NXVIM, Clare Bronfman
Seagram Heiress Pleads Guilty in Sex-Cult Case, Reuters Reports
Clare Bronfman, an heiress to the Seagram Co. fortune, pleaded guilty Friday to harboring an illegal immigrant
and enabling credit-card fraud as part of an alleged sex cult that branded its victims and forced them to
participate in sexual acts, Reuters reported.
Bronfman, a daughter of former Seagram Chairman Edgar M. Bronfman, entered her plea in federal court in Brooklyn,
New York, Reuters said. She is among women charged in connection with the investigation of multilevel marketing
company Nxivm. The Albany, New York-based firm was founded by Keith Raniere, who has been apprehended in Mexico
and accused of sex-trafficking and forced labor. He is being held without bail.
The heiress confessed she harbored a woman who had traveled to the U.S. on a forged work visa, and helped Raniere
use a dead woman’s credit card. As part of her plea on the two criminal counts, Bronfman, who said she was “truly
remorseful,” agreed to forfeit $6 million, and won’t appeal any prison sentence of 27 months or less, Reuters
reported.
Bronfman doesn’t have an agreement to cooperate with prosecutors, her lawyer, Mark Geragos, said after the
hearing, according to Reuters.
https:// www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-20/seagram-heiress-pleads-guilty-in-sex-cult-case-reuters-reports