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Did Natalie’s Brother Commit Suicide Because of Raniere and Keeffe?

02/14/2022  |  Frank Parlato
Did Natalie’s Brother Commit Suicide Because of Raniere and Keeffe?
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Toni Natalie likes to bring me up – likes to criticize me publicly. This prompts me to try to return the favor.


Natalie, the second lead plaintiff in the Neil Glazer civil suit, has been featured on Frank Report frequently, sometimes unfavorably, sometimes favorably. The unfavorable stories were prompted by her falsely accusing me of something during the trial of Keith Raniere in June 2019. Prior to that, everything was rather favorable, for I considered her a friend and colleague in the effort to stop Raniere.


Natalie said in her book, The Program, Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM., “I spoke with any reporter or journalist or TV producer who called. One of these was Frank Parlato, NXIVM publicist turned mortal enemy, who reached out after he launched his blog in 2015. He became a powerful ally.”


She also wrote, “On June 19, 2017, Frank Parlato, writing on the Frank Report blog, reported on the existence of a secret group within NXIVM: Dominus Obsequious Sororium, or DOS. This sorority, Parlato explained, was a select group of emaciated women who served as the slaves, sexual and otherwise, of Keith Raniere. As if that wasn’t lurid enough, there was an aspect of DOS that got everyone’s attention: ‘the hallmark of the plan,’ Parlato wrote, ‘was branding women.’  Each of the slaves had Keith’s initials branded on her skin with a cautery pen.

“I had to read it three times before it sunk in.”

*****

TONI NATALIE

Toni NatalieToni Natalie

THE DOS GENIE WAS OUT OF THE BOTTLE

“On June 5, 2017, Frank Parlato revealed the existence of DOS on the Frank Report. The news sent shock waves through the NXIVM community. Keith hemmed and hawed, denying that he had knowledge of the society at all. It was his most devoted concubines who started it and ran it, and what was he supposed to do about it? Some Nxians believed him. Crucially, many others did not. Within the top-down framework of NXIVM, it was simply not possible that Vanguard could have been unaware of DOS. It was far more likely that the whole sordid affair was his idea.”

*****

“Vice News did a profile of Frank Parlato, where he appears in all his eccentric glory. The DOS genie was out of the bottle.”

TONI NATALIE

Toni NatalieToni Natalie

Her co-writer on the book, Chet Hardin, wrote, “Toni has always said that there were three things that Keith Raniere never anticipated: the Internet, a mother’s love, [Catherine Oxenberg] and Frank Parlato. With his upstate media empire, Frank Parlato achieved more than any single outlet could have in the fight to bring Keith Raniere to justice. It is not hyperbole to say Keith wouldn’t have seen his day in court without the Frank Report.”

But since then, after she wrote kindly of me and I wrote favorably of her, she chose to attack me during the trial of Raniere, and I returned the criticism.

Toni has made it clear repeatedly she does not like me. While always busy promoting her book, she has taken to promoting a website that is focused on NXIVM – and that, from time to time, features me, but always unfavorably, I am told.

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Natalie writes, comparatively, that on this website, one can “get accurate updates without the flying sock puppets from the F’c Report.”


The website is not one I will provide a link to since it is written anonymously, by people who are only brave enough to attack without putting their name on it. Natalie at least puts her name out there for most of what she writes – though I suspect she comments under different anonymous monikers when she wants to act the coward.


She also loves to fight. I am pretty sure if she had just walked away from Raniere and did not provoke him, repeatedly, whenever there was a lull in the relationship on Raniere’s part, he would have left her alone long ago.


Her fighting with him helped expose the rascal and, I mean it when I say, she kept a lot of people from joining NXIVM and was a pioneer in exposing him.


Keith even studied up on how to gamble [Photo Credit: T. Natalie]Keith even studied up on how to gamble [Photo Credit: T. Natalie]

Toni Natalie gave the world this stunning photo of Keith Raniere, shown reading up on how to gamble [with other people’s lives?]


Toni has been out of NXIVM for more than 20 years.


Toni Natalie at an early NXIVM class in 1998. With her loving man, Keith RaniereToni Natalie at an early NXIVM class in 1998. With her loving man, Keith Raniere

Toni Natalie at an early NXIVM class in 1998, with Keith Raniere.

early raniere natalie coffee 2Toni and Keith [1998]

early raniere natalie announcing 3Toni Natalie, the "pretty woman"Toni Natalie, the "pretty woman"


I suppose the main reason Toni does not like me is I questioned some of the claims she made in her book.


I also questioned a story she told about Barbara Bouchey – which I was told was true about Toni, herself, but not Barbara.



