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By Village Dianne Mark Vicente is expected to testify on direct examination the entire day today. We will have reports later. As for yesterday, the DOS slave, Sylvie, was cross examined for much of the afternoon. She mostly wasn’t giving Keith Raniere’s…

SLAVES IN ‘PARADICE’ – KEITH RANIERE AND THE ZODIAC By Omar W. Rosales, Esq., Author of ‘American Cult’ One of the more troubling aspects of this case is the link between NXIVM and the occult. There seems to be an undercurrent of…

It is spectacular to see Keith Alan Raniere finally at trial. He sat at the defense table between Paul DerOhanesian [on his right] and Marc Aginfilo [on his left] looking like a little schoolboy. Raniere was animated, often taking notes, leaning forward,…

THE COURT: Please be seated. All right. Mr. Agnifilo, how long is your opening? AGNIFILO: Longer than the Government’s opening. I don’t know how long. Maybe 45 minutes. THE COURT: 45 minutes? AGNIFILO: Maybe 50 minutes. I don’t know. THE COURT: I…

Judge Nicholas Garaufis, after concluding his opening remarks to the jury, said, “All right. At this time, we will begin with opening statements. The government will give its opening statement first. Ms. Hajjar, you may proceed with the government’s opening statement. Hajjar then went to…

I plan to cover the trial of Keith Raniere by reporting the big events as quickly as possible on the day of the trial and the following day get into more detail of events that occurred. For the more in depth coverage,…

The first day of Keith Raniere’s trial ended on an odd note with Raniere’s lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, indicating he wanted the presiding judge, Nicholas G. Garaufis, to declare a mistrial – and a clearly miffed Judge Garaufis indicating that, if a…

The large crowd of people seeking to attend the trial caused a brief delay at the outset of this morning’s session. But things finally got underway around 10:00 AM – with Judge Garaufis reviewing the procedures and rules that will be followed…

Update #1 The jury ranges in age from the late-20s to the mid-60s – with more older than younger members. Three of the four female members are Caucasian – whereas most of the eight male members are minorities. As previously noted,…

Tomorrow, the curtain will rise on what is expected to be the 6-8 week trial of Keith Raniere, the man behind the curtain of the NXIVM criminal enterprise. Shortly after 9:30 AM, U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis will enter the…