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On May 11, during the first week of the trial of Keith Alan Raniere, the Albany Times Union, the newspaper that did so much to report the misdeeds of the scoundrel, published an editorial that deserves to be read by all readers…

By Dianne Lipson On Friday, Lauren Salzman, 42, took the stand in the trial against Keith Alan Raniere.  She was dressed in a black pant suit.  At times she approached tears and spoke sometimes in a shaky voice. She avoided looking at Raniere…

By Dianne Lipson Today the trial of Keith Alan Raniere continued. He was wearing a blue sweater over a white, button down shirt. In the morning, Sean Welch, the chief technology officer of Extreme Restraints, a sex toy manufacturer, was called to…

Here are some excerpts from the testimony Mark Vicente gave on May 13th and May 15th – as it concerned Allison Mack. Based on what Vicente said, Mack does appear to be more of a victim than some people generally believe. Mark…

As Frank Report readers know, Tuesday was a day off for the trial in the case of the U.S. v. Raniere because one of the alternate jurors was sick that day. But it was definitely not an off day in terms of big news…

Keith Alan Raniere has been indicted on charges of racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, forced labor conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking, and attempted sex trafficking. The racketeering charge includes predicate acts of conspiracy to commit identity theft, conspiracy to alter…

Tomorrow one of the chief cooperating witnesses, Lauren Salzman, will be testifying. A green sash in Nxivm, [high rank] and a longtime member of Nxivm, Lauren was indicted last July along with Clare Bronfman, Kathy Russell, and Lauren’s mother, Nancy Salzman. Prior…

By Dianne Lipson Not much new ground was broken yesterday afternoon as it was devoted to the cross examination of Marc Vicente by Marc Agnifilo. This is a slow and tedious process. Agnfiilo was trying to paint Keith in the best light…

By Dianne Lipson Trial notes for the morning session of court, Wednesday May 15. There was no ruling for the record on yesterday’s evidentiary matter concerning whether Kristin Keeffe will be required to testify as part of a trove of documents seized…