In an episode of Smallville, Allison Mack’s character, Chloe Sullivan, admits in a letter that she has feelings of more than mere friendship for Clark Kent [Superman].

It was season 2.  Faced with the prospect of losing Clark, Chole wrote down her feelings about him.

She visited Clark at home and sat with him while he slept. She read the letter to a sleeping Clark, but he murmured Lana Lang’s name [played by actress Kristin Kreuk] in his sleep.

In tears, Chloe did not say goodbye and left before Clark woke up. Later, Chloe threw the letter into the wastebasket, where it was picked up and read by Lana.

The letter Chloe wrote:

I want to let you in on a secret, Clark. I’m not who you think I am. In fact, my disguise is so thin, I’m surprised you haven’t seen right through me. I’m the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend. Sometimes I want to rip off this façade like I did at the Spring Formal, but I can’t because you’ll get scared and you’ll run away again. So I decided that it’s better to live with the lie than expose my true feelings. My dad told me there are two types of girls: the ones you grow out of, and the ones you grow into. I really hope I’m the latter. I may not be the one you love today, but I’ll let you go for now, hoping one day you’ll fly back to me. Because I think you’re worth the wait.

Ironically, Allison Mack also wrote a similar letter to Keith Alan Raniere [Vanguard]. For years, she was a faithful follower of NXIVM and did all that her Vanguard told her. But he always preferred Kristin Kreuk and used Allison to support Kristin’s recruitment efforts to bring young women into NXIVM.

One day, quite possibly when Kristin was being less attentive to her Vanguard – he – much like he did when he bit the bullet and had sex with Clare Bronfman [when Sara Bronfman got married] – Vanguard – realizing he needed to keep at least one actress TV star close by – probably mind fucked her into thinking it was her idea to start having sex.

But not so fast.

While Superman evidently never responded in writing with amorous intent regarding Chloe, Vanguard did reply to Allison’s email.

A source has seen hers and his actual emails – now in possession of the FBI.

Vanguard wrote that he would consider entering a love and sex relationship with Allison – as she requested – provided she gave him collateral – to protect the dear man from betrayal – something he said happened to him in the past by such as Barbara Bouchey and Toni Natalie – and it nearly killed him, so loving and spiritually connected was he to them.

Raniere told Mack that, in order for her to be his lover, she must be his slave and the “collateral” must ensure she would obey whatever he told her.

On January 18, 2018, the Eastern District of New York United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak signed a search warrant for the Yahoo! e-mail account of Keith Raniere [keithraniere@yahoo.com.]

On February 1, 2018, Yahoo! produced the information.

According to FBI Special Agent Lever, on August 10, 2015, Allison Mack sent an email to Raniere with the subject titled “vow 3” and included an attached letter.  In the letter, Mack used the terms “slave” and ”master” to refer to herself and Raniere.

The letter pledged Mack’s “full and complete life” to Raniere.

The letter also identified “collateral” to “cement” this vow made by Mack to Raniere.

Mack’s collateral was described as:

(1) a letter regarding Mack’s mother and father that would “destroy their character”

(2) a contract that transferred custody of any children birthed by Mack to Raniere, if Mack broke her commitment to Raniere

(3) a contract that transferred ownership of Mack’s home if the commitment to Raniere was broken

(4) a letter addressed to social services alleging abuse to Mack ‘s nephews.

Mack was willing to destroy hers, her parents’ and nephews’ lives to serve her superman, Keith Alan Raniere – now sitting in a federal prison in Brooklyn because he was denied bail.

Mack essentially started the method of collateral collection for Vanguard – beginning with herself and, at his direction, she introduced it to other women – often deceiving them that DOS was a woman’s only group.

Allison went from girlfriend to being a ‘fuck toy slave’. She recruited other fuck toy slaves for her Super Man – all of them providing damning collateral.

It worked out a little better in Smallville.

Somehow, the letter remained in Chloe’s possession [as opposed to the FBI’s possession] and she finally admitted to Clark that she wrote it for him and he found out she really loved him.

He does not ask for collateral. But then again, he is a superhero – and not anything mean and cruel like a Vanguard.

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Do you think we’ve heard the end of Hillary Clinton’s email escapades? Don’t count on it.

More than three years ago, on May 6, 2015, we sued the State Department (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00687)) after it failed to respond to our FOIA request seeking:

We have now released two batches, 184 pages and 45 pages, of newly uncovered emails that were sent and received over Clinton’s unsecure, non-“state.gov” email system. Five of them contain classified information.

The documents are part of the accelerated schedule of production ordered by U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg, which requires the State Department to complete processing by September 28, 2018. The remaining documents are part of the 72,000 pages recovered by the FBI in its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s illicit email server. These new classified and other emails appear to be among those that Clinton had attempted to delete or had otherwise failed to disclose.

The new documents include material classified “confidential” on negotiations between Northern Ireland and UK, as well as negotiations with Israel, Palestine, and France. They also include a reference to a Clinton meeting with controversial leftwing billionaire George Soros, and advice to Clinton from Sid Blumenthal, who was barred from a State Department position by the Obama administration and regardless continued to advise her on matters of state.

• On June 7, 2011, Clinton received classified information on her non-secure email account from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which Blair also forwarded to Jake Sullivan, about Blair’s Middle East negotiations with Israel, the Palestinians and the French
• On January 26, 2010, Clinton’s Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan sent classified information via his unsecure Blackberry to Huma Abedin’s State Department email account that he’d earlier sent to Clinton’s and Abedin’s non-secure @clintonemail.com email accounts about U.K. negotiations with Northern Ireland.
• On October 28, 2010, Clinton exchanged information with her friend Marty Torrey – a congressional aide – who asked Clinton in an email if she would advise that Torrey meet with former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Clinton responds through her non-secure email account approving the meeting and notes that she is emailing him from Hanoi, Vietnam.
• An email chain dated April 8, 2010, which contains a memo from Sid Blumenthal to Hillary Clinton related to the change of government in Kyrgyzstan, contained information classified “confidential” and redacted as “foreign government information” and “foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States, including confidential sources.” Blumenthal urges Clinton to “develop relations” with the new government in Kyrgyzstan:

• A January 26, 2010, email to Hillary Clinton from her deputy chief of staff, Jake Sullivan, is classified “confidential” and contained a “call sheet” that Clinton received prior to placing a call to Northern Ireland political leaders. It appears that the redacted portions contain the names of particular members of Sinn Fein who were invited to a particular meeting and the expectations of either themselves or other foreign ministers for the outcomes of that meeting.
• A June 13, 2009, email to Clinton from Sullivan with the subject line “Northern Ireland” is classified “confidential” and nearly completely redacted. The particular subject details are unclear.
• Abedin emailed Clinton about “Invites for the week” in an undated email (but apparently written before November 1, 2011, the day Clinton’s mother died, because her mother is one of the invitees – probably written in early 2009, based on the period most of these emails seem to have been written), and notes that she (Clinton) has a “George Soros lunch from 1-3 in Southampton.”
• On October 20, 2010, lawyer Lanny Davis writes Clinton an email saying, “Thank you H for who you are and what you do,” followed in the exchange by another with “PS. I swear you look younger and better every time I see you, Good night dear Hillary. Lanny.” Mr. Davis is currently a lawyer for Michael Cohen.
• In an undated email, Blumenthal emails Clinton about State Department management issues suggests that Joseph C. Wilson “should be spoken with for his view of dept, personnel … is shrewd.” Wilson is a former ambassador to Gabon who went on to become an Africa consultant and deal-maker.

