K.R. Claviger

By K. R. Claviger Several recent commenters have raised questions about what was going on in Keith Raniere’s mind for the past 20 years as he transformed himself from a geeky RPI graduate (albeit one with a 2.26 GPA) running a company…

[The opinions of K.R. Claviger are his own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the publisher.] By K.R. Claviger Because of the length of the original post, A Few Facts About The Commodities Trades – And The L.A. Precision Development Project…

[Editor’s Note: There are some points in the narrative that I think I would characterize differently, but overall, Claviger has made some excellent points and puts the tail on the real donkey of the commodities and Los Angeles real estate debacles –…

It’s hard to know where to begin with this latest convolution in the case of The U.S. v. Raniere Et Al… But let’s give it a try. Last night, I gave an overview of the most recent filing by the prosecution in…

In what has otherwise been a relatively quiet week in the U.S. v. Raniere Et Al case, the prosecution dropped a whole boatload of whoop-ass on the defendants in several filings today. Tonight, we’ll look at the “Government’s Memorandum Of Law Regarding…

Most prisons are pretty bleak places. But the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, NY is especially bleak. Except for a few “cadre inmates” whose assigned jobs take them outside the prison for a few hours each week, none of the inmates…

In the Memorandum-Of-Law that the prosecution filed on December 17th, it was responding to all the unresolved pre-trial motions that have been filed by the various defense attorneys who are representing Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Clare Bronfman, Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman and…

Several media outlets recently ran stories about one of the prosecution’s most recent filings in the case of the U.S. v. Raniere – a 71-page Memorandum Of Law that was filed in response to the various pre-trial motions that have been filed…

One of the first things that they teach students in law school is to pay attention to the footnotes in legal opinions. Although many of them are references to obscure but somewhat relevant opinions – and others are just musings of the…

Slip Slidin’ Away – Raniere Continues To Go Downhill Vanguard earns new nickname ‘Crybaby Jane’ Paul Simon wrote the lyrics to “Slip Slidin’ Away” back in 1977 – when Keith Raniere was just 17 years old. And now The Vanguard is living…

Another Order From Judge Garaufis = Another Bad Day For NXIVM Right from the outset, it seems that Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis has understood just what Keith Raniere is all about. One of the first things he did is order that Raniere…

In yet another defeat for the horde of attorneys that make up the defense team for Keith Raniere and his five co-defendants, Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon has ruled in favor of the prosecution in terms of what information they have to…

Via a sua sponte Order, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis, the presiding U.S.District Court judge in the criminal case of U.S. v. Raniere Et Al, has ordered the defendants to turn over the documents that detail the terms and conditions of the Legal…

By K.R. Claviger Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis – the presiding judge in the pending criminal case against  Keith Raniere, Clare Bronfman, Allison Mack, Lauren Salzman, Nancy Salzman, and Kathy Russell – has agreed to allow Bronfman and Russell to have contact with some…

By K.R. Claviger Since the issue of attorney/client privilege has already become of major importance in the pending charges against Keith Raniere, Clare Bronfman and Nancy Salzman, it might be helpful if we take a minute to examine just what this privilege…

That’s what Nancy Salzman implores usto do at her website: http://www.nancysalzman.com/. But like much of the word salad admonitions and proclamations of other members of the NXIVM/ESP cult, these are words without meaning. Nancy Salzman, the President of NXIVM Corporation and numerous…

Somewhat lost amid all the new filings this week regarding the denial of Keith Raniere’s latest request for bail – and Judge Nicholas G.Garaufis’ decision to take a much deeper look at the Legal Defense Trust fund that was set up by…

In an earlier post, we noted that yesterday’s Status Conference before Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis was very brief – and that it focused mostly on the Legal Defense Trust Fund that was reportedly set up by Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman just before…