

Please post part of the text in a comment so we can know what’s in the link without clicking on it.

Pyriel
Pyriel
1 year ago
Reply to  Dear Pyriel,

I’ll bear that in mind from now on.

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Dear Pyriel,

Awesome find!!!

How much crazier can the world get…
I wonder.

Hope all is well across the pond.

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago
Reply to  Pyriel

The book should be titled “Allison PIMP”.

Allison’s poetry is complete and utter garbage. She has zero talent for writing.

She is a slightly better than average actress. I mean, yea her portrayal of the character in Smallville was good. But not great. What other acting roles was she good in? None. She even admitted she joined ESP because her acting skills were swirling the toilet drain.

I kinda felt bad for Pimp until I read her emails to Nicole. She took pleasure in Nicole’s pain. Also, she deceived women into believing the brand was a “symbol of the elements”, knowing all along it was the initials of a child rapist and her. She knowingly pit children in danger of being raped.

Make no mistake: Allison PIMP Mack is no victim. She knew what she was doing and would still happily be doing it if she was not imprisoned.

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Pilgrim

You love her, Shadowstate.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

RIP

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Is Shadowstate still with us?

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

He past.

Perhaps Frank will write an eulogy.

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago
Reply to  NiceGuy

Yea Frank, you gonna write a tribute to Shadow?

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

NutJob-

Leave the good author alone.

Does Silva-Dunbar mention the “Mind Dive”?
Does Silva-Dunbar mention the “Mind Dive”?
1 year ago
Reply to  Pyriel

“Through an ingenious combination of original poetry by Silva-Dunbar, set like jewels in a crown alongside erasure, found, and remixed writing, Allison is a book not to be trifled with–an eagle-eyed, nuanced, and honest exploration of the real-life character of Allison Mack. Silva-Dunbar’s powerful treatment of Mack’s lived experience–from her charmed beginning to her eventual conviction–courts readers through the psychological labyrinth constructed by fallen NXIVM leader Keith Raniere. At times shattering, at other times hopeful and restorative, Silva-Dunbar’s Allison guides us through this terrifying house of mirrors–shows us the subtle horrors of manipulation, coercion, perfectionism–the grisly demons that can grow in the margins of our consciousness and take over our entire existence. Allison is a must-read not only for those who grew up idolizing the bright, talented actor Allison Mack (and who might still be struggling to come to terms with what happened to her), but also for people who have condemned her, for anyone who is curious about the arabesque-like revolutions of the human mind. Allison reminds us what we can become by losing ourselves–and how close we can be to committing atrocities at any time–but Allison also asks readers to consider what we can become if we allow ourselves to heal and redefine our souls. Above all, this book humanizes with vivid, searching prose that most essential experience of living through darkness and, finally, emerging into the light.

–A.E. Copenhaver, author of My Days of Dark Green Euphoria, winner of the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature”

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60900730-allison

***

“At times, her character seemed malicious and arrogant. Chloe even killed a man to protect Clark Kent’s secret. Her super-power was to take control over people by using mind control to get people to tell her what she wanted. This ability lowered her morality, as she made people tell her their thoughts without any remorse for how this affected their lives.

She was placed inside “Mind Dive” procedure.”

https://frankreport.com/2020/05/21/chloe-sullivan-had-certain-powers-that-mimicked-and-foreshadowed-allison-macks-life-in-nxivm/

Pyriel
Pyriel
1 year ago

To be honest, I didn’t read the book. I jusst hadn’t heard of it before now.