These classified Hillary Clinton emails that she tried to hide or destroy show why it is urgent that the DOJ finally undertake a honest criminal investigation. These emails show how the prior investigation by the Comey-Strzok-McCabe-Lynch crowd was a joke. It is past time for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to order a new investigation of the Hillary Clinton email scandal.

(To read all press releases related to this Clinton email case click here.)

Some of these characters in the slow-motin putsch against Donald Trump seem to come straight out of a dime store spy novel. One such is Peter Strzok.

His getting fired is another body blow to the credibility of the Mueller special counsel operation. Strzok, who hated President Trump, compromised both the Clinton and Trump investigations that saw Hillary Clinton protected and Donald Trump illicitly targeted. Strzok’s anti-Trump texts show the Russia investigation he helped invent with Clinton campaign operatives is irredeemably compromised. As Mueller’s operation is founded on Strzok’s corrupt activities, it must be shut down.

(Strzok was reportedly removed from the Mueller investigative team in August 2017 and reassigned to a human resources position after it was discovered that he and Page, who worked for then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, exchanged pro-Clinton and anti-Trump text messages.)

We recently uncovered documents showing that Strzok insisted on retaining his FBI security clearance before moving to the Mueller team and confirmed that Strzok played a pivotal role in the flawed Hillary Clinton email investigation. And, previously releasedrecords from the DOJ to Judicial Watch reveal Strzok’s and Page’s profanity-laced disdain for FBI hierarchy and policies.

Strzok oversaw the FBI’s interviews of former National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn. He changed former FBI Director James Comey’s language about Hillary Clinton’s actions regarding her illicit email server from “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless.” He also played a lead role in the FBI’s interview of Clinton and is suspected of being responsible for using the unverified dossier to obtain a FISA warrant in order to spy on President Trump’s team. How did a character with ethical flaws like this rise so high in the FBI?

Strzok’s firing won’t stop Judicial Watch – we are suing for the emails and text messagesbetween Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page.  Those documents will be dribbled out to us by Strzok’s protectors in the Deep State, so this Strzok-FBI abuse scandal is far from over.

The open borders crowd would have you believe that the only issue is innocent children separated from their mothers. The reality is far different, as our Corruption Chronicles blog reports.

Until next week …

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton

Recently, Allison Mack requested that U.S. District Court Nicholas G. Garaufis loosen some of her bail conditions so she could leave her parents’ home where she is currently under house arrest.

Radar Online quoted a source who expressed dismay over the request that Allison may leave home to go to work, school and church.

“Going to church, really? It’s ridiculous!” the insider exclaimed. “The only God she believes in is Keith Raniere. And who is going to give her a job?”

The fact that the prosecution consented to her request suggests the court will grant it.  But who will give an accused sex slaver a job?

Bronfman money could easily set up a job for her. With the right friends to help her, plus Bronfman money – she can come and go as she pleases. The hours and type of work could be tailored to suit her desires to get out of her parent’s home and enjoy some freedom. If she wants to go to the beach – her job that day could be to take photos of the ocean. If she wants to meet with friends – she could be assigned to interview them at their home.

A job made to order to meet the needs of the elusive and deceptive actress – funded by Sara Bronfman-Igtet’s money – can eradicate home arrest.  The job won’t be directly NXIVM. The money for payment can be arranged through trusts and administered by attorneys.  Someone can be paid to be her employer.

Whether this is bad, good or neutral is up to the court to decide. But don’t expect Allison to get a legitimate job. She is not going to work at Macy’s or Bank of America.  She is not likely to get a real acting job.

Bronfman money is likely already paying for her New York City criminal defense attorneys.

This raises a question: Does Allison have the freedom to cut a deal with the feds?  If she were to become un-brainwashed tomorrow – and wanted to save herself – would there be a conflict with her lawyers? Would they have to withdraw if she insists on taking a plea deal that meant testifying against Raniere?

It is almost certain Raniere would prefer to stand trial with Allison as a co-defendant rather than go to trial without her. She will likely be a sympathetic character. She is an actress who can cry at will. She can be convincing.  If she goes to trial and testifies – [takes the fall] – that branding and collateral was her idea – [as she did in the New York Times Magazine article by Vanessa Grigoriadis] and testifies that Keith was but a passive actor in DOS – only vaguely aware – having no direct control over women’s collateral or coercive sex acts – and if the jury believes her – Keith’s chances may be better than most think.

On the other hand, if Allison becomes a witness for the prosecution – and testifies that Keith set up the whole DOS plan  – and how she herself – having given Raniere terrible collateral – and having been sleep-deprived and kept malnourished, on a brain-deprived 800 calorie diet for years – was but a coerced pawn herself – Raniere is sunk.

More than the Jane Does, Allison Mack is the direct tie to Raniere and DOS coercion and sex trafficking.

For the sex trafficking aspect of this case [not considering financial crimes], Allison could bury Raniere and possibly save herself.

But will she help herself or sacrifice herself for him?

Frank Report will attempt to monitor what job Allison is doing and whether her job is legitimate or staged to give her some freedom from house arrest while keeping her further indebted to the Bronfman-Raniere crime organization.

A lot depends on Allison Mack.

See you at church.

Ode to Allison 
By Rosalie Lopez

There once was a lass known as “Ali”
Whose life was but show-business
Folly
She was Superman’s “friend”
In some Smallville pretend
Though she’d never quite made it to
Holly

Ali Mack’s co-star (and rival),
Showed the lassie a brand new
Revival
Her name, Kristen Kreuk — a bit of A Kook –
Sought to shine with her own
Star revival

These fine lassies, they ought have
A Mentor
Backed by Heiresses’ billions
…Who better?
Than the REAL Superman;
See Vanguard
Had a plan
To make Vancouver beauties
His debtors

They were dazzled by the
Dalai Lama,
Explorations of meanings and
Karma
With so little sleep and less even
To eat
Who could tell what was real life
From Drama?

They got caught in the DOS
Slave-girl trap
Talked little girls into getting
“Tramp-stamped”
(Surely not Kristin Kreuk
All she did was
“Recruit”)
While Ali swapped the role of the
Vamp

Now Vanguard and Ali were
Arrested
And we’ll see just how long they
Might fester
In jail for their crimes
Such a shame Niki Clyne
Must go on without
Wifey and Master.

