Sara Bronfman hosted two Nxivm retreats at Necker Island – at $250,000 per crack. Necker Island is the private island owned by Sir Richard Branson.

Joe O’Hara

It may be unusual for a defendant to advertise to find victims of prosecutorial misconduct, but that is what I did. I placed ads in my own newspapers seeking people who had been wrongly targeted by Assistant US Attorney Anthony Bruce – the man who indicted me.

By Shivani

The story was originally broken worldwide by Frank Report – the November 4th massacre of three women and six children, members of the LeBaron clan that farms land in Sonora in the northern Mexico.

At the secret Nxivm retreat on Necker Island in 2010, a select group of well-known individuals was in attendance.

Sometimes it’s a good thing to be bombarded with rude comments and ruder commenters. This happened to Dr. Leonard Horowitz who wrote an article on Ayahuasca published on Frank Report and was assailed by vicious attacks, which the good Doctor ably defended. In consequence of this, Dr. Horowitz wrote

This could be entitled “How Keith Raniere stole motherhood from Lauren Salzman.”

By Shadow State

Shivani has called our attention to Nithyananda Swami, a man seemingly cut in the Keith Raniere mold. But Nithyananda seems a little smarter than Raniere. When the authorities were out to arrest him for rape, he dashed out of India and bought his own island near Ecuador where he cannot be extradited

Some readers may find the following post pretty boring for it contains mainly excerpts from the diary of Kristin Snyder. Unless you have been following the case, with interest, it may not make much sense. This post is really for those who are, along with me, making a deep dive into the question of w

You gotta have luck.

Joe O’Hara

By Shivani

Nancy Durkin was associated with Keith Raniere in the 1990s through his Consumers’ Buy Line. She met several of his early harem members including Pam Cafritz and Karen U. She once spent the night at 3 Flintlock Lane in Clifton Park when she was visiting Albany. However, she never had a romantic rela

This is Part 11 of our study of Lauren Salzman’s role in DOS and Nxivm. She is currently awaiting a sentencing date for her conviction of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy.

Editor’s Note: J. Gary DiLaura is a legendary FBI agent [He helped break the Timothy McVeigh case; was involved in the John Gotti arrest; and, in the old tradition of the FBI, collared bank robbers after shootouts, setting a record one year for most bank robbers caught in NYC. He advised me on the i

By George Frobisher

This is Part 10 of our study of the role of Lauren Salzman in Nxivm, based largely on her testimony in the trial of Keith Alan Raniere.

By Shivani

Joe O’Hara

It’s Christmas. And for most, the world is a place of good cheer.

Some leaked documents show that Kristin Snyder took some Ethos classes. The dates are uncertain. The worksheet says September 2002, but Executive Success Programs in those days often used old blank sheets with previous dates for their workbooks.

We have glad tidings. Keith Alan Raniere has received – along with all other prisoners at MDC – his Christmas bag. It includes about $30 worth of cookies, potato chips, pretzels and candy, all in small bags, all of it junk food. Some of the inmates savor their goodies for weeks, some for months. Som

Editor’s Note: Esther L. Carlson was for many years known as Esther L. Chiappone or Esther L. Carlson-Chiappone. She changed her name to Esther Carlson a few years ago. Frank Report refers to her as Esther L. Chiappone Carlson, since more people know her by her married name – Chiappone than by Carls