Editor’s Note: The following is a guest view – actually originally a comment – from someone who seems to have been following the story fairly closely. I will add a few comments [ in brackets and bold] for clarification and an editor’s note at the end. .

There is increasing evidence that Keith Raniere is making his mark as a cultural icon in ways he probably never imagined. For instance, last night, on NBC’s Saturday Night Live , there was a comedy sketch starring Nick Jonas called “The Murder Show.”

By Suneel Chakravotry

Dateline NBC released some sneak peeks of its Nxivm episode “Collateral Damage. ” The two-hour installment claims to reveal new details about the life-coaching group that many have called a cult. Check out the previews from Dateline’s “Collateral Damage” below.

Editor’s Note: This is Part 5 of the “From Prison: Keith Raniere” series on the subject of his co-defendants’ innocence. These are exclusive and published for the first time.

Dateline NBC Exclusive: Doctor Defends Branding NXIVM Members

Editor’s Note: This is Part 4 of the “From Prison: Keith Raniere” series on the subject of his co-defendants’ innocence.

The DOSsier Project [ thedossierproject.com ] is now live with brand new articles defending DOS, the once-secret sorority, headed by a man, Keith Raniere, the founder of NXIVM.

Suneel Provoked Interest

At the trial of Keith Alan Raniere, the following document was admitted into evidence as Government Exhibit 1005T. It has not been published to date as far as I know. It is a transcript of portion of a video of Nancy Salzman teaching a class, quite possibly a Jness class.

Nancy Salzman evidently had foot surgery on Friday anfter she got Judge Nicholas Garaufis’ consent to remove her ankle monitor.

Keith Raniere’s new appellate attorneys, Joseph McBride, Steven Metcalf and Martin Tankleff, are trying to get the word out about their client’s upcoming appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Shivani

Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of the “From Prison: Keith Raniere” series on the subject of his co-defendants’ innocence.

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of the “From Prison: Keith Raniere” series on the subject of his co-defendants being innocent. I have published Part 1 : From Prison, Keith Raniere: ‘My Codefendants Are Innocent’ Part 1: Attackers Destroyed Our Community!

By Frank Parlato

A commenter named Clifton Park, who I sort of picture to look like this…

First, Keith Raniere retained Jennifer Bonjean, who is representing Bill Cosby on his appeal, as his appellate lawyer. Now, he may add another – the prosecutor of O.J. Simpson.

Keith Raniere has written from prison his analyses of his codefendants, Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman, Clare Bronfman, Allison Mack and Kathy Russell. As readers know, all took plea deals, leaving him to stand trial alone.

The true-crime documentary The Lost Women of NXIVM recently aired on TV5 in Finland. Finnish viewers had three chances to catch it — on Feb 6, Feb 8 and Feb 9. It’s also available for streaming through services like Elisa Entertainment .

K. R. Claviger is our legal correspondent and has always been generous about replying to comments and answering questions of readers. Here are some of his replies to commenters explaining the upcoming restitution hearings for Keith Raniere.

Last week Marty Tankleff signed a court document [a protective order] in the case of Keith Raniere, which evidences that he joined the team of lawyers representing him for his appeal to the US Appeals Court for the Second Circuit.

Keith Raniere often suggested to women in his orbit that they maintain a slender figure. He reportedly said that fat disturbs transference of spiritual energy from him to a too plump woman. Allison Mack was reportedly on an 800 calorie per day diet.

I think it is human nature. As Dale Carnegie said, “A person’s toothache means more to that person than a famine in China which kills a million people. A boil on one’s neck interests one more than forty earthquakes in Africa.”

On June 5, 2017, I broke the news that Keith Raniere and Allison Mack were involved in a secret sorority called DOS where women were branded. That story was entitled: Part 1: Branded Slaves and Master Raniere; Sources: Human branding part of Raniere-inspired women’s group