First court appearance, the gruesome and vicious heiress Clare Bronfman appears in a t-shirt and jeans.

The name Bronfman means whiskey maker.

At her second court appearance, the sadistic one is wearing a grey blouse and slacks.

She enjoyed using the legal system to punish people Keith Raniere said were his enemies

At her third court appearance, the brutal destroyer of people’s lives is more colorfully arrayed in light blue pants and dark blue shirt.

She is scheduled to be in court again on August 21 to finalize her bail package.

How she will dress then is anyone’s guess. But one would think with her money – she might be able to do a little better.

According to sources:

***

The FBI investigation into NXIVM is reportedly not over and the latest superseding indictment is not to be the last.

Keith – as well as Clare, Lauren and Nancy – can expect more charges.

Among other potential targets are Emiliano Salinas, Rosa Laura Junco, Benjamin Myers, Matt McMorris, Michelle Salzman, James Del Negro, Karen Unterreiner, Sara Bronfman-Igtet, Esther Chiappone Carlson, Alejandro Betancourt, Edgar Boone, Ana Risoul, Nicki Clyne, Monica Duran, Loreta Garza and Dani Padilla.

***

The New York State Medical Licensing Board is set to decide whether to suspend or revoke the medical license of Dr. Brandon Porter. Either way, he will not be practicing medicine [or conducting human fright experiments] for some time.

Porter might also be criminally charged.

He and wife, Janie Jeffries, however, are standing by their Vanguard – although how they will make a living now is anybody’s guess.  Despite having been a medical doctor – the cost of Executive Success Programs – coupled with all the time he lost doing volunteer work for NXVM – plus the high cost of Rainbow Cultural [Child Abuse] Garden, kept Porter broke.

Viva Executive Success.

***

Raniere-Bronfman-Porter got the idea for human fright experiments from the Mexican Drug Cartels – who regularly administer similar tests. The cartels are more sophisticated than one might imagine and they conduct human fright tests to gauge people’s reactions to various atrocities that they themselves commit.

***

Shaun Bergeron – formerly of Knife Media – and member of the Society of Protectors – remains an avid Vanguard supporter.

He recently lost his job at the Knife Media – as a Logic Expert –  when it closed its doors. He reportedly also worked at the Cheesecake Factory, waiting tables. He uses the stellar NXIVM tech to get some pretty good tips. Sometimes, he makes as much as $100 in a shift.

After more than a decade in NXIVM, and having taken dozens of intensives, Shaun is a poster boy for Executive Success Programs. He’s broke.

He is also a criminal.

In the past, Shaun married Dani Padilla to keep her in the US. They did not live much together – except when they needed to fool US Immigration. They divorced after Dani got her Green Card. Dani went on to be a leader in DOS.

Dani is now in Mexico – and trying to keep her wealthy parents from learning about her role in NXIVM and DOS.

Shaun was dating fellow Knife “Spin Analyst” Chelsea Brown – but Chelsea left him and hooked up with Adrian ‘Fluffy’ Fernandez. Both of them left the cult that brands and blackmails women.

Adrian’s sister, Mariana, gave birth to Keith Raniere’s son [reportedly called ‘Kemar‘] last summer, which makes  Adrian the uncle of Keith Raniere’s youngest child.

***

With Keith in prison and not likely to leave anytime soon, it is unknown how often he will get to see his younger son. That may be unimportant to him. His older son, Galen, he hasn’t seen since 2014 when mother and son fled from his cruelty and went into hiding. Prior to that, Keith lied to his followers and said Galen was a foundling whose father was unknown.

Nice daddy, Vanguard.

***

It is reported that Keith forced the late Pam Cafritz to have several abortions. He also demanded that other women of his harem have abortions. It is suspected the only reason his first son was allowed to be born at all is that the mother hid from Raniere that she was pregnant. If he had found out, he would have probably forced her to have an abortion. When she later surprised him with the unwelcome child – Keith made up the now infamous lie about the boy’s birth, forcing the mother to deny she was the boy’s mother [telling NXIVM followers that the boy’s mother died giving childbirth – and the father was unknown.]

***

The noble Vanguard would often promise women they would have an avatar child with him – cleverly manipulating women’s latent desire for motherhood – often lying to them about being in a monogamous relationship with them.

They would either never get pregnant or if they did, he would force them to have abortions.

Among the women who were promised avatar babies were Toni Natalie, Barbara Bouchey, Ivy Nevares, Lauren Salzman, and Pam Cafritz.  None of them had children with Vanguard.

How many women he deceived – who lost the opportunity to have a child waiting for their Vanguard – is hard to know.

***

The ‘friend’ of Kathy Russell, Eric Mumford – who is set to so-sign a $150,000 bail bond for Kathy – is actually a NXIVM member and member of the Society of Protectors. I wonder if Kathy told the court that her bail is all NXIVM related?

***

DOS branding Doctor Danielle Roberts will be appearing again at the Navel Health and Wellness Expo this November. 

If she is not criminally charged before that.

***

More media coverage on Catherine Oxenberg’s book ‘Captiive’ – in the Daily Beast: How I Found My Brainwashed Daughter in the Sex Cult NXIVM

***

In addition to Catherine’s excellent book, “Captive” – which gives the world a pretty good look at the man known as Vanguard — Keith Raniere is getting a lot of attention in the mainstream press – confirming the old adage that ‘every dog has its day.’

By A Reader

Frank has said that Keith stands a better chance than we might think —– due to being tried together with Allison.

Frank said that Allison can gain sympathy from the jury by crying at will and being a sweet looking actress. He said that Allison can be the “fall girl” by simply saying that everything was all her idea and that Keith had nothing to do with those decisions regarding blackmail collateral.

I call bullshit on Frank Parlato.

The prosecution has ALREADY shown emails written by Keith which admit that he told a senior slave that he would only agree to tell her more details (about the DOS slave group) once she recruited a slave who gave her a “collateralized life vow” (this is Keith directly instructing a slave to get “extortion collateral” to make another person a “life” slave).

Allison cannot make this email disappear nor can his attorneys prevent the jury from seeing it. That’s game over right there. That’s Keith’s own words.

It doesn’t matter if 50 other NXIVM women say otherwise, because Keith’s own words are instructing a slave to get a collateralized life vow (blackmail material to seal a lifelong slave relationship) before he would agree to tell her more secrets about how DOS operates.

That same email also has Keith admitting that he’s the “grandmaster” of all first line master slaves, and that they all report to him. That’s game over. That’s his own words saying that he is the head of the DOS sex slave group.

What else does that email say?

Keith also tells this same slave that although DOS wasn’t created for purely sexual purposes, he still has the power to make any slaves sexual in nature if he chooses (he also says that some slaves “may” be asked to do sexual duties for him).

This directly shows that he’s pulling the strings and that all slaves are subject to “his” choice on whether they become sexual with him or not. Again, this is another admission that he is the head of DOS. If he weren’t the head of DOS, he could not order slaves to perform sexually for him under any circumstances. It’s game over.

