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Reader: ‘Kristin Kreuk’s Girls by Design was absolutely NXIVM!’
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Reader: ‘Kristin Kreuk’s Girls by Design was absolutely NXIVM!’

Please note that the interest in Kristin Kreuk continues. I think it is not merely because she is one of the best known…

By Frank Parlato | October 15, 2018
Updating Raniere’s bio – as found on his old website, Keithraniere.com
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Updating Raniere’s bio – as found on his old website, Keithraniere.com

A lot has happened to Keith Raniere in the last year. His bio, which for so long graced his website…

By Frank Parlato | October 15, 2018
Who’s behind Basecamp Beans? – another failed initiative of NXIVM
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Who’s behind Basecamp Beans? – another failed initiative of NXIVM

I’m looking for a little help from my friends – the readers of Frank Report .

By Frank Parlato | October 15, 2018

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When she comes to Clifton Park next week – Clare will likely meet with NXIVM members – with her attorney present
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When she comes to Clifton Park next week – Clare will likely meet with NXIVM members – with her attorney present

On Friday, October 12th, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis granted Clare Bronfman’s request to allow the heiress to accompany her lawyer, Kathleen E. Cassidy , on a trip to the Albany/Clifton Park area in…

By Frank Parlato | October 13, 2018
Allison Mack’s lawyers – on behalf of all defendants – inform court of defense motions expected by mid-November
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Allison Mack’s lawyers – on behalf of all defendants – inform court of defense motions expected by mid-November

It looks like Allison Mack is “all-in.” Maybe she doesn’t have a choice. The charges against her are serious and perhaps she has not been offered a plea bargain she can even remotely live with.

By Frank Parlato | October 13, 2018
Nancy’s lawyers still battling over what data seized at her home should be released to her co-defendants
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Nancy’s lawyers still battling over what data seized at her home should be released to her co-defendants

On October 3, 2018, the government sought an order from the court that it be permitted to distribute to Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Lauren Salzman, Clare Bronfman and Kathy Russell, full forensic…

By Frank Parlato | October 13, 2018
Nancy Salzman on a regimen of medication – apparently not using NXIVM tech alone to cure ‘life threatening’ illness
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Nancy Salzman on a regimen of medication – apparently not using NXIVM tech alone to cure ‘life threatening’ illness

As of Friday, October 12, there are 170 court filings in the matter of the USA v. Raniere, Mack, Bronfman, Salzman, Salzman & Russell. A review of the latest ones may be of interest to readers.

By Frank Parlato | October 13, 2018
New court filings reveal Clare will be in Clifton Park next week
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New court filings reveal Clare will be in Clifton Park next week

A few new filings this week — the most interesting of which concern

By Frank Parlato | October 13, 2018
More on suspicious college survey where Kristin Kreuk and Allison Mack lent their names to recruit for NXIVM cult
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More on suspicious college survey where Kristin Kreuk and Allison Mack lent their names to recruit for NXIVM cult

In 2007, a suspicious survey for college students emerged that was hosted on a website registered to Karen Unterreiner [Etholoutions.com]. Unterreiner is a notorious High Rank of NXIVM and longest…

By Frank Parlato | October 13, 2018
To clarify on Scott and the call to ban him
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To clarify on Scott and the call to ban him

Here was a comment following my post “People putting intense heat on me to ban Scott Johnson & detractors” It was from someone using the moniker “ Scottie’s daddy”:

By Frank Parlato | October 13, 2018
People putting intense heat on me to ban Scott Johnson & detractors
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People putting intense heat on me to ban Scott Johnson & detractors

The comments’ thread on a story about John Tighe seemed to be going pretty well until the subject of Scott Johnson got in the way. For those of you who don’t know – Scott is a former Amway member who…

By Frank Parlato | October 12, 2018
Nancy Salzman comments on Facebook – on Michelle’s sketch — and a story in pictures
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Nancy Salzman comments on Facebook – on Michelle’s sketch — and a story in pictures

If something is not prohibited, one is free to do it.

By Frank Parlato | October 12, 2018
Guest View: Allison Mack might never have become Vanguard’s sex slave – but for Kristin Kreuk
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Guest View: Allison Mack might never have become Vanguard’s sex slave – but for Kristin Kreuk

The following is a comment by a reader using the moniker No Sympathy for the Vanguard. Because the comment advances the debate over actress Kristin Kreuk’s role in NIXVM, I moved it from the comment…

By Frank Parlato | October 12, 2018
The John Tighe Case: “…a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”
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The John Tighe Case: “…a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”

By Joe O’Hara

By Frank Parlato | October 11, 2018
Potential sentences could include fines and restitution…
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Potential sentences could include fines and restitution…

Although there has been a good deal of speculation about what type of punishment might be meted out to Keith Raniere and his co-defendants should they be found guilty or accept plea deals, most of it…

By K.R. Claviger | October 11, 2018
Sultan of Six Defends Kristin Kreuk
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Sultan of Six Defends Kristin Kreuk

Sultan of Six – who has to date posted more than 400 comments on Frank Report – many of them in defense of Kristin Kreuk – offers this new defense of her.

By Frank Parlato | October 11, 2018
Frank Report: The United Nations Of Blogs
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Frank Report: The United Nations Of Blogs

One of the more intriguing aspects of Frank Report’s followers is that they literally come from all over the world. As of 8 pm today, for example, the site had already been visited by people from…

By Frank Parlato | October 11, 2018
Reader: ‘Don’t believe Frank – I am so sick of this BS that Kristin Kreuk recruited tons of people’
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Reader: ‘Don’t believe Frank – I am so sick of this BS that Kristin Kreuk recruited tons of people’

By Jesse

By Frank Parlato | October 11, 2018
Assholes welcome to comment here; I deleted 10 comments on regular posts today
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Assholes welcome to comment here; I deleted 10 comments on regular posts today

Out of more than 100 comments today – as of 8 pm – I only had to delete 10 comments – so things are looking up.

By Frank Parlato | October 11, 2018
Do NXIVM ‘little guys and gals’ get to walk?
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Do NXIVM ‘little guys and gals’ get to walk?

Several readers have raised questions about what, if anything, will happen to the “little guys and gals” in NXIVM who participated, at least in some small way, in the Raniere/Bronfman crime syndicate.

By K.R. Claviger | October 10, 2018
College student survey evidences Kristin Kreuk, like Allison Mack, was recruiting for NXIVM
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College student survey evidences Kristin Kreuk, like Allison Mack, was recruiting for NXIVM

In a recent post, I discussed a curious survey for college students that NXIVM members, Kristin Kreuk, Nicki Clyne, Allison Mack, and Sarah Edmondson were promoting in December 2007.

By Frank Parlato | October 10, 2018
Should Feds inform victims of NXIVM’s computer hacking operation?
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Should Feds inform victims of NXIVM’s computer hacking operation?

One of the things we know from insiders who left NXIVM – and from several victims – is that NXIVM, under the direction of Keith Raniere, and financed by Clare Bronfman and Sara Bronfman-Igtet , did a…

By K.R. Claviger | October 9, 2018
Guest View: Raniere may be in a fugue state
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Guest View: Raniere may be in a fugue state

By Smith

By Frank Parlato | October 9, 2018
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