Ask these two women, Barbara Bouchey and Toni Natalie, if it was possible to leave NXIVM without being persecuted,Ask these two women, Barbara Bouchey and Toni Natalie, if it was possible to leave NXIVM without being persecuted,

Barbara Bouchey and Toni Natalie,


Natalie’s stories about Kristin Keeffe killing her dog, or standing in front of her place of business, causing a scene, or gaslighting her brother should be investigated for the truth of the claims.  Keeffe has said that Natalie lied about all those stories.


Natalie’s stories in her book about her ex-husband, Rusty DeCook, and her son, Michael, have been disputed by DeCook – and some of her old friends say Natalie also lied about those stories.


Natalie claims she gave up her son to spare him from Raniere, but her husband says that even after she left Raniere, she ignored her son. His claims prompted the publishers of her book to take out the claims in their blurb that Natalie was a brave, single mother.


RhiannonRhiannon


Natalie’s story about meeting Rhiannon, the 12-year-old girl Raniere allegedly raped, during Natalie’s first visit to Raniere, cannot be true because of the date Natalie claims for the meeting.


Her story about being hypnotized by Raniere at that first meeting and, thereafter, quitting smoking, is disputed by her husband who says she continued to smoke, including on the ride home.


Her story about dropping out of high school in 10th grade is made suspect by the existence of her senior photo in her high school yearbook two years after she claims she dropped out.

Toni Natalie claims she dropped out of high school in the 10th grade in her new book. So why is her senior picture in the high school yearbook?Toni Natalie claims she dropped out of high school in the 10th grade in her new book. So why is her senior picture in the high school yearbook?

Toni Natalie says she dropped out of high school in the 10th grade in her book. But why is her senior picture in the high school yearbook?


Perhaps the most horrifying claim she made against Raniere [and Keeffe] is that these two caused the suicide of her brother.


In her book, she wrote, “on March 12, 2009, I had the misfortune of revisiting Vanguard’s warped views on suicide, when my brother John took his own life. Like my parents, he was suffering because of what Keith was doing to us. John was a wreck. He was seven years older and had regarded himself as the man of the house from a very young age. He felt responsible for me, responsible for my mother. He wanted to protect me from my tormentor, but there was only so much he could do.

“John communicated sporadically with Keith for years, always trying to negotiate my freedom—as he’d done when I left back in 1999. But this was not a fight among equals. NXIVM had unlimited resources, while ours were tapped out. Keith was surrounded by a coven of brainwashed witches who would fly hither and yon at his command. My brother was desperate, exhausted, financially ruined, and mentally broken. He was taking strong medications to treat angina and hypertension. He was drinking too much. And he was in regular contact with Keith all through the winter. There were emails, phone calls, even a personal visit from Vanguard’s fixer, Kristin Keeffe. The autopsy lists the cause of death as suicide by a lethal combination of metoprolol and diltiazem, John’s heart medications.

“I thought about my brother, so damaged, so empathic, and wondered what fucked-up messages Keith had communicated to him in months days leading up to his death….. How many more lives would Vanguard claim before he was stopped?”

This sounds horrifying for a woman who says she had to give up her son, went bankrupt for eight years, was in constant litigation for 20 years, and, on top of that, lost her brother to suicide – all because of Raniere.

Toni NatalieToni Natalie

According to people who knew him, John Natalie was not the type to kill himself. Two sources with knowledge of John’s communications with others told me that John, on occasion, proposed business opportunities to Raniere, which Raniere declined. This is not likely the act of someone determined to protect his sister from a monster.

While Natalie said John was in email communications with Raniere shortly before his death – which Toni claimed was proof of Raniere’s gaslighting influence, Bouchey said that she reviewed the email account of John Natalie and did not find any recent communications with Raniere or Keeffe.

*****

Did John Die of a Heart Condition?

One of the Natalie family friends told me that everyone knew John died of a heart attack. While failing to state the cause of death, his obituary reads, “Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association”.

Why would the family suggest contributions be made to the American Heart Association if John committed suicide? Wouldn’t it have been better to seek donations to suicide prevention or mental health?

I spoke with John’s girlfriend of 20 years – Lisa LoPresti – who was with John the day he died.  I asked her if John committed suicide.

Lisa said, “Absolutely not. He didn’t commit suicide. I have his autopsy report. He died of Afib.”

[Afib stands for atrial fibrillation. It is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.]

Lisa continued, “He called his doctor when he didn’t feel good that morning. He died in the evening.”

Toni says he killed himself.

“It’s absolutely not true,” Lisa said. “John didn’t want to die. He thought he could ride it out. He was basically having a heart attack the whole day.”

Why did Toni say it was suicide?

Lisa seemed angry when she said, “John didn’t talk to his sister in over two years. She doesn’t know what happened.”