Allison’s testimony can’t change Keith’s admission no matter how hard she cries. Frank is a freakin’ moron for even suggesting that Keith has a chance at acquittal.

That same email also has the famous “fuck toy” request — where Keith is directly telling this same slave to recruit another slave to be his permanent fuck toy. How do you think the jury is going to view those words? Any women on the jury will be repulsed that he views women as worthless objects.

If his attorney tries to claim that’s just a boyfriend “fantasizing” with his girlfriend about how to rejuvenate their sex life (by using lofty words like “slave”) —– the prosecution will point out that Keith didn’t even trust this supposed “girlfriend” with any info about DOS until she recruited another *slave* and received a collateralized life vow from that person (a blackmail backed life vow).

How can this be his “girlfriend” if he’s refusing to trust her (with info about how DOS works) until she gets a collateralized life vow from somebody else? That’s the grandmaster telling a slave what to do. It’s game over.

What else?

Keith also personally accepted the collateral of Allison. That’s game over. The fact that he accepted and possessed Allison’s blackmail material shows that he participated in the collateral scheme. He can’t pretend it’s all fantasy either —– because Allison pledged her own real estate properties and also the lives of her future children to Keith — if she ever disobeyed him. If it were fantasy, such ownership transfers would not be required, nor accepted.

What Else?

Keith also told a senior slave that many women were wanting to get “his monogram” branded on them. In other words, Keith’s admitting that he’s aware that it’s his own personal monogram being branded on women (and not some secret sorority symbol). He can’t distance himself from those words no matter how many talk shows his attorney does.

Finally, let’s not forget that Allison will “never” be seen as sympathetic or sweet to the jury —- because her own emails show how depraved and sick she is.

The jury will see her sick and twisted pledges to Keith via email.

Normal and caring mothers don’t pledge the lives of their unborn babies to a sex slave master. Only depraved and sick people do that. The jury will see these emails and Allison’s crying cannot overcome her own sick and twisted words.

Let’s not forget about the dozens of prosecution witnesses who will testify how sick and depraved Allison behaved towards them.

Let’s not forget that the prosecution has only shown us like 1 or 2 emails so far, which means they probably have hundreds of other emails written by Keith and Allison showing how sick and twisted and guilty they are. The jury will see all of this.

Going on a talk show and claiming that you’re looking forward to cross examining witnesses can’t erase his own client’s email messages.

Frank is full of crap for saying that Keith has a chance if a “fall girl” decides to take the fall for him. Keith and Allison are doomed no matter what. Their own words have done them in. You can’t take back your actual words. They should have never used email.

It’s the end of an era.

For a dozen years,the followers of Keith Alan Raniere A/K/A Vanguard would pay more than $2,000 per person to spend 10 days in the Adirondack Mountains at the Silver Bay YMCA Resort on the shores of Lake George.

Like the British Royals, his birthday celebration went on for 10 days – and although it was called Vanguard Week – Vanguard never cheated his audience and gave his followers a mere 7 days of birthday celebrations. No, he gave them a full 10-day week to worship him.

Normally, Vanguard himself never showed up until the evening of his birthday – August 26th – usually five days into the fabulous event – where he would be eagerly thronged by his hypnotized devotees – all of whom had taken hundreds of hours learning to give him tribute and to worship the ground he walked on and lick his toes or any other part of his anatomy he commanded.

During the first five days of V-Week, the followers would spend their time listening to Prefect and taking classes, eating low calorie vegetarian food, and praising Vanguard.

Vanguard would stay away – often taking a luxury resort down the road, off of the 600 acre Silver Bay campus and eat loads of pizza with hot sauce and chocolate cake and other chocolate confections. He would workout with various select women in the buff to work off those extra calories.

Repeated calls to Silver Bay proved unsuccessful in gleaning that there was anyone reserved to come there for Vanguard Week tomorrow. In the past, Clare Bronfman rented the entire 600 acre facility with its dozens of cabins and the large Inn which can accommodate several hundred people.

According to those on hand – there was no sequestering off the facility expected tomorrow and for the next 10 days and consequently, the place is expected to be overrun with plebeians, many of whom never heard the blessed name of Vanguard – and none of whom are integrated.

It is the end of an era. Vanguard sits in the Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting trial and a likely life sentence..

Thanks for the memories.

***

If he can’t have Vanguard Week, the least we can do is offer him a birthday poem as a tribute:

Vanguard on His Birthday

By Lauren Russell

Vanguard on his birthday will take a girl or two
and tell them how he won the judo championship in 1972
some other Sunday before the feds came down
and Vanguard got arrested on his way from Mexico town.

Vanguard on his birthday lives in yesterday
before the DOS slaves got freed and went their own ambitious way
wasn’t it something that long-ago July
that’s about the time Vanguard people start to cry.

Happy Birthday Vanguard drink a toast to me
He’s all of 57 and won’t get out till he’s 123.

Vanguard on his birthday is fond of looking back
to half-remembered mind fucking when things were not so black
some other summer when playin’ Volleyball was fun
and life’s rewards were choc’late bars [for him] and for DOS slaves bubble gum.

Happy Birthday Vannie give some tribute to me
You’re in federal prison and daylight you’ll never see.

Vanguard on his birthday used to have a choc’late cake
and get the slaves prepared for a white hot branding pubic ache
looks like a rainstorm beyond the cloudy sky
a birthday without worship and Vanguard starts to cry.

According to Wikipedia, chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word ḥutspâ, meaning “insolence”, “cheek” or “audacity”.

Well, after the most recent turn of events at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), Wikipedia might have to update that definition to include a reference to Keith Alan Raniere f/k/a Vanguard n/k/a Federal Prisoner 57005-177. It looks like Keith may have set another world record!

This week’s update from MDC brings news that Raniere has filed a civil rights complaint because his cell is too dark and too cold. Let me just repeat that so you don’t have to go back and reread that sentence several times to make sure you read it correctly the first time. THIS WEEK’S UPDATE FROM MDC BRINGS NEWS THAT RANIERE HAS FILED A CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT BECAUSE HIS CELL IS TOO DARK AND TOO COLD.

The man who starved women with 500/day and 800/day caloric limits. The man who made women jog up to 30 miles per week so they’d be slim enough for his sexual preferences. The man who constantly interfered with women’s sleep patterns. The man who had women branded with his initials. Yes, that guy is now complaining that his civil rights are being violated because it’s too cold and too dark in his cell.

Looks like Marc Agnifilo was correct when he claimed on national TV that Raniere is a pussy. What Agnifilo actually said was: “He’s just soft. He is not a big, strong masculine force. He just isn’t. He is pretty much the exact opposite”.