erma gerrd
erma gerrd
1 year ago

shakespeare
henry vi
act iv, scene 2
DICK: The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
dick the butcher had it more or less right
if the keith raniere story and nxivm have anything to teach the world
it’s not about the calculus of running a multilevel-marketing underage sex slave operation
much as keith raniere may be proud of this
the real lesson is the abuse of the legal system by the rich
the vicious persecution of entirely innocent people
through paid legal character assassination and harassment
by filth lawyers
frank had it right
clare bronfman loved the lawfare, revelled in it
she is evil
truly, truly evil
every single one of these lawyers who took bronfman money
to persecute completely innocent people
should go read henry vi
and tell us where dick the butcher was wrong
remember, dick the butcher was articulating a populist political agenda
even in the 16th century, the crowd had your number
lawyers are not from this planet
lawyers are not human
i have a final solution to the problem
i call it “law zero”
law zero states the following:
no part of any law shall under any circumstances
be drafted by lawyers
every part of every law
shall be drafted by human beings
no lawyer shall ever be allowed to hold political office
you forfeit that right permanently when you take up legal practice
jurisprudence 101:
every jot and tittle of every law that was ever drafted anywhere in the world ever
was drafted solely with one aim in mind:
to make money for lawyers
never allow these creatures to draft the laws
it’s just common sense
humanity must defend itself

Ice-nine
Ice-nine
1 year ago

What ever happened to Suneel’s “one name good, two names bad” defense? I really thought that was going to work. Then keith would be free!

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Ice-nine

You can set many rules. For example, long names are bad, short names are good. A name with many consonants is bad, a name with few consonants is good. A name with many syllables is also not good, or names that consist of several words are bad. Names that we don’t know or can’t pronounce are also bad. Names that we cannot tell whether they belong to the first name or the surname are also bad. Names that exceed the length of an average sentence are also unfavorable. And Names that elicit negative connotations or render one an embarrassment are also detrimental. Make a list. Maybe names that only consist of one letter are also bad. But I still have to find out.

Ice-nine
Ice-nine
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. Find out what, if one name is good and two names are bad?

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Hey-
Sultan we missed you!

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Were all of Raniere’s attorneys listed below incompetent and ineffective?
How could such a large number of attorneys in Raniere’s case be so ineffective?

Arthur L. Aidala
Avraham C. Moskowitz
Danielle Renee Smith
Jacob Kaplan
Jason Goldmann
Jeffrey Benson Einhorn
Jeffrey H. Lichtman
Jennifer Ann Bonjean
Joseph Daniel McBride
Joseph M. Tully
Marc A. Fernich
Marc A. Agnifilo
Martin Harold Tankleff
Paul DerOhannesian , II
Steven Alan Metcalf , II
Teny Rose Geragos

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

All hired and directed by the same idiots that ran nxivm.

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Bad luck. Poor Vanguard can’t catch a break…

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Nancy screwed Keith bad…. Nancy did all the bad stuff and Keith took the fall.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Keith Raniere is a paedophile and committed statutory rape on a 15 year old girl – as was proved during the trial. This alone is enough for a conviction. Let alone all the other controlling behaviours, criminal activities all fuelled by his massive messiah complex. Many other women have also come forward stating he had underage or coercive sex with them. Nancy’s crime was in enabling him to carry on with his disgusting, misogynistic and criminal behaviour. The other women who were prosecuted also enabled him and enforced his ‘rules’. As a typical sociopath, he showed no mercy to his victims, no remorse and makes out he is the victim. Anyone who defends his actions is utterly deluded.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Easily. That’s how corruption works. Raniere was going down. They’re not going to stand in the way when the outcome was predetermined. .

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

You forgot Alan Dershowitz!

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Keith Raniere receives a Khata scarf from the Dalai Lama [Youtube]

Video sequence with a length of 41 seconds

Groypericus Vrillifex

https://youtu.be/GudF89OTBlc

Snorlax
Snorlax
1 year ago

Breaking News!
The good news is that Garaufis has approved Raniere’s 2255.
The bad news is that it was approved as his revised release date.

Viva Executive Success!

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago
Reply to  Snorlax

🎶 “… In the year, 2255…” 🎶

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Pilgrim

Isn’t Keith Raniere also a Star Trek fan? What a coincidence how the dates and events overlap.