Toni Natalie and her brother John Natalie.Toni Natalie and her brother John Natalie.

Toni Natalie with her brother John Natalie.

Natalie closes her book with a mention of John’s death. She writes, “After my brother died in 2009…. I got a tattoo of a favorite expression of John’s, a spin on Aeschylus. I think of that quote, and of my brother, as I leave the courtroom for the last time: ‘In war, truth is the first casualty… but not this time.’”

Toni Natalie has a tattoo on her back which reads - "‘In War, Truth is the First Casualty. . . But Not This Time” --or so she says.Toni Natalie has a tattoo on her back which reads - "‘In War, Truth is the First Casualty. . . But Not This Time” --or so she says.

Toni Natalie has a tattoo on her back in memory of her brother, or so she says  



Keith Raniere went from exalted to despised in a matter of months.Keith Raniere went from exalted to despised in a matter of months.

Toni Natalie addressed Keith Raniere when she read her victim impact statement at his sentencing.


*****

Sentencing Statements

In her victim statement made at the sentencing of Raniere, on October 27, 2020, Natalie mentions her brother, but does not say he committed suicide.  She said, directing her words to Raniere, “All I wanted to do was leave and be able to move on with our lives, but you don’t know how to let go of anyone, do you? It was either fight back or die. I chose to fight, but at a very high price to me and my family.

“Both my mother and father died weeks apart, thinking you were going to be putting me in jail. My brother John, you remember him, don’t you? He fought very hard to stop you. He was right, you are the boogeyman.”

A month earlier, on Sept. 30, 2020, at the sentencing of Clare Bronfman, Natalie was more explicit.

She said,  “my brother, a brother who I lost on March 12, 2009, to an apparent suicide, according to the autopsy, my brother was in communications with Keith, as explained to me in heart-wrenching detail. John was desperate to stop the ongoing litigation that was destroying our family, pulling us apart. I don’t believe my brother woke up that day and decided to take his own life. I believe people who die, deal with this type of relentless pursuit, do things to ease the pain, you drink, you take drugs, you over medicate, you stop caring for yourself as you should.”

Here, Natalie presents a kind of hybrid – John did not commit suicide – for that requires intent – but the autopsy report lists him as a suicide.

This is something John’s girlfriend disputes.

Glazer Provides Evidence

Natalie’s attorney, Neil Glazer is sticking by Natalie concerning the suicide of her brother.  However, in the lawsuit, though Natalie’s claims are spelled out against Raniere in detail – no mention of her brother is found.

Glazer however forwarded to me something Natalie likely forwarded to him – a “cut and paste” of a portion of her brother’s autopsy that purportedly states John committed suicide.

I must admit the “cut and paste” made me suspicious. I would think autopsies are not in word format that can be cut and pasted, but would be in a PDF or some format that does not permit cutting and pasting, for the simple reason that people could easily alter them.


Still here is what I got – in the body of an email from Glazer – which I could also cut and past – and which I have done here.


This is purportedly from the autopsy report from the Office of the Medical Examiner, Monroe County, New York – and, as Glazer wrote to me, “is a direct cut and paste of the medical examiner’s conclusion:”

Name:                          John A Natalie                                                                          Date of Birth:  11/11/1952

Manner of Death:         Suicide                                                                                     Age:                 56 Years

Cause of Death:           Combined effects of metoprolol and diltiazem


If a distinguished attorney like Neil Glazer sends this to me, stating his belief that the autopsy is real, and even though he did not send me the complete autopsy, if he himself has seen it, I have to wonder is this true?


The girlfriend and family friends say John did not commit suicide. Is it possible that Natalie doctored the autopsy?


Natalie’s statement that John was in frequent communications with Raniere – with whom John was trying to negotiate the end of the litigation and harassment etc. – does not tally with Lisa’s statement that John and Toni had not spoken in two years.


It also does not tally with his 2009 death since it is not immediately clear that there was any ongoing litigation with Raniere/NXIVM and Natalie during that period. However, there is no doubt that Raniere was interested in seeing Natalie go to prison. It was one of the tasks that Raniere and Keeffe assigned to me during my work there in 2007.


I investigated somewhat and found some suspicious bank financing concerning leases, but I advised Keeffe and Raniere that going after Natalie, an old girlfriend, was not worthwhile.


As for the suicide, Frank Report is willing to keep an open mind on this; it looms large in NXIVM lore – the death of John Natalie, a suicide because of Keith Raniere and Kristin Keeffe – so we ought to try to find out the truth.


The complete autopsy might settle it, but I would be suspicious of one that appears in a cut-and-paste version.


Adding to the dubiousness of the claim of suicide, are some of the other suspicious stories Natalie has told, some of which are alluded to above.