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In other news that has been passed along via the MDC chat-line, it appears that Raniere’s legal team is doing everything it can to burn through the trust fund that Clare Bronfman set up to cover his legal expenses. That’s why they’re meeting with him 2-3 times per week for 3-4 hours at a time (Counting prep time and travel time – and assuming at least two lawyers at each meeting – this has got to be costing somewhere around $20,000 per week). Of course, they may really be doing all these meetings just to get Vanguard out of his cold, dark cell.

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Oh – and about that vegetarian thing? Yeah, not so much. Raniere is a full-blown carnivore now. Well, actually, he’s just a full-blown food-oholic at this point.

But the good news is that because he still spends most of his out-of-cell time pacing around the common area, he may actually be losing weight. Since federal guidelines call for prisoners to get 2,000 calories per day – about three times what he allowed the DOS women to have – that means he’s actually burning off more than that because of all the pacing.
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On the downside, word has filtered out that Raniere did suffer an injury that caused him to be taken to the MDC Medical Unit. The official report indicates that he slipped on the wet floor in his cell while trying to do some leg kicks [his toilet overflowed], and he sprained his arm.

And, worst of all, there was no one there to kiss his boo-boo and make it better.
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PUBLIC NOTICE 

Since we’re only a week away from Vanguard’s birthday, I think we should all start thinking about appropriate gifts to send him. Please be sure to check MDC’s policy on what can be sent to prisoners before you buy anything that will simply be confiscated by the guards.

You can read all about MDC’s various policies here.

As requested, Judge Nicholas Giraufis has agreed that Nancy Salzman may talk to her daughter Michelle Myers and son-in-law Benjamin Myers.

See the court’s approval at bottom of this document: https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-08-17-Order-Approving-Nancy-Salzmans-Contact-With-Michelle-and-Ben-Myers.pdf

Nancy is also permitted to speak with daughter Lauren Salzman – who is a codefendant in the federal case.

NXIVM announced prior to Nancy’s arrest that NXIVM classes were suspended.  Sources tell me that NXIVM offshoots – Jness and the Society of Protectors – continue to meet and hold classes.

The reason the court was given for Nancy being permitted to speak with codefendant, daughter, Lauren is that Nancy is facing a life-threatening physical condition [unnamed] and her daughter Lauren helps care for her.

I reported last September that Nancy confided to NXIVM friends that she had breast cancer. She reportedly claimed she would use NXIVM technology to cure herself.

Meantime Nancy can talk to both of her daughters and son-in-law Ben. She cannot speak to her other son-in-law, Keith Raniere – who had promised to sire an avatar child for Lauren more than a decade ago.

He “spermed out”, so to speak, but, still, as her slave master, he claims to be her spiritual husband – [as well as husband of all his harem].

Raniere is currently in lockup at the Metropolitan Detention Center, having been denied bail.

Nancy, it seems, is quite as good a mother as Keith was a father.  While Keith denied his firstborn son – claiming he was an orphan – Nancy gave her teen daughters over to Keith to enjoy.

According to witnesses, while Lauren joyfully cavorted with Raniere – even fondling and playfully wrestling with him in front of mother Nancy, when she was quite young – with Nancy’s gleeful approval – Michelle found his fondling creepy and was less inclined to be enjoyed by him – although she seemed fascinated by the master-slave concept and expressed it in her artwork.

It didn’t turn out too well for any of them.

Charges may yet be leveled against Michelle and Ben Myers.

Michelle Salzman seemed to revel in what some think is slave artwork. Here is a sketch of hers of what might be a DOS slave with a belly chain [of slavery.] It is required of all DOS slaves to wear either a belly chain, an ankle bracelet or a necklace as a symbol of slavery to Keith Raniere.

Kathy Russell’s attorney, Justine Harris, of the NYC law firm of Sher Tremonte, has written to DOJ prosecutors Moira Kim Penza,
Tanya Hajjar and Karin K. Orenstein, to inform them that her senior law partner, Michael Tremonte once clerked for Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in 2000-2001 and “has a close personal relationship with the judge.”

Harris wrote. “To address any potential concerns as to bias, we are screening Mr. Tremonte from any involvement in the above-referenced case, including taking steps to ensure that he does not have access to any files or confidential information relating to this matter and does not participate in any substantive discussions relating to our representation of Kathy Russell.

See letter: https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-08-20-letter-From-Justine-A.-Harris-re-clare-home-detention.pdf.

It is not uncommon in the legal community for lawyers to be friends with judges. Harris’ proposal is standard: Tremonte is not be involved in any official capacity in the Russell case.

Whether there is any unofficial communications is always hard to say, for lawyer and judges talk. But typically the fact that a lawyer and a judge are very good friends is usually not grounds for a defendant not to be able to retain the law firm.

In fact, many defendants seek such lawyers who have such friendships and hope to use them to their advantage.

Similarly many lawyers without directly mentioning it flaunt their relationships with judges. In fairness – many prosecutors are close to judge’s also. This is because many judges were former prosecutors and their former colleagues and friends are prosecuting cases before them all the time.

This has given rise to the adage, “It is good to know the law. But it is better to know the judge.”

Since Kathy Russell is the lowest level NXIVM member charged to date, it strikes me as not a calculating or sinister move that someone [likely Bronfman] selected Sher Tremonte and is paying for her lawyers – or that one of the senior partners of the firm is close to the judge trying the case.

If Sher Tremonte were Raniere’s or Clare Bronfman’s lawyers, I would have some cause for concern. That is not to cast an adverse reflection on Sher Tremonte, but only to suggest that with Bronfman millions and the current state of the American money-driven prison industry-friendly legal system – that [like in most countries] anything [but justice] could happen.

It is naive to believe otherwise and shows a colossal ignorance of human nature.

As it stands, however, Kathy Russell is a mere pawn in this case – a woman that Bronfman-Raniere would willingly sacrifice as “fall girl.” For the prosecution, she is known to be low level – and was charged perhaps because she knows a lot and might flip and also because she was low hanging fruit. She was the stupid one who signed all kinds of document [part of Keith’s plan].

The woman who ordered her to do the signing – her manager – was Karen Unterreiner who has not yet been charged. If Kathy is guilty Karen is a thousand times more so.

It is interesting that Kathy’s bail is being paid by two NXIVM members – Karen Abney and Eric Mumford – both of whom were not known [like all NXIVM members] to not have any money. Abney came up woith $25,000 cash and Mumford is set to come up with $150,000 in collateral.

The hand of Sara Bronfman-Igtet and Clare Bronfman are seemingly behind the bail and paying for Russell’s attorneys.

That is a conflict that might be more serious than a judge’s friendship with the top partner in the law firm representing Russell.

On the eve of Clare Bronfman’s bail hearing, her lawyers have told the court they firmed up her financial collateral.

Bronfman was required to secure a $100 million bond, signed by her mother and brother-in-law, Basit Igtet, with $50 million in assets. Bronfman’s lawyers have been working with the prosecution to finalize documents necessary to secure government liens.

