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Marc Elliot Sues HBO; Claims Unauthorized Use of Phone Call

11/02/2023  |  Frank Parlato
Marc Elliot Sues HBO; Claims Unauthorized Use of Phone Call
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Marc Elliot Sues HBO Over NXIVM Series The Vow

NXIVM’s Marc Elliot, featured in the HBO documentary series The Vow, is suing the network, producers, and directors of the show. 

Elliot claims The Vow aired a phone call recorded without his permission, which he claims is an invasion of privacy.

Scene from HBO's The Vow featuring Isabella Constantino and the voice of Marc ElliotScene from HBO's The Vow featuring Isabella Constantino and the voice of Marc Elliot

Scene from HBO’s The Vow featuring Isabella Constantino and the voice of Marc Elliot

He filed the lawsuit in St. Louis City Circuit Court on Tuesday, seeking over $75,000 in damages. 

The Vow, spanning two seasons, narrates the story of NXIVM, its leader Keith Raniere, and his numerous followers, including Smallville actress Allison Mack and Seagram beverage heiress Clare Bronfman. 

In 2019, Raniere was found guilty of racketeering, sex trafficking, and other charges and is currently serving a 120-year prison sentence.

The third episode of The Vow’s second season prominently features Elliot delving into NXIVM’s alleged treatment for Tourette’s syndrome. 

Marc ElliotMarc Elliot

Elliot asserts that NXIVM’s talk therapy and “self-help courses” helped him overcome the condition.

The lawsuit centers around a phone call between Elliot and Isabella Constantino, a woman who suffered from Tourettes, and is leaving NXIVM due to concerns about Raniere’s branding of female followers with his initials.

The docuseries portrays Elliot attempting to convince her to rethink her decision to leave the group.

The second season of The Vow premiered on October 17, 2022 and follows the federal prosecution of Raniere. 

This six-part season also focuses on Nancy Salzman, NXIVM’s former president, known as “Prefect.” 

Elliot claims Salzman and Raniere’s application of NXIVM’s techniques helped him overcome Tourettes Syndrome.

Although Elliot signed a release for the filmmakers in 2020, he alleges it only covered footage from July 2020 onward, two years after the controversial phone call.

Despite Raniere’s imprisonment, Elliot continues to defend him and credits NXIVM with helping him cure his Tourette’s.

Marc ElliotMarc Elliot

Marc Elliot appeared on Ethan Klein’s podcast to defend Keith Raniere

Elliot previously filed a $12 million defamation lawsuit against Starz over their series Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult in October 2021 in California 

Starz brought an anti-SLAPP [Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation] motion to strike the complaint and prevailed. 

A judge dismissed Elliot’s lawsuit last November and ordered Elliot to pay a portion of Starz’s legal fees.

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Comments (54)

  • PilgrimNovember 2, 2023
    Marc is such an asswipe.

    He learned how to sue from the most litigious people in history:

    1. Clare “Horseface” Bronfman

    2. Keith “Vanturd” Raniere

    3. Nancy “Defect” Salzman

    4. Sara “Dipshit” Bronfman

    Fuck Marc Elliot. What damages is he suing for? Because he tried to talk a woman out of her desire to leave a sex cult? He should be the one getting sued…
    • GoodGuyNovember 3, 2023
      I salute you 🫡
      • PilgrimNovember 3, 2023
        Marc?
        • NiceGuyNovember 4, 2023
          I meant you pilgrim!
          • PilgrimNovember 4, 2023
            Lol. Gotcha!
    • AnonymousNovember 3, 2023
      Privacy…

      Something being taken away daily.
      • AlexNovember 3, 2023
        Yeah, but if you're not wearing a bra, is that giving it away daily instead?

        :-\
        • AnonymousNovember 3, 2023
          ?
      • PilgrimNovember 3, 2023
        I guess, what is the actual damage? “Privacy” is the damage?

        Marc Elliot does not need HBO to make himself look like an ass, because he is an ass.
  • PeachesNovember 2, 2023
    Before I read this article, the headline reminds me of another unauthorized phone call made to “Kevin” from a particular inmate this document was made about.
  • AnonymousNovember 2, 2023
    Those who heard the whole conversation, which was long, said Marc came off even worse then what's in the edited version they show in The Vow. He should be grateful.
    • AnonymousNovember 3, 2023
      He was vile in what could be heard. Hopefully this lawsuit will be thrown out.
  • AnonymousNovember 3, 2023
    He sued for $12 million and had to pay part of the legal fees of those he sued.

    What’s he going to “win” this time Bob?
    • AnonymousNovember 7, 2023
      Marc Elliot gets nothing out of this except a few minutes of attention and a few articles on the Frank Report and about 44 comments there so far. What more does Marc want than to get noticed on the Frank Report? It is the only place where he is going to be noticed and commented on. Keep in mind that when Marc filed his $12 million lawsuit complaining about the way he was portrayed on Seduced, hardly anyone remembered him from the TV show. How can the reputation of someone who was almost not remembered or recognized by viewers be damaged?
  • NiceGuy’sNovember 3, 2023
    Marc-

    Nobody is even going to give you 5k so you walk away…….