All told, we have published at least 100 stories about her, most of them favorable. I assume, since she is interested in me, I can return the favor and offer more stories in the near future.


Here is a select sampling from the past:


Pino Refutes Natalie’s Claim – Computer Trespass Case May Have Started With a Lie

July 26, 2019 


New Book by Toni Natalie: ‘The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM’

July 28, 2019 


Keith Raniere – Always One Step Ahead & Toni Natalie’s Claims of a Monogamous Relationship with Keith Questioned

July 30, 2019


More Questions Emerge About Toni Natalie

July 31, 2019


More Thoughts On Toni Natalie

August 18, 2019


Toni Natalie: Not Who She Says She Is?

August 19, 2019


Toni Natalie’s Past Business History Needs Vetting for Readers

August 21, 2019


Did Keith Raniere Save Toni Natalie?

August 21, 2019


In Defense of Toni Natalie

August 21, 2019


Heidi on Toni Natalie, Her Sister Gina and Keith Raniere

August 21, 2019


Does Anybody See a Pattern of Life Choices Made by Toni Natalie?

August 29, 2019


Toni Natalie Helped Me When Jim Odato Called

August 29, 2019 


Was Toni Natalie Really Targeted for Kidnapping by Raniere and Emiliano Salinas?

September 2, 2019 11:48 pm


Did NXIVM Almost Survive and Thrive Because of Toni Natalie?

September 21, 2019 


Toni Natalie’s Publishers Remove ‘Single Mother’ From Description of Her New Book

September 22, 2019


Was Toni Natalie Lying About Her Role as Single Mother?

September 24, 2019 


In Defense of Toni Natalie – She Was Afraid of Keith Raniere

September 24, 2019


Toni Natalie Put Her Own Son on Keith’s Low Calorie Diet – Happily He Escaped From Both of Them

September 25, 2019


From Plastic Surgery to Dubious SSI Benefits – Bangkok Blasts Toni Natalie – and It Ain’t Pretty

September 26, 2019 


Heidi: Another Take on Toni Natalie as a Mom 

September 28, 2019


Did Toni Natalie Have a Good Marriage or a Bad Marriage When She Left Husband #3 for Keith Raniere

September 30, 2019


Toni Natalie Provably Lied in Her Book About Dropping Out of High School in the 10th Grade – Why Did She Lie About It?

October 1, 2019


Ex-Husband Rusty DeCook Speaks From the Heart – About His Son – and Toni Natalie

October 3, 2019


Toni Natalie Is Really, Really, Really Pretty – Just Ask Her

October 4, 2019


Bangkok Dissects Toni Natalie’s Role as a Parent and Truth Teller – and It’s Ugly

October 5, 2019


Toni Natalie Might Consider Writing Porn

October 6, 2019 


Yet Another Suspected Lie of Toni Natalie’s, the Self-Proclaimed ‘Pretty Woman in the Green Scarf That Broke Raniere’s Heart’

October 7, 2019 


The Many Provable Lies of Toni Natalie – and Why She Can Never Be Trusted

October 9, 2019


Toni Natalie Claims She Saw Rhiannon – the Little Girl Raped By Raniere – in August 1991 – But Rhiannon Was Already in Juvenile Home By Then

October 19, 2019

Susan Dones Blasts Toni Natalie as like ‘Scum of the Earth’ for Her Lies About Kristin and Kim Snyder!

October 27, 2019


Another Day, Another Lie – From Toni Natalie – This Time About Business Experience

October 28, 2019


Bangkok: Notice To All Attorneys Who Might Want to Sue –Toni Nata-LIE Lied and Here’s Proof!

December 1, 2019


Have We Seen the Last of Toni Natalie – Will She Show up for Raniere’s Sentencing?

November 7, 2019


Guest View: Just an Awful Shitshow – Starring Toni Natalie

November 9, 2019


Toni Natalie Lies About Her Own Brother’s Death!

November 12, 2019


Was Toni Natalie Really ‘Sued Into Oblivion’ by Keith Raniere?

November 15, 2019 


A Tale of Two Rascals – Toni Natalie and Esperanza Gomez – Violent Genital Assualters

November 15, 2019 


Toni Natalie Claims She Married a Man to ‘Prevent a Mob War’!

November 17, 2019 


Toni Natalie’s Triad of Self-Diagnoses Might be Wrong

November 19, 2019


Did Toni Natalie Leave Raniere Over Being Raped, Losing Her Son, or a Black Wool Sweater?

November 22, 2019


Reader Asks Nasty, Probing Questions About Me and My Role With Toni Natalie, and Keith Raniere; I Give Smack Down Replies

November 25, 2019


Did Toni Natalie Commit Perjury Concerning Her Art Collection in Bankruptcy Court – Just as Raniere Alleged?