Some $25 million is secured by a letter from Goldman Sachs – on file with the court – as trustee of Clare’s trust, confirming that if her bail is revoked by the Court, the trustee would file instructions from the trust advisors to liquidate trust assets and transfer $25 million to the Clerk of the Eastern District of New York.

The remaining $25 million has been secured by real estate and a business.

The division is $8.1 million in equity in real estate owned Sara Bronfman-Igtet, $4.5 million in equity in real estate owned by Clare Bronfman, and a UCC-secured interest of $12,350,000 in Clare Bronfman’s company, ACK Wakaya Holdings LLC, which holds the business interests in the resort she owns in Fiji.

It is not known if Clare and Sara Bronfman-Igtet told the court about their millions in real estate holdings in Los Angeles County – which are currently up for sale.

I know about these since I recovered these assets for the Bronfman sisters when I got them controlling interest in Precision LLC in 2008. They may not have told the court about their Los Angeles real estate holdings since they may need to liquidate these properties [they are up for sale] to pay for the gaggle of 21 attorneys that are representing the various defendants in this case.

PRECISION PROPERTIES that I believe are still owned by the Bronfman sisters through Precision LLC or one of the shell companies owned by Bronfmans.

1. 4741 Libbit Ave., Encino, CA 91436
2. 13361 and 13349 Newcomb Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
3. 8209 and 8195 Lauremont, Los Angeles, CA 90046
4. 3769 and 3761 Avenida del Sol, Studio City, CA 91604
5. 22568 and 22574 W. Uhea Rd, Woodland Hills, CA
6. 4260 and 4180 Natoma Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91364
7. 3800 Oakfield, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
8. 1700 Viewmont, Los Angeles, CA 90069
9. 9812 Wanda Park, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
10. 8517 W. Franklin, tos Angeles, CA
11. 4220 N. Gentry, Studio City, CA 91604
12. 4001 Sumac Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
13. 2526 Benedict Cyn, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
14. 5898 Lorae, Los Angeles, CA 90068
15. 12212, 12218 and 12226 Laurel Terrace, Studio City, CA
16. 39920 Knobhill, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
17. Vacant lots on Avenida del Sol, Studio City, CA; APN 2384-015-021, APN 2384-015-022
18. Vacant lot on Meadow Bay Drive, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352, APN 0333-052-19
19. Property in Beverly Hills, California, APN 4382-001-34; 4382-001-35

Instead of any of the valuable Los Angeles properties, the less valuable Albany area properties are being pledged by Bronfmans.

They are:

Total Value of Sara Bronfman Interest in Real Estate $ 8,135,000
Total Value of Clare Bronfman Interest in Real Estate $4,515,000
Total Value of Real Estate $ 12,650,000

ACK Wakaya Holdings LLC Clare Bronfman $ 12,350,000
Total Value of Secured Assets $ 25,000,000

See the entire letter of Susan Necheles to Judge Giraufis: https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-08-20-Letter-Motion-To-Modify-Terms-Of-release-For-Clare-Bronfman.pdf

Susan Necheles, Clare Bronfman’s lead attorney, wrote to Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis yesterday, seeking to end Bronfman’s home detention.

At Bronfman’s last court appearance on July 27, Judge Giraufis ordered Bronfman to be under house arrest and not contact any “members or former members” of NXIVM.  Judge Garaufis said he would reconsider these conditions at her next court appearance, which is scheduled for today, August 21.

Necheles now seeks permission for Bronfman “…to travel in Manhattan up to 96th Street, in Brooklyn only insofar as to include the EDNY Courthouse, not to include airports, and would not travel outside this pre-approved zone unless she obtains prior approval from Pretrial Services or the Court.”

Bronfman’s proposed new conditions are:

1. Home curfew from 8 pm until 6 am;
2. Report to Pretrial Services once a week in person;
3. No contact with co-defendants except in the presence of attorneys.

She would still wear an ankle monitor.

If the judge approves these conditions, Clare would not be permitted to speak with co-defendants Keith Raniere, Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman, Allison Mack and Kathy Russell outside the presence of her attorneys.

She would be free to speak or meet with all other NXIVM members, which her lawyer admits number in the multiple 100s, possibly thousands.

The prosecution will oppose Bronfman’s release. The government indicated it will ask the Court to keep Bronfman on home detention.

Necheles sees it differently. She wrote the court, “This … is unnecessarily restrictive of Ms. Bronfman’s liberty…  Ms. Bronfman has proposed that during the hours of 6 am and 8 pm she be permitted to move freely within a certain area of Manhattan and Brooklyn while still being monitored by the Electronic Monitoring Unit….  our understanding is that Pretrial can essentially draw a line on a map and set up an alert to be notified automatically if Ms. Bronfman leaves the predetermined area.”

Necheles said there is no risk of witness tampering if Bronfman meets with NXIVM members.

“The government has not set forth any evidence that would suggest that Ms. Bronfman is likely to obstruct justice…  Unlike some of her co-defendants, she is not charged with sex trafficking or forced labor. The charges against Ms. Bronfman have nothing to do with DOS….  The government has not alleged (and cannot allege) that Ms. Bronfman even knew of DOS before the summer of 2017, when some DOS members began to leave NXIVM and informed … Ms. Bronfman of that fact.”

[Note: June 2017 is when Frank Report first published and made NXIVM members aware of DOS. I doubt that Bronfman was truly unaware of DOS.]

Necheles further argues that “Although the government has alleged that Ms. Bronfman ‘has led efforts to discredit DOS victims and has orchestrated abusive litigation meant to intimidate and attack perceived enemies and critics of Raniere,’…  Ms. Bronfman is not charged with obstruction, witness tampering, or any crime involving any effort to intimidate a witness or interfere with the government’s investigation….

“Second, there is no suggestion that she ever took any action against any adverse party, except through lawyers, and within the bounds of the law. …”

Necheles addressed Bronfman’s desire to meet with NXIVM members, explaining, “NXIVM is a company which organized self-help and self-improvement classes that anyone could pay for and attend. …  Since its inception in 2001, thousands of individuals attended NXIVM classes and seminars. Over the years, a small percentage…  [became] a paid salesperson, coach or center owner.

“Coaches or teachers …  were …  independent contractors. Hundreds of NXIVM contractors and students also chose to pursue advancement up the NXIVM ‘stripe path.’ Modeled off of the merit badge system in the Boy Scouts or the belt system in martial arts, the ‘stripe path’ offered individuals a means of demonstrating their attainment of certain goals or skills. Upon attainment of these goals, contractors and students would be entitled to place a ‘stripe’ on a colored sash that would be worn during gatherings of NXIVM students and contractors (the color of the sash itself was also indicative of an individual’s accomplishments). Individuals who were interested in pursuing advancement in the organization were said to be on the ‘stripe path.’…

“By seeking to prohibit Ms. Bronfman from associating with anyone who currently or formerly was on the stripe path, or currently or formerly was an employee or an independent contractor of NXIVM, the government is prohibiting Ms. Bronfman from contact or association with hundreds of people, many of whom are her close friends, are still supportive of NXIVM, and have nothing to do with the allegations in the Indictment. The government is ignoring the distinction – one which the Indictment draws – between NXIVM’s ordinary business operations and the criminal conduct alleged in the Indictment.

