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Forbes Says Vítek Is Worth $7.2 Billion. The Numbers Say Otherwise
His Forbes-reported net worth is $7.1 billion, making him the 542nd richest person in the world, according to Forbes, and 6th richest in his native Czech Republic.

His Forbes-reported net worth is $7.1 billion, making him the 542nd richest person in the world, according to Forbes, and 6th richest in his native Czech Republic.

Looks like it was a good idea to call in 500 potential jurors.

The “missing” – and now somewhat redacted – Memorandum-of-Law has finally shown up on PACER. It even has a new Document Number: i.e., 580 instead of 575.
Keith Raniere is apparently worried that his high-powered defense team – and his own ability to persuade people not to believe the reality of what they see and hear – may not be enough to convince twelve randomly-selected people that he is an innocent man.

Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to reflect the fact that Clare Bronfman’s restitution is not limited to the $96,605.25 that she has to pay back to Jane Doe 12. In addition to that specific amount, she will also be held accountable for “the full amount of each victim’s losses as determined
Clare Bronfman, an heiress of the Seagram’s fortune and the Director of Operations for Nxivm, pleaded guilty on April 19, 2019, on Good Friday, in Brooklyn Federal Court.

On Good Friday, Kathy Russell, bookkeeper for Nxivm, plead guilty and ended the prosecution of her in the case of U.S. v. Raniere Et Al.

Happily, the New York Post – and it’s excellent reporter, Emily Saul – was at court today as lawyers for both sides of the case against Keith Alan Raniere were vetting potential jurors.

In a bombshell new motion in the case of the United States v. Keith Raniere, the prosecution team of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Moira Kim Penza, Tanya Hajjar, Mark J. Lesko, and Kevin M. Trowel is seeking to get Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to approve allowing the testimony of the woman that readers of

Canadian actress Kristin Kreuk left Nxivm in 2013 — at least that’s what three former High-Rank members of Nxivm told me.

Editor’s Note: This note came by email from a brave mother in Ireland who rescued her teen daughter from the clutches of Allison Mack – and the likely cruel brutality of DOS – in the nick of time. The mother realized the grave danger her daughter was in, she said, thanks to revelations contained in
Dr. Brandon Porter, 45, the notorious physician who conducted human fright experiments for Keith Alan Raniere and Clare Bronfman’s Ethical Science Foundation, has hit financial rock bottom.