October 30, 2019


Bangkok: Do Not Decrease Your Awesome Coverage of Toni Nata-LIE

November 30, 2019


Shivani: Beware of People Like Toni Natalie

December 3, 2019


Toni Natalie’s Role in the Fight Against Keith Raniere

October 11, 2020


Susan Dones: Toni Natalie Should Not Be Trusted to Tell the Truth: My Side of the Saga

October 12, 2019


Toni Natalie Says In Her Book That She and Raniere Had Phenomenal Sex; Told Others He Was a Slug in Bed and She Had to Suck His Nipples While He Played the Woman

October 13, 2019


No Evidence That Co-Writer Chet Hardin Conspired With Toni Natalie to Lie in Her Book

October 14, 2019 


Toni Natalie’s ‘Keith Hypnotized Me Into Quitting Smoking’ Story Disputed by Ex-Husband Rusty

October 17, 2019


UPDATED: Toni Natalie’s Book: She Commits Assault and Battery on Wimpy Husband #4 – Scott Foley – and Blames Keith Raniere

October 21, 2019 


Bangkok: Decision to Include Toni Natalie in Nxivm Civil Lawsuit Fraught With Risk

January 29, 2020


Toni Natalie’s Role in the Fight Against Keith Raniere

October 11, 2020


Toni Natalie’s Last Statement to Raniere: ‘A Genius? What a Joke!’

Nov. 6, 2020


Bangkok: Frank Must Expose Truth About Toni Natalie’s Brother’s Death and Inform the Court

February 6, 2021


 

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Comments (33)

  • Reads like a personal problemFebruary 14, 2022
    School photos are often taken in the preceeding school year. “Dropping out” of school isn't completely linear. It usually starts before the student actually leaves education and never comes back.

    Disengaging and missing classes put the teenager behind. Prompting more absences. The powers that be then try to re-engage the student.

    Who cares?!

    Can you PLEASE report on the Starz response to Marc Elliot's lawsuit?

    Thank you.
    • AnonymousFebruary 15, 2022
      Frank can't do that. He is getting a kick back by the NXIVM Five. Haven't you noticed there are no more ads on the Frank Report?

      The only money Frank gets anymore is from the NXIVM 5 to post what they want about NXIVM.
  • AlanzoFebruary 14, 2022
    Accusations against 'cults' are cheap. One should always seek, or ask for, evidence.

    Otherwise, the most serious accusations which do have evidence to support them get drowned out by the hysterical ones which don't.

    With so many screaming ninnies, law enforcement rolls its eyes, throws up its hands, and walks away.

    This is one of the reasons why David Miscavige, the head of Scientology, has never been successfully indicted and sits atop a 3 billion dollar tax exempt cult, still doing whatever he wants to scientologists. People allowed themselves to become distracted onto the most sensational accusations that have no evidence, and let the most serious crimes, which do have evidence, fall away.

    Scientology operatives know this dynamic very well, and use this prestidigitation to their advantage.

    Don't be a screeching ninnie.

    Rely on evidence before you decide to believe an accusation against a “cult”.

    Alanzo
    • Just Sayin'February 14, 2022
      Alonzo,

      Why not ask Suneel, Clyne, Hachette, or Chung to prove they have the world changing evidence they've been claiming to have and reveal for years now? You broke ass, small dick hypocrite.
      • AlanzoFebruary 14, 2022
        “You broke ass, small dick hypocrite.”

        LOL!
        • AnonymousFebruary 15, 2022
          Alonzo-

          I’m glad you have a sense of humor about being a loser.
  • Gastone Porter MD PhD DDS PrGFebruary 14, 2022
    I'm triggered by these stories. I thought we were done.
  • AnonymousFebruary 14, 2022
    If Kristin Keeffe caused Toni's brother to kill himself, she was only doing what Keith ordered her to do. She's a victim who will have to live with that guilt.
  • NutjobFebruary 14, 2022
    After reading the article and having my memory refreshed with the old article headlines, there is one clear thing that needs to be researched and reported on: What's up with keith playing the woman as Toni sucked on his nipples? So many questions…

    – Other than lying on his back and getting his nips suckled, how did he play the woman?

    – Did he shave his nips, or was Toni suckling on hairy nips?

    – If hairy (like his hot chest and the pink canoes of his harem), did the hair ever act as dental floss or get stuck her teeth?

    – Can Kristin Keeffe and Karen U confirm than keith enjoyed feeding the ladies with fake nipple milk?

    – Did kinky Pam Cafritz ever partake in tandem nipple suckling of vanguard?

    – While keith was playing the woman, was role playing involved? Would he wear a brassiere? Lipstick? Shave his funny little legs?