“….  The only objective the government has identified in prohibiting Ms. Bronfman from associating with hundreds of her friends and acquaintances is a generalized risk of witness intimidation or tampering….”

An oral argument is likely to be had in court tomorrow.

Bronfman is charged with participation in three racketeering acts and one substantive offense, with two instances of alleged identity theft – one against her father – and the other involving her involvement in facilitating the payment of credit card bills for Raniere’s living expenses using the late Pam Cafrtiz’s bank account. She is also alleged to have facilitated the illegal entry of an alien to the United States.

What will happen at the court hearing is anybody’s guess.

Stay tuned.

Read Necheles complete letter here.

In Susan Necheles letter to Judge Nicholas Garaufis, seeking to end Clare Bronfman’s home detention and allow her to communicate with hundreds of NXIVM members, Necheles reveals an explosive fact: One of Clare Bronfman’s bookkeepers may  testify against her

Necheles writes, while arguing for Bronfman to be able to freely communicate with NXIVM members, “[T]he government has agreed to allow Ms. Bronfman to have contact with a few [NXIVM] individuals … , there is one individual raised by the defense for whom the government has said it will not allow direct contact. We will ask the Court on Tuesday to rule on whether Ms. Bronfman can have contact with this individual.

“The individual in question has been employed by one of Ms. Bronfman’s companies for at least nine years as a bookkeeper and assistant who deals with her personal finances and many of her business interests. The government considers the bookkeeper a witness in this case and, we understand, has interviewed her on more than one occasion. By taking the position that she can have no contact with Ms. Bronfman, the government is effectively depriving the witness of her livelihood and employment and limiting Ms. Bronfman’s ability to conduct lawful business and personal finance transactions. This is an unreasonable restriction as the government has no basis to claim that Ms. Bronfman has, at any point, sought to influence the witness’s testimony or prevent her from talking to the government. We propose that Ms. Bronfman be permitted to have contact with this witness, outside the presence of counsel, for purposes of dealing with her personal and business finances, as long as she does not discuss the facts of the case with her.”

Who is this potential witness?

I wrote on the Frank Report on April 1 – in my article FBI Probes expands beyond sex trafficking – [prior to Allison Mack’s arrest and just days after Keith Raniere’s arrest]: “Other people believed to have been subpoenaed or expected to be subpoenaed are Kathy Russell, Karen Abney, Ben Meyers, Angel Smith, Shelly Tarzia, James Del Negro, and Esther Chiappone Carlson.”

I wrote on Frank Report in May – prior to Clare Bronfman’s arrest: “Michelle ‘Shelly’ Tarzia, who works for Wisdom LLC (one of Clare Bronfman’s companies) and was once married to Jim Del Negro, is still on hand. She lives in Saratoga. Working in Clifton Park for Clare Bronfman. She might be a choice witness for the prosecution based on what she likely knows. She may be able to identify some of the dozens of secret post office boxes where cash was received under the names of shell companies that Clare Bronfman operated for Raniere and herself.”

Below are Los Angeles County properties that an online search indicates are owned by Precision Development LLC – which in turn is owned by Clare Bronfman and her sister, Sara Bronfman-Igtet, according to state records.

Clare forgot to list her Fiji [Wakaya Island] asset – which the judge picked up on and called her on. Clare’s attorney, Susan Necheles, said the reason Clare neglected to mention her Fiji holdings is that it is being renovated.

I am not sure how an asset being renovated excludes it from being disclosed.

I wonder if Clare disclosed the assets below. [Note she may have transferred these recently to hide her ownership interest. But I know about these properties for I am the one who got them for her in 2008. As of today – August 21, 2018 – online records indicate she still owns them.] .

39920 Knobhill, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

8209 and 8195 Lauremont, Los Angeles, CA 90046

4260 and 4180 Natoma Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91364

1700 Viewmont, Los Angeles, CA 90069

13361 and 13349 Newcomb Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

3800 Oakfield Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

8517 W. Franklin, tos Angeles, CA

2526 Benedict Cyn, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

12212, 12218 and 12226 Laurel Terrace, Studio City, CA

4741 Libbit Ave., Encino, CA 91436

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Below is evidence that Clare is the manager member of Precision Development.

There will be opposition to Clare being released from home detention today.

Stay tuned.

Here is a note from one reader:

The prosecution has filed a written response to Clare Bronfman’s request for the relaxing of home detention and the right to meet with NXIVM members.

In the letter, prosecutors express concern that Clare might try to flee based on the fact that their ongoing investigation will likely result in a long prison term.  She is presently charged with crimes where the sentencing guidelines – according to her attorney – are three years.

Since Bronfman’s last appearance on July 27, she secured the required $50 million of the $100 million bond ordered by the Court.

For the prosecution, assistant U.S. Attorneys Moira Kim Penza and Tanya Hajjar wrote to Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis today to oppose Bronfman’s  motion to “substantially reduce the non-financial bail conditions set by the Court.”

The prosecution argues that “home detention should remain in place because the defendant poses an extraordinary risk of flight.” And her not associating with NXIVM members “is crucial to maintaining the integrity of the case.”

Bronfman objects to both of those conditions.

The prosecution argues that Bronfman “has extraordinary wealth and investments all over the world…. in the past year there have been substantial multi-million dollar transfers of funds from accounts…  including to accounts in other countries, and the government is not presently able to determine who controls that money. Moreover, the defendant has declined to provide information as to the amount of the funds in her trusts over time or whether there were significant transfers of money prior to the restructuring of those trusts that the defendant would have access to if she were to flee.

“… if she were to flee, the defendant would still have over $80 million in assets outside of any trust, including over $3 million in cash and an over $20 million interest in her private island in Fiji. Given her wealth, the defendant is in a position to reimburse her suretors [mother Georgianna Havers, and brother-in-law Basit Igtet] from any loss if she were to flee. Neither of her suretors has wealth even close to the full bond amount and it is uncertain whether the government would be able to fully pursue the suretors’ assets, nearly all of which are held overseas.”

{The prosecution notes that Clare’s sister, Sara Bronfman-Igtet, “declined to sign the bond,” and argues  “the government would be unable to pursue her substantial fortune except for the $8,000,000 in property that was posted as security for the defendant’s bond.”

The prosecution continues with a telling statement:  “The defendant’s resources make the risk of flight extraordinarily high in this case, especially when considered in conjunction with the strength of the government’s case and the lengthy sentence the defendant could receive if convicted. As the case progresses toward trial, and as the government’s investigation continues, the incentive to flee will only increase.”

[Clare may have committed more crimes than what she is presently charged with. The superseding indictment may have been merely a ‘placeholder’ to stop the clock while more crimes are investigated — which may ultimately lead to more charges.]