    Marc get life! It’s a baseless lawsuit.

    You have no damages!!!! You lose!

    ***

    Your attorney is billing you by the ht. LMAO u dummy! You’re getting bilked or as Franks says ‘juked’.

    **
  • NiceGuy’sNovember 3, 2023
    To Scott Johnson,

    A subtle reminder:

    You’re a loser!
  • NiceGuy’sNovember 3, 2023
    This is believed to be ShadowState1958
    • PilgrimNovember 3, 2023
      No, that is Raniere in a few years when he goes full “Ed Speck”!!
      • PilgrimNovember 4, 2023
        *Richard Speck
    • AlexNovember 3, 2023
      Is that Jar Jar Binks smiling from between his teats?

      😐

      P. S. How come he's not wearing a bra?? Which… begs the question… what else is he NOT wearing?
      • NiceGuyNovember 4, 2023
        LMaO!!!

        Jar, Jar, Brinks……
    • AnonymousNovember 3, 2023
      Probably not, fellas.
      ShadowState1958 is probably busy trying to save the world. He’s probably noticing how significant it is that the Hesbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah just said something about something to a few people. Any of you gentlemen have the mind to share something as serious as that here? Give credit where credit is due. And who deserves credit for the mess the world is today? Those who care or those who don’t? Not many seem to care about the world as much as ShadowState1958 does. At a time such as this, we need more people like him in such a mixed-up world.
    • PeachesNovember 3, 2023
      Size 20 shoe?
      • PilgrimNovember 4, 2023
        Not Keith. He has a 5 inch square foot.
  • Meanwhile, back in the real world ...November 3, 2023
    What did your political representatives know and when did they know it?
    According to NBC News:

    … Sam Bankman-Fried charged with using stolen funds for over $100 million in political donations

    An amended indictment accused Bankman-Fried of directing two FTX executives to evade contribution limits by donating to Democrats and Republicans and to conceal where the money came from. …

    “He leveraged this influence, in turn, to lobby Congress and regulatory agencies to support legislation and regulation he believed would make it easier for FTX to continue to accept customer deposits and grow,” the indictment said.” …

    … Bankman-Fried’s indictment does not name the two people prosecutors say he used for “straw donors” to donate money at his direction. But other court papers and Federal Elections Commission data show they are Nishad Singh and Ryan Salame.

    According to Open Secrets:

    Bankman-Fried was the second biggest Democratic-leaning megadonor this election cycle, according to OpenSecrets data. Only about $235,000 of his total political giving went toward Republican candidates.

    More of Bankman-Fried’s money actually made it into the political ecosystem this election cycle than money from the largest Democratic megadonor George Soros, founder of the investment firm Soros Management Fund and the philanthropic Open Society Foundations.

    Soros contributed $125 million of his total $128.5 million in political giving to his super PAC, Democracy PAC II, which did not report spending any money during the 2022 midterms. Fund for Policy Reform, a 501(c)(4) “dark money” group funded by Soros contributed an additional $25 million to Democracy PAC.
  • PyrielNovember 3, 2023
    That Tourettes study was gruelling. (3 mins in.)

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvsmGfVXCOM
  • AnonymousNovember 3, 2023
    Marc is one pathetic human lol
    • Tunes guyNovember 7, 2023
      LmAo
  • NiceGuy’sNovember 4, 2023
    NXIVM News Update:

    Leah Mottishaw, of Dossier Project evidently doesn’t like pizza!!!!

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsMsCuLtsqG/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    On Vanguard’s diet – pizza is evil.
    • PilgrimNovember 4, 2023
      BWAHAHAHA!!! LEAH UNLEASHES HER INNER KAREN!!

      Yes, Anjelica and Linda apparently have not adhered to Vanturd's 500 calorie per day diet. I feel like Anjelica is naturally big-boned though. Kinda fits her. She makes it work.

      The rest of the Dimwits are still starving themselves for Keith.

      Reminds me of a Law and Order episode when a women fell for her kidnapper. He ran to avoid getting in trouble, but she fell in love with him. She kept herself up for 20 years waiting for him to return. When he returned, he rejected her. I could see the same thing occurring. Lets say, Keith does get released. No way he will accept any of them now. They are all middle-aged. Only one who would have a chance is Leah. She actually looks very young. Keith likes anorexic teens, not anorexic middle-aged women.

      LONG LIVE DOS!!!!!
      • Just Sayin'November 5, 2023
        I dunno. Leah's bottom heavy and androgynous looking. Not Keith's type. They're all too old now anyway.
        • PilgrimNovember 6, 2023
          True. Vantard likes them under age 18. Dimwits are all way over the hill for him.

          Sahajo might have a chance with him. But again, he likes them in their mid-teens. She is anorexic but still looks too old.

          “It's magnificence, times infinity!!”

          – Nicki Clyne
      • NiceGuy’sNovember 7, 2023
        Agree!

        Funny shit!