    – We know keith would never ASK for an anal probe. Did he ASK for nipple licks?
    • AnonymousFebruary 14, 2022
      In all honesty, I have always thought there is a very real chance that Keith will eventually transition to female in prison.

      Maybe not while Keith still thinks there's any hope of leaving incarceration.

      But it really would not surprise me.
    • aginghipsterFebruary 15, 2022
      All these questions and more, will be answered on… the next episode of…SOAP.

      Or would that we be SOAPy nipples? SOP nipples? That's the one.

      Funny stuff, Nutjob.
    • AnonymousFebruary 15, 2022
      NutJob-

      https://www.endeavour.edu.au/about-us/blog/can-men-breastfeed/
      • NutjobFebruary 16, 2022
        This probably explains it. Vanguard was simply trying to improve the well-being of his students by letting them drink the healthiest food on the planet. The only thing better than mother's milk is Vanguard's milk.
    • Giovanni 'Nipples' CastiglioneFebruary 16, 2022
      We only heard Toni's version of the nipple sucking. Can we depend on its veracity?
  • Le'GalFebruary 14, 2022
    Point of order – PDFs can be cut & pasted from. I do it all the time, every day, in fact.
  • AnonymousFebruary 14, 2022
    February 13, 2022

    Brandon B. Porter

    [redacted]

    Hon. Eric R. Komitee

    United States District Judge

    Eastern District of New York

    225 Cadman Plaza

    East Brooklyn, New York 11201

    Courtroom: 6G North

    Re: Edmondson, ct al. v. Ranfere, et al., 1:20-CV-00485-EK-CLP

    Hon. Eric R. Komitte:

    The next Status Conference is scheduled for February 17, 2021.1 am asking if I may attend the Status Conference remotely via teleconference or by videoconference. I live in central Iowa and travel to the court will incur substantial expense in time and money for me and

    my family (over $1000 for travel, expenses, and accommodations). 1 can share with you my current finances if necessary. The malicious allegations within this suit significantly contributed to the difficulty I experience finding and keeping gainful employment and financially supporting my family.

    Respectfully,

    /s/ Brandon B. Porter

    Brandon B. Porter

    Cc: All Counsel by ECF
    • Sandlot of legal misfitsFebruary 15, 2022
      Brandon Porter is asking for special accommodations. Lol

      Yet Brandon Porter let Suneel Chakravorty have his and his assistant text & Whats App messages with the names of the Jane & John Does in the illegal research NXIVM, Raniere, Bronfman, and Porter preform.

      He was fired from his job at the hospital he worked at and lost his medical license over his behavior and actions while working for NXIVM.

      Now he acts as immature as he did with this lawsuit as he did with NXIVM in this lawsuit.

      He isn't stupid. He made it through medical school and he got his PhD in medical research.

      Porter knew what it took to undertake a legal research project, but cut corners based on the advice and guidance he got from Raniere, Salzman and Bronfman.

      Salzman was hands-on with the Tourette’s project.

      Let's hope this Judge holds Porter's feet to the fire since it was him who gave the NXIVM Five the information to figure out who the Jane and John Does were.

      Michele Hatchette said she knew who they were when she made threats to release their names if they didn't come forward. Now, we know how she knew. Brandon Porter gave her and the rest of the NXIVM five the evidence.

      What a bunch of idiots and misfits.
  • AnonymousFebruary 14, 2022
    February 11, 2022

    Danielle Roberts, DO, MS

    [redacted]

    [email protected]

    Honorable Eric R. Komitee

    United States District Judge Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn,

    New York 11201 Courtroom: 6G North

    Via EFC

    Re: Edmondson, et al. v. Raniere, et al., 1:20-CV-00485-EK-CLP

    Dear Judge Koinitee:

    I am writing in response to Mr. Glazers letter (Dkt. 136 & 140) requesting for an order of protection for anonymous plaintiffs.

    I echo Ms. Clyne’s request “to reveal the names of the 59 individuals who, in his letter (Dkt.136), he claims are prepared to use their full names”, in addition to the dozen left unnamed. It is important to know who is suing me, and if I’m interacting with someone who is doing so under guise. In addition, it is important to me that accusations in this country, especially those as serious as this, are made in good faith and full responsibility is taken by those choosing to make them.