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
Published 11. Nov. 2016

In the Year 2255…In the Year 2255…

BY RICH HANDLEY

When Star Trek: Discovery debuts on CBS All Access in May 2017, the franchise will return to television for the first time since Enterprise’s cancelation 12 years ago. The show will be set in 2255, a year after the first The Original Series pilot, “The Cage,” and a decade before the second, “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” Little is known about the premise, but during a 2016 Television Critics Association panel, Bryan Fuller, Discovery‘s original showrunner, announced that the first season would incorporate “an incident in the history of Starfleet that had been talked about [during the 1960s TV series] but never fully explored.”
That got fans talking. In Star Trek’s fictional history, only two significant events to date have been set in 2255. The first is the signing of the Treaty of Armens, from The Next Generation‘s “The Ensigns of Command,” which ceded several Federation planets to the Sheliak, while the other is James T. Kirk’s first planetary mission to the planet Neural. It remains to be seen what Fuller meant with his comment—but while we wait to find out, let’s examine the status of the Trek universe in 2255. We have no idea what the show’s premise will be, but we do know a great deal about the universe in which it will take place.

The United Federation of Planets and Starfleet

https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/in-the-year-2255

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Wow! That’s a hell of a coincidence!!

Rumor has it, Kieth is quite the Trekky.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Is it possible that Keith, a Star Trek fan, believes that a spaceship will pick him up from Earth in 2225? In any case, he is a fan of science fiction! And some science fiction fans have replaced religion with science, which involves fantastic and sometimes magical technologies.

Ty Swift Esq.
Ty Swift Esq.
1 year ago

120 years ? That’s a right smart piece of time. Who did he kill?

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Ty Swift Esq.

Looks like he almost killed a political agenda more valuable than most people on earth.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Ty Swift Esq.

When reading or taking note of Judge Garaufis’ judgment, knowledge of the reasons for Keith Raniere’s conviction should be self-evident. In his sentencing memorandum, Judge Garaufis set out and explained the reasons for the conviction in detail.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Ty Swift Esq.

“People” and some cats

Jack Rabbit
Jack Rabbit
1 year ago

Raniere might be right; evidence might have been staged or manipulated; however, it doesn’t matter. Garaufis has determined Raniere is staying in jail, no matter what. Garaufis rules and fairness and the rule of law are irrelevant.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

I had a difficult childhood. My cat, to whom I was very attached, died. So did all my cats that my parents gave me as a comfort, even though I gave them all the medicine I could find at home as a precaution. No one can imagine my suffering. And now I’m going to prison for over 120 years. It’s simply unjust. I am the best son of my parents. No one should punish me for being my parents’ favorite child. My parents didn’t do that. I was and am innocent. Therefore, no judge or jury should convict an innocent Keith Raniere. Judge Garaufis and the prosecutors, the FBI, and the jury are all monsters. You sent a guiltless man to prison. An innocent Keith Raniere is writing this to you.

Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1 year ago

You are charged with a serious felony you did or did not commit.

Who is your Defense Attorney?

A. Marc Agnifilo
B. Daffy Duck
C. Chris Burke
D. The retarded character in Sling Blade
E. Random person in a hospital in the comatose unit

Who you got?

Cockatoo Dude
Cockatoo Dude
1 year ago
Reply to  Pilgrim

My dear Friend-

I would choose ‘a’ Burke!

Which is to say, Dennis Burke. Only Dennis could maneuver through the legal deluge.

He’d ride the storm like Noah rode the Ark or Scott’s wife rode him.

In this case, it’s a tempest and a teapot. Nothing to worry about !

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Cockatoo Dude

You’d choose that little dipshit, Bangcock?

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Bangkok is not Dennis Burke.

Dennis Burke is Bangcock.
***

Put a good word in for me with Lauren.

And we can be friends again

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  NiceGuy
NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

NutJob-

Reminds me of the good old days….

My first depiction. One of my favs by Frank.

6 years ago! Sigh….

Hope all is well NutJob!

Snorlax
Snorlax
1 year ago
Reply to  Pilgrim

I’m going with “Benny” from LA Law.

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Snorlax

Snorlax-

You mean the villain from “Darkman?”

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Snorlax

When actors play lawyers in TV series, are they licensed to practice law by their actors’ union? Does an actor’s license to practice law in TV roles also apply in real courts? Even after their own real-life death?

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Judge Wapner thinks so.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  NiceGuy

Thanks, you for the reply. I was unaware of Judge Wapner’s thoughts on it.