The prosecution continues, “[I]t is imperative that home detention remain in place, which is also consistent with the recommendation of Pretrial Services.”

[Pretrial Services are not under the DOJ – they are under the judiciary and are supervised by the judiciary. I doubt the judge will go against Pretrial Services’ recommendation.]

The prosecution has offered this compromise: “The government does not object to modifying the conditions of the defendant’s bond in order to permit her to leave her residence for attorney visits, court dates, religious services, 90 minutes—three days a week—for exercise and shopping for food and other necessities, with notice to Pretrial Services. However, the defendant’s proposal that she have unfettered access to Manhattan from which she could easily flee is not acceptable …  especially given that she is unemployed, making it even more difficult for Pretrial Services to effectively monitor her. Indeed, Pretrial Services has stated that the defendant’s proposal is not feasible.”

[Again that “Pretrial Services has stated that the defendant’s proposal is not feasible” is the likely death knell of her shedding home detention.]

As for Bronfman’s request to associate with NXIVM members who are not co-defendants, the prosecution proposes that ” the defendant may not directly or indirectly associate or have contact with, except in the presence of her attorneys, current or former employees or independent contractors of or for NXIVM (including any and all affiliated entities), current or former members of DOS, or with any individual who is currently or was formerly on the Stripe Path, subject to reasonable exceptions agreed-upon by the parties….  [This] condition … is necessary as to this defendant in order to protect the integrity of the trial process by keeping her from attempting to interfere with or intimidate potential witnesses….”

The prosecution continues: “[T]he government initially sought a condition prohibiting the defendant from communicating with current or former members of NXIVM, DOS and/or any affiliated entities. The defendant asked the court not to impose this condition based on her representation that ‘there are no “members” of Nxivm” and that it is “not a membership based organization.” The defendant’s argument is inconsistent with the position NXIVM has taken, which currently has a “Message to Our Members” posted on its website. See NXIVM website, http://www.nxivm.com….”

“The defendant is charged with being a long-standing member of a criminal enterprise that is deeply entwined with NXIVM’s leadership. The Stripe Path is comprised of individuals who have demonstrated a longstanding commitment to NXIVM’s leadership and are therefore likely to be witnesses or unindicated co-conspirators….  [B]ecause of her wealth, the defendant was a primary leader of the Enterprise’s use of ‘harassment, coercion and abusive litigation to intimidate and attack perceived enemies and critics of Raniere,’…  Given her history … the defendant should not be interacting with potential witnesses outside the presence of her attorney….

“[T]he non-association provision … is subject to reasonable exceptions. Indeed, in the time since the defendant was indicted, she has requested the government’s consent to her communication for business purposes with four people who otherwise would have been prohibited. Of those, the government has consented to the defendant continuing to communicate with three of the four.

“Moreover, there is no limitation on the defendant preparing her defense by meeting with any potential witnesses who wish to meet with her, as long as one of the defendant’s attorneys is present.

“The government does not consent to the defendant communicating with the bookkeeper (the “Bookkeeper”) referenced in the defendant’s letter. … [T]he Bookkeeper was employed by the defendant during the time period when the defendant is alleged to have arranged for Jane Doe #7’s credit card bill to be paid after her death, knowing co-defendant Keith Raniere was illegally continuing to use the card….  Moreover, the government proffers that the defendant is capable of managing her finances using another bookkeeper. Indeed, a second bookkeeper has been managing the defendant’s finances since the defendant was arrested. Alternatively, the government has no objection to the defendant continuing to use the Bookkeeper as long as the defendant does not have direct communication with the Bookkeeper outside of the presence of counsel.”

Read the complete letter:

https://frankreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-08-21-no-112-prosecution-opposition-to-clare-bail-modification.pdf

Stay tuned for a report from the court shortly.

The judge has ruled. Clare Bronfman has lost.

This right form the courtroom correspondent: “Home detention continues; non-association continues.  She lost.”

Yes, Legatus, the evil commander of NXIVM and its chief harasser, lost. She tried to get her bail conditions modified so she could roam freely in Manhattan and be able to meet with hundreds of NXIVM members. But the judge decided she must remain confined to her luxury apartment in Manhattan – and wear an ankle monitor to track her movements.

We will have more on the subject later.

For the record, Legatus will be at home and unable to harass, intimidate or destroy any lives – other than the ones she has already destroyed.

Isn’t it lovely when just for once money can’t buy an heiress justice?

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Judge Nicholas Garaufis denied the motion from Clare Bronfman’s lawyers requesting she be allowed to end her home detention and roam in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, from the hours of 6 am to 8 pm.

The judge said, he might “as well be offering a chance for a person to see the world.”

Bronfman’s lawyer, Susan Necheles, said Clare was getting restless in the apartment, especially since she’s used to “running, jogging, and exercising.”

The skinny NXIVM leader, who consumes only 800 calories per day, normally jogs some 30 miles per week.

Judge Garaufis said he would reconsider the motion in a few months but in the meantime would consider allowing Clare to get  a “fitness center membership” where she’d be allowed out a few times per week.

Necheles said Clare visited her attorneys in their office without running away and it would be nice if she could have gone with them to a restaurant.

Garaufis suggested they simply order in lunch from a “nice restaurant” when she visits lawyers.

“She eats much more carefully than I do,” said Necheles referring to Bronfman’s 800 calorie per day Raniere/DOS diet.

“Then order carefully,” Judge Garaufis replied.

Judge Garaufis also ruled that Bronfman must stay away from anyone related to NXIVM.

Necheles argued that every one of her friends are NXIVM members.

The Judge said “All she has to do is call her old friends from Dalton or wherever she went to high school.”

[The judge may not know that she never graduated from high school.]

Assistant US Attorney Moira Penza said that all NXIVM members on the Stripe Path might be “un-indicted co-conspirators” and possible witnesses.

The Judge did not rule on whether Bronfman can associate with her bookkeeper [believed to be Michelle ‘Shelly’ Tarzia] who is expected to be a witness against her.

Clare, along with the other defendants – NXIVM founder Keith Alan Raniere, NXIVM president Nancy Salzman, NXIVM Vice President in Charge of Education Lauren Salzman, DOS leader Allison Mack, and hapless fall girl, low level bookkeeper Kathy Russell are all due back in court Sept. 13.

Jury selection for the trial is scheduled for January – although the trial may very well be postponed due to more superseding indictments.

Ah, poor Legatus. Allison Mack is allowed to go out for work, school, church and volunteering for whatever…. and Clare is stuck at home – with an empty refrigerator and a stair-master.

Clare – almost fashionably dressed – leaves court today- to head right home – where she is confined 24/7 except when she goes to court or meets with lawyers.

The little lady, who filed so many false criminal complaints against innocent people – enemies of Keith Raniere – is enjoying her just reward.

As she tried to imprison innocent people – to fulfill her master’s demands – she now heads there in their stead – along with her Vanguard.

Yes, prison looms large as her long term future.