    I will, of course, defer to your authority and respect any order you choose to put in place

    Respectfully,

    /s/ Danielle Roberts
  • AnonymousFebruary 14, 2022
    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

    801 17th Street, NW

    Washington, DC 20006

    Tel: +1.202.639.7000

    Fax: +1.202.639.7003

    http://www.friedfrank.com

    Direct Line: 202.639.7040

    Email: [email protected]

    February 14, 2022

    Via ECF

    The Honorable Eric R. Komitee

    United States District Court

    Eastern District of New York

    225 Cadman Plaza East

    Brooklyn, NY 11201

    Re: Edmondson, et al. v. Raniere, et al., 1:20-cv-00485-EK-CLP

    Dear Judge Komitee:

    We represent Ms. Sara Bronfman in the above-captioned action. We write in response to the Court’s February 11, 2022 minute order insofar as it directs the defendants to appear in person at a conference to be held on February 17, 2022. ECF No. 141. Ms. Sara Bronfman lives

    outside of the United States and has not been in the United States since January 2019. She is unable to attend the conference in light of COVID-related travel restrictions, including the Health and Safety Protocols of the Eastern District of New York. However, Fried Frank

    attorneys will appear in person on Ms. Sara Bronfman’s behalf at the February 17 conference.

    We note that Ms. Sara Bronfman has no knowledge or involvement in the matters outlined in plaintiffs’ February 4, 2022 and February 10, 2022 letters. ECF Nos. 136, 140. Those filings do not claim otherwise. In addition, as the Court is aware, Ms. Sara Bronfman has

    not taken any position regarding the motion of certain plaintiffs to proceed pseudonymously in this action.

    Respectfully submitted,

    /s/ James D. Wareham

    James D. Wareham (pro hac vice)

    cc: All parties appearing, via ECF
  • AnonymousFebruary 14, 2022
    February 10, 2022

    [redacted]

    Hon. Eric R. Komitee

    United States District Judge

    Eastern District of New York

    225 Cadman Plaza East

    Brooklyn, New York 11201

    Courtroom: 6G North

    Re: Edmondson, et aL v. Raniere, et aL, l:20-CV-00485-EK-CLP

    Hon. Eric R. Komitte:

    I just saw Mr. Glazer's request for an emergency status conference (Dkt. #140). I have no opinion on whether an emergency status conference is necessary.

    I am writing to correct an error Mr. Glazer made while representing a social media post that 1made. Mr. Glazer said that I posted on Sarah Edmondson's public Facebook page. I didn't post

    on her page, I posted on a common acquaintance's page (Exhibit A). Maybe this distinction doesn't matter because I linked her name to my comment. I don't know. I will describe what I

    did and my intent.

    A common acquaintance of Ms. Sarah Edmondson's and mine posted links on his Facebook page to a recently released podcast (“A Little Bit Culty”) by Plaintiffs Sarah Edmondson and Anthony (“Nippy”) Ames. Ms. Edmondson and Mr. Ames are married and have been profiting

    in the media off of their new expertise on cults. Their guest on the podcast was Plaintiff Mark Vicente. The three Plaintiffs spoke in two episodes for about two hours about their NXIVM stories, some of them fabricated, related to this civil complaint. Mark Vicente was a board

    member for NXIVM and co-owner of two Executive Success Programs centers. Sarah Edmondson was a co-owner of an Executive Success Programs center. Nippy Ames was a professional coach in Executive Success Programs and a leader in a men's organization that was part of NXIVM. The Plaintiffs have extensively told their partially fabricated stories in multiple media outlets, including an HBO entertainment series starring them (Dkt. 88-2).

    Ms. Edmondson wrote on our common acquaintance's Facebook page “Thank you.” This was in response to a positive comment from our acquaintance and, I suspect, for sharing her podcast on social media. I responded to her “Thank you,” with the following: “Sarah Edmondson, why are you suing me for racketeering, forced labor, forced sexual slavery, sex trafficking, human trafficking, and peonage? It looks like a joke, but this is very serious. When I applied for a medical license, they had a state prosecutor in the room because of these very serious charges.”

    (Exhibit A, names and photos of non-involved (I think) parties redacted).

    I wrote this question to Ms. Edmondson for a few reasons. First, I don't know if she is aware that she is suing me for these charges. I knew Sarah for almost her whole time in Executive Success Programs, close to 12 years. Our children played together. It surprises me that she would make such egregious claims against me. The First Amended Complaint (“FAG”) is so long, maybe she didn't read the whole thing. My concern that Ms. Edmondson might not be fully aware of the specifics of her complaints against me also arose because I am aware that Jane Doe 51 asked to be removed from the suit before the FAC was filed on August 13, 2021. For some reason, she: wasn't removed from the complaint until November 5, 2021. This misrepresentation may have been a clerical error, but it suggested to me that there may be some confusion between Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs' counsel elsewhere in this (not so) civil action. Second, 1 wanted Sarah Edmondson and our common friends to see that the Plaintiffs are making preposterous claims against me and the other defendants. Maybe I made an error in doing so. I was thinking that this was a public forum and that my question to Ms. Edmondson would be supported by the First Amendment. I made this assumption based upon the three above-mentioned Plaintiffs' decisions to release a podcast talking about the narrative that brought us to this civil action… while their civil action was in process. I suspected, and support, that they had a First Amendment right to do so… even if their stories included lies… lies that might, unfortunately, stand to enrich the plaintiffs even more than their multiple media deals have already. These Plaintiffs made a significant amount of money (likely millions of dollars, together) in the NXIVM companies they are now calling a cult, they are making money taking down their former friends in the media, and now, they are seeking even more money in this court. I was hoping to speak to Sarah's conscience and the terrible reality that she is accusing me and her former friends of racketeering, forced labor, forced sexual slavery, sex trafficking, human trafficking, and peonage.

