A letter filed with the court on Friday, September 14, 2018, seems to make clear where criminal defendant Kathy Russell stands. She stands by her Vanguard .

By Cynthia Hunter

This is a guest view from an insider with a deep knowledge of what transpired behind the scenes in NXIVM.

A reader describes the 5-day intensive she attended and gives a pretty good description of their cult like techniques. She said it’s possible because she is an attractive slender female, she got to go the first 5-day intensive for free.

A reader calling him/herself “So Many Opportunities” posed a question to Heidi Hutchinson – about why nothing happened after the shocking and award-winning expose by Jim Odato in the Albany Times Union.

By Will Diamond

Heidi Hutchinson is the sister of the late Gina Hutchinson and has known Keith Raniere since the early 1980s when she first met him sneaking out of her sister’s bedroom – ass first.

This past week, former NXIVM High-Rank Barbara Bouchey appeared on Megyn Kelly Today show on NBC TV and offered millions of viewers an interesting perspective on Keith Raniere and NXIVM .

This marks an end of an era. Prefect is leaving Vanguard.

Readers from time to time bring up the role Kristin Kreuk had in NXIVM . Here are some comments from yesterday

I believe in free speech and I like good manners.

According to a source, – and published reports – the Prefect, Nancy Salzman , 64, through her attorney, Robert Soloway, is engaged in plea discussions with prosecutors for the US Department of Justice, Eastern District of New York.

During today’s Status Conference for USA v Raniere et al., in the Federal Courthouse for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, a few revelations were made.

Irony and indicative of the kind of success one can achieve from Executive Success Programs.

Lawyers for Keith Raniere filed a letter in court today accusing the Department of Justice of deliberately holding back important discovery materials for defendants as a ruse to delay the trial. They seek to get the judge to keep the previously set trial date of January 7, 2019 .

Here are a few stories you might have missed.

Attorney Neil Glazer’s name came out in court filings recently thanks to a motion by Clare Bronfman’s attorneys. He is one of the true heroes of the anti-NXIVM case. Someday, I will tell you more about his valiant efforts.

In Keith Alan Raniere’s recent filing, his lawyers quoted – somewhat out of context – a comment I made to Vice News, , “Part of my strategy was to mock Raniere. I photoshopped images of him, I wrote fictional stories about him, just to make him look ridiculous because sometimes that’s… necessary, to

As if the latest filing by Clare Bronfman’s attorneys wasn’t embarrassing enough, with its whiny plea that the financier and second-in-command of the NXIVM sex-slaver cult be allowed to interact freely with members and former members of the cult, further analysis of the document indicates that it ma

By Shadow State 1958

In the United States v. Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, Clare Bronfman, Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman and [the hapless] Kathy Russell, one of Bronfman’s attorney, Kathleen E. Cassidy wrote a missive to Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis about relaxing her bail conditions.

Clare Bronfman’s attorneys have, once again, tried to sneak in an embarrassing filing on a Friday afternoon that they probably hoped would not be picked up by the media at all – or that would be buried in the traditionally slow news/no news cycle of the weekend. Apparently, they haven’t entirely fig

There are some who might say that by naming mid-level supporters and members of NXIVM , such as [Name Redacted], Diana Lim , Kim Constable , Lucas Roberts , etc. that I have taken on the character of an overzealous Nazi hunter – chasing down members who want to live quiet lives — until the advent of

Blame it on the Frank Report.

During these times of virulent anti-NXIVM fervor, Keith Raniere’s lawyers think the courtroom should be closed when Raniere’s friends come forward to co-sign his bail bond.