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

You are welcoMe my dear friend!

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Pilgrim

All those listed below:

Arthur L. Aidala

Avraham C. Moskowitz

Danielle Renee Smith

Jacob Kaplan
Jason Goldman
Jeffrey Benson Einhorn
Jeffrey H. Lichtman
Jennifer Ann Bonjean
Joseph Daniel McBride
Joseph M Tully
Marc A Fernich
Marc A. Agnifilo
Martin Harold Tankleff
Paul DerOhannesian , II
Steven Alan Metcalf , II
Teny Rose Geragos

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

The FBI had a valid search warrant. However, after the FBI accidentally came across additional evidence not covered by the valid search warrant, it applied for a new, expanded search warrant because it had found additional evidence relating to other offenses.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Raniere’s points are valid. But as with the majority of cases in our courts, no one cares.

The government pushes cases through and due process is violated everyday.

Keith’s claims about his counsel are legitimate and should he have concern, but even when innocent men have incompetent counsel, no one cares.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Keith is guilty as guilty can be. He should be in jail a long time..like 25 years….but not 120. Frankly….Nancy and her 2 daughters should have spent 25 years each too.

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Nancy’s mom, too. Her mom should have gotten 25yrs. Also, her lawn guy. He deserved 25 yrs. I’m sure we’re forgetting some.
In case some dummies question your logic, can you please explain to them what Michelle did to deserve the same 25yrs as Keith?

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Sorry. You are obviously one of them…. Nancy , Lauren Michelle
Carole…. it’s clear you have a personal connection and are taking major personal offense. So which one are you…hmm….

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Nah. But since you asked, I’m Dennis Burke.
Care to explain why Michelle deserves the same 25yrs as Keith? I ask while respecting that you feel wronged by the family. Imo, you are doing a disservice to your agenda by being over the top in these attacks. The family has done enough bad shit without needing to make new shit up. To give you the benefit of the doubt here – what did Michelle do to deserve a 25yr sentence?

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Leave Michelle alone and Britney too!!!

https://youtu.be/ElXi7yDHyWo

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Bastard had all three!!!

He’s a player!!!!

He is vile despicable man with large dong!

Curses NutJob!!!!

Or are you referring to Carol?

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Nxivm had extorted millions from ppl….and they couldn’t find a better attorney? Nancy Loshin used to sue everyone into submission just to make them give up…. and she couldn’t help Keith? I mean…Nancy was the CEO of the company…..and she only got 3 years (and early release). Keith wasn’t an officer of the company and got life 120 years? Obviously Nancy was the real manipulator in the nxivm scam. She was able to pawn everything on Keith and make him pay the price.

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Vanguard? Dat you?

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Lauren…Dat you?

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Since nobody else is stepping up to call bullshit when you type idiotic things like the above take on Loshin/poor persecuted Vanguard, guess I’ll have to keep playing goalie against bad takes/lies.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago

Why is KR continuing to fight a losing battle? Is he just desperate to stay even somewhat relevant? Is he delusional enough to think anything will change or does all the legal posturing afford him the audience he lost and still craves? Is he just bored?

I sometimes wonder what happened to him for his neuroses to play out in such a destructive, devastating and depraved way. I remember reading from one of the women who knew him in his pre Vanguard days mentioning she always got the sense Keith was hiding something dark about himself. He must have experienced something deeply traumatic in his childhood that he probably bottled up and made his victims a proxy for whoever hurt him.

If we could only prevent a tragedy like this from happening again.

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Ineffective counsel was always going to come into play. Keith just needed to go through the progression before it’s turn was up.

Keith is definitely a psychopath. Nancy labeled him a psychopath both pre-ESP and post-NXIVM. This video insinuates that Keith was born this way and his childhood experiences exacerbated it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aDy-nUTgOU

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

It seems like KR has low self-esteem and a sense of entitlement from being spoiled and praised in lieu of genuine love. He never put effort into becoming the concert pianist he probably wanted to become because any minor failure threatened his precarious sense of self and therefore effort became “painful.” His feelings of injustice and victimization might originate from a very real experience of betrayal.