    In my opinion, if Ms. Edmondson is actually threatened by the question I posed to her on Facebook, it might be a sign that she is feeling threatened by her conscience. Or, perhaps she is scared that her false narratives will tumble down. I don't know. She is well-aware that 1 am non-violent, and continue to be so, despite sustaining significant abuse from the entertainment “docuseries” and podcasts she and other Plaintiffs participated in and created.

    I state that all of the information described above is true.

    Respectfully,

    /s/Brandon B. Porter

    Brandon B. Porter

    Cc: All Counsel by ECF
    • Porter is a jackass.February 15, 2022
      Based on Brandon Porter's own conduct, it's highly probable that he is an active member of the “name the plaintiffs” and harass them all cabal.
    • AlanzoFebruary 15, 2022
      Dr Brandon Porter wrote:

      “Sarah Edmondson, why are you suing me for racketeering, forced labor, forced sexual slavery, sex trafficking, human trafficking, and peonage? It looks like a joke…

      It does look like a joke.

      How did Dr Brandon Porter do those things to Sarah Edmonson?

      As Nicki Clyne pointed out in her motion to dismiss, Sarah made money on all Nicki's purchases in NXIVM.

      How did Nicki or Dr Porter cause Sarah to engage in forced labor?

      I've never seen such a mess.

      How is anyone suppose to take this seriously?

      Alanzo
      • AnonymousFebruary 15, 2022
        —It does look like a joke.

        If you happen to be unhinged then – yes – it looks like a joke. It makes me wonder…

        Whose more unhinged, Whacky Porter or Mr. RingDings?
  • PyrielFebruary 14, 2022
    Vanguard got a long sentence – but not as long as this cult leader!

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10508181/Survivors-Turkish-evangelist-jailed-abuse-reveal-like-live-rules.html
  • AnonymousFebruary 15, 2022
    Toni Natalie is a scam artist. I believe it’s the one thing Frank, Keith, her ex-husband, her late parents, and her ex-boyfriends can all agree on; and maybe even the entire world. 😉
  • PyrielFebruary 15, 2022
    Maybe I'm mistaken but I would have thought that an autopsy report would use the full name of the deceased person and not a middle initial.
  • KimFebruary 18, 2022
    Frank

    Very good story on Toni- Nat-a-lie-

    She placed a comment on Facebook about Kris weeks ago – but wasn’t smart enough to sign her name to it. I grabbed it – and hours later, it was gone-

    Feeling sorry for our family – Justice for Kris and plain garbage – then went into the discussion of her next book, to place the light back on herself.

    I have texted her and let her know, I know it was her, and that she is NOT the fall of NXIVM – as she claimed on Facebook- let her know she is NOT part of the investigation, and she can stop lying.

    Hours later, she removed the comment.

    Thought I would share this with you.

    Kim
    • Frank ParlatoFebruary 18, 2022
      Thanks Kim, good info.
  • KimFebruary 20, 2022
    Frank

    Toni told us 2 years ago- that her brother committed suicide – but a female came forward and said she knew he had died of heart ❤️ problems – don’t know who she was – was an anonymous call to me @ 2 am one morning.

    Toni still insists that Kris was born in Texas – she was NOT – she was born in Florida – on December 14,1967. Toni is so sure on everything – even the false claim that mom did 0 to help Kris when she claimed to be responsible for the “Challenger disaster” That was a made up “LIE”- mom knew 0 about Kris saying that – another Toni Na-ta- lie -!!!!!!!

    Now Toni is writing another book? Oh goodness – what now ? Lol 😂-!!!!!!

    Have tried to call you and email – nothing back from you – hmmmmm-!!!!!
  • KimFebruary 20, 2022
    Frank

    Please call me back- damming evidence against the Clifford woman – trying to reach you – please call me back ASAP.
  • KimFebruary 22, 2022
    Frank,

    Do you have the death certificate to prove truth here? Do you have documentation to prove that you’re correct?

    You didn’t have Kris’ – paper does NOT make it what it is without a legal signature and the state seal – don’t you know that? Will hope you will get out of her room.

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