NXIVM case: Clare Bronfman, the millionaire accused of financing the cult of "sex slaves" | Trade | World | USA

The heiress of a famous alcohol company is accused of funding the alleged badual sect NXIVM in the United States, whose founder, according to some reports, would have marked his recruits with his initials. [19659002] The heir to the distillery Seagram Bronfman Clare 39, is accused of using his fortune to finance NXIVM's operations.

The researchers believe that the organization is actually a bad trafficking agent disguised as a self-help group.

Up to now, six people have been charged as part of the investigation, including group leader Keith Raniere, 57, and the actress of the television show series " Smallville, "Allison Mack, 35.

Bronfman's lawyer said that his client" did nothing wrong. "

The woman was released on parole after obtaining a $ 100 million bail, your personal fortune, According to the New York Times,

Bronfman will remain under house arrest and will have to receive an electronic bracelet

– Qu & Is NXIVM? –

On its website, NXIVM (pronounced "nexium") is described as a "community guided by humanitarian principles that seek to empower people and answer important questions about what it means to be human" .

In Albany, NY, the group was founded as Executive Success Programs (ESP) in 1998 and claims to have worked with more than 16,000 people.

Among those who run the organization, has subsidiaries in Canada, Guatemala and Mexico, are the sons of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994), from Emiliano Salinas Occelli and Hollywood actresses

US federal prosecutors. they claim that Raniere, the head of NXIVM, oversaw a "slave and teacher" system within the group. Women had to have bad with him and be marked with his initials, as revealed by former members.

The group's website states that it has suspended membership registration and all events due to "extraordinary circumstances". facing the company right now. "

– What is Clare Bronfman Charged?" –

Bronfman, the daughter of the late billionaire philanthropist and owner of Seagram, Edgar Bronfman, was arrested on Tuesday along with three other conspiracy conspirators to commit a crime, prosecutors said She was involved in the theft of at least two women's identity, including one of Ranière's badual partner who has already died.

She is also charged with "encouraging and" help to illegally enter the United States to an alleged victim of NXIVM.

In a note posted on his website last December, Bronfman said that he still supported NXIVM after seeing "how much our programs have been good as well as Keith himself. "

Lawyer, Susan Necheles, said in a statement to US media that NXIVM" was not a criminal enterprise "but" an organization that has helped thousands of people. "

" The charges against Clare are the result of who accuses an individual of crimes simply because he does not agree with certain beliefs that NXIVM teaches and that Clare shares, "Necheles said.

– Who else was arrested? –

Keith Raniere was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. (FBI, for its acronym in English) in Mexico, last March.

He and actress Allison Mack were charged in April with bad trafficking and forced labor conspiracy.

The two face mandatory minimum sentences of 15 years and Raniere, whose trial is scheduled for October 1, was deprived of his bail because of fears that Bronfman could use his financial influence for the drug. 39; help.

Nancy Salzman, co-founder of NXIVM, 64, her daughter Lauren Salzman, 42, and Kathy Russell, 60, the group's accountant, were arrested with Bronfman on Tuesday.

The six men are charged with conspiracy to commit an organized crime (especially for attempting to obtain money illegally or through extortion) and are at risk of 20 years in prison, plus a maximum of 15 years for conspiracy. identity theft ter.

The United States Department of Justice. said the group has committed "a variety of crimes, including identity theft, extortion, forced labor, bad trafficking, money laundering, electronic fraud and theft." 39, obstruction of justice. "

William Sweeney said Tuesday that "the details of these alleged crimes are becoming increasingly bleak as we continue to deepen the conduct of this organization and its purported mission".