If Sadistic PD was still a valid diagnosis, he’d probably be diagnosed with it. He’s too limbic and outwardly emotionally controlled to be a full-blown psychopath, at least the way it’s defined in the research literature. The difference between an antisocial and emotionally sadistic person is in the background, with clinical psychopaths having a significant history of physical abuse or violence while sadists differentially but significantly demonstrated an alarming rate of female-perpetrated sexual abuse in adolescence, mostly by the biological mother.

I wonder now whether it was his mother who wounded him? It would make sense that sustaining such a deep emotional injury like being betrayed by one’s mom would leave a person who seemingly had it all (millions at his disposal, adoring followers, a bevy of female admirers, good education) still so unhappy and unable to fill some gaping hole inside of him. Nothing could ever be enough for Keith, hunger with no means of being satiated, and, unfortunately, he grew up in a time where resources to help him cope and potentially heal from his pain weren’t readily accessible.

But I imagine some experiences, especially recovering from a mother’s betrayal, might not respond to treatment efforts. Some heartbreaks are so devastating the broken remnants cannot be pieced back together. Either way, nothing warranted the extensive psychological suffering and torment he caused so many people.

Well, this is all pure speculation. Maybe his parents were wonderful, and he just had a head injury. Thank you for the resource.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Keith is obviously pond scum. Truly dirty. But Nancy was the real criminal in all this. The penalty on Keith isn’t fair. And I still think Keith is trash. But when murderers and rapists get 10- 15 years…..and Keith 120 years? Obviously Keith pissed some prosecutor, cop, or politician off along the way. No way a simple pervert like Keith who scams ppl with MLM companies gets 120….and other vicious peole get 10.

Although Nancy was the executive in charge of this hurtful scam, she obviously pissed off fewer politicians and public officials. Although, pawning off your 2 daughters and blackmailing everyone along the way also gets you out of jail fast too.

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Are you new? Keith is a “simple pervert.” GTFOH Keith raped. His own words and circumstances say he murdered.
The “pawning off” of her daughters has been disproven so many times that it doesn’t warrant an explanation. After your first 7 words, I struggle to find anything that’s not a lie or ignorant blind dart throws.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Where was it proven that nancy wasn’t s criminal? Where was it proven Lauren and Michelle didn’t have sexual encounters with multiple people?

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

You said Nancy was the REAL criminal – not Keith. That’s laughable and probably agenda driven.
Not sure why you’re asking me about L and M’s sexual encounters. Kinda weird. But for heaven’s sake, I hope those sinners haven’t had more than one sexual partner in their lives!!!

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

Um. The Judge said Nancy was a real criminal. Actually, Nancy admitted she was. And her two daughters were sexual fodder.

Symbian
Symbian
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

NutJob-

Can you put a good word in for me?

I am not Bangkok.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Symbian

Why write what you are not? Rather, write who you are. That makes more sense. Although it’s not any better. There is no identity verification here. You can call yourself whatever you like. It doesn’t matter.

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Symbian

You got it, buddy. I used a FR file photo to boost your chances. #secretFRunderdacovers

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

was Nancy the only puppeteer?

Hack counsel
Hack counsel
1 year ago

Agnifilo is a dangerous blend of, part sexual deviant and incompetent attorney.

Jack Rabbit
Jack Rabbit
1 year ago
Reply to  Hack counsel

Agnifilo’s nice guy image belies his incompetence.

Anonymous
Anonymous
1 year ago
Reply to  Jack Rabbit

Impotence?

Nutjob
Nutjob
1 year ago
Reply to  Anonymous

Why did you guys bring niceguy into this?

NiceGuy
NiceGuy
1 year ago
Reply to  Nutjob

NutJob-

I pick up Pooh as Frank has told,
But you [redacted]

How does that sound?

Evil
Evil
1 year ago
Reply to  Hack counsel

Agnifilo truly embodies evil. He advocated for a child rapist.

StevenJ
StevenJ
1 year ago

“illegal search”? So the police didn’t have a search warrant? oh, they had a search warrant! Then why is the search illegal?

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