        What about Mad Doc Daniela?
        • PilgrimNovember 8, 2023
          No way in hell! Vantard would ever hook up with Mad Doc, unless there was something in it for him.

          Personally, I do think Mad Doc is very cute. But Vantard would never be with her. As he got older, he was getting more into younger girls.

          Mad Doc was head over heels for Vantard. She still is. You can see it in her eyes. She considers him God. Its kinda sad to watch.

          I think it is safe to say: Danielle Roberts IS the new “Squeaky Fromme”.

          When the Glazer lawsuits heats up, we will see ALL the dirty little secrets. Danielle can option out of that lawsuits any time she want, simply by denouncing Vantard.

          Will she stand by Vanturd and risk it all or will she smarten up like Nicki?
      • Nice guyNovember 7, 2023
        Lmao!!!!

        All good points!!!!!
    • AnonymousNovember 4, 2023
      If you've ever experienced gall bladder attacks..pizza IS evil..
  • AnonymousNovember 4, 2023
    RFTRiverfront Times

    St. Louis Man Sues HBO Over NXIVM Series The VowA defender of cult leader Keith Raniere, Marc Elliot says HBO used a recording without permissionBy Ryan Krull on Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 6:38 am

    [ … ]

    Elliott is from St. Louis and graduated from Washington University in 2008, according to his LinkedIn. Court records list his current address in the DeBaliviere Place neighborhood.

    https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-louis-man-sues-hbo-over-nxivm-series-the-vow-41162751
  • AnonymousNovember 4, 2023
    Daily Mail

    Man sues HBO and makers of NXIVM documentary The Vow after it 'used recording of a phone call where he tries to convince woman to stay in the sex cult without his consent'

    Marc Elliot reportedly filed a lawsuit seeking more than $75,000 in damages from HBO and The Vow series' makers on Tuesday in St Louis City Circuit Court
    He alleges the makers used a recording of a phone call between him and a woman attempting to leave the cult without his consent

    [ … ]

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12706967/Man-sues-HBO-makers-NXIVM-documentary-Vow-recording-phone.html
  • AnonymousNovember 4, 2023
    Excerpt from the Daily Mail article:

    When Constantino was on the phone with Elliot, she was in New York, a state with a 'one-party consent' law for recording phone calls, meaning they may not have needed Elliot's consent.

    But the lawsuit focuses on whether HBO then had a right to use the footage in their series.
  • PilgrimNovember 4, 2023
    Marc is such a piece of shit. He told Isabella her Tourettes would get worse if she left NXIVM. Basically, a sort of threat.

    I would NEVER pressure someone into a situation in which they did not feel safe. He pulled a page right out of the ESP playbook: go against your instincts.

    Isabella was smart and perceptive enough to see this group was dangerous. When she followed her instinct to find distance and eventually leave, Asswipe Marc tried to scare her into staying.

    FUCK YOU MARC!!!!!!

    Frank Report Community, Marc does not an official nickname. Can we please settle on “Marc 'Asswipe' Elliot”? We have nicknames for all the other NXIVM dickheads. I think “Asswipe” works. At the same time, Suneel is “Asswiper”, so this may cause confusion.

    Thought?
    • Just Sayin'November 5, 2023
      “Marc Idiot” ?
      • PilgrimNovember 5, 2023
        Thank you, but not degrading enough. Step it up.
        • PyrielNovember 7, 2023
          Marc Suet Elliot?
          • PilgrimNovember 7, 2023
            Ehhhh, I do like. Thinking more along the lines of “Fuck Face” or “Dick Warmer”.
            • 😉 zeesNovember 8, 2023
              Dick warmer 😂
            • PyrielNovember 8, 2023
              Twitch is out then?
              • PilgrimNovember 8, 2023
                Pyriel, you win!

                “Twitch” it is!!
    • 😉 zeesNovember 8, 2023
      Marc asswipe one ply elliot

      Suneel asswipe two ply guy
      • PilgrimNovember 8, 2023
        I feel like Marc's face could be the asswiping device.
  • TenzinNovember 4, 2023
    Get ready to open your wallet again Marc.

    Wow, you really have questionable ethics. Vanguard’s nobleness must be unable to reach your spiritual centre from the jail cell he is permanently buried in. You support a paedophile Marc. That makes you an unethical person. Are you just locked into perpetual gratitude for something that you actually did yourself, in overcoming Tourette’s. Or are you stupid, a fraud, or having some kind of mental issue?

    He’s a fraud Marc. He’s a sexual predator. He destroyed women’s lives. He convinced them to get branded with his initials. Wake the fuck up.
  • Ice-nineNovember 5, 2023
    Who sues HBO for $75,000 lmfao?
    • Frank ParlatoNovember 6, 2023
      Actually, he is suing for more than $75,000. The way these complaints work is that you have to attest that you are suing for more than $75,000 to qualify for the court.
  • AnonymousNovember 9, 2023
    This makes me embarrassed for him.
  • AnonymousNovember 25, 2023
    Frank. He is a putz. He just doesn't get it.

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