According to Salzmans testimony, he and Dani reached an agreement that she would be confined in a room in a home she shared with her parents, with no communication with the outside world; if she did not agree to these terms, Salzman testified, she would have to go back to Mexico. I set up an account on PACER and gave them my credit card info (yikes). When Salzman confronted Raniere about it, he denied sleeping with the women. And then he characterized the reasons for why he didnt uphold his word to me as being because it was so difficult that two of our best friends died of terminal illnesses [Pam Cafritz and Barbara Jeske] and the void that that left in our community, and how much extra work fell on him and how hard its been because of all of our failures and ineptitudes and the political situation. Keith will be acquitted? The links included here are the ones accessible to everyone. During her four days on the stand, Salzman detailed how she helped Raniere run a master-slave group within Nxivm called DOS, where women were branded with his initials and forced to sleep with him. Agnifilo clearly says he was done. But most of my first-line DOS masters were telling me things that were gravely concerning to me that they were doing. He would have had a child with you. Salzman is the third of Ranieres five co-defendants to be sentenced in the case. Sustained. lauren salzman testimony transcript. As Salzman ascended through NXIVMs ranks, Raniere encouraged her to have sex with other women he was involved with, but forbade her to sleep with other men. Q You didnt know that Keith and Cami had a relationship? C-SPAN's operating revenues come from license fees paid by cable systems and satellite companies that offer the network to their. But it was too late- the defense had rested. On Wednesday, Salzman apologized for keeping a woman named Daniela captive in a room from 2010 to 2012 at Ranieres request and threatening to deport her to Mexico. We were supposed to be uniform: All looking the same, and fully frontally naked, Salzman testified. Salzman and other DOS masters, including Garza, Smallville actress Allison Mack, and Battlestar Galactica actress Nicki Clyne, had flown to Mexico to visit Raniere. THE COURT: Anything else from the defense? , and Padilla purchased various BDSM sex toys for use during penance, as a sex-toy company owner testified last week. Lauren is a rat. Nonetheless, she continued to follow Ranieres orders to not allow Dani to have access to her papers, on the grounds that she wanted him to think she was willing to do what it took to be a responsible parent., planned to build a dungeon in the basement of the sorority house. The daughter of group cofounder Nancy Salzman, who has pleaded guilty to a single charge of racketeering conspiracy, Salzman, 42, began her testimony last week describing her first meeting with Raniere in 1998, when she was 21 years old. So thanks Lauren. THE COURT: You said thats not what made it hard? All the links come from the docket, available at Court Listener: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6374665/united-states-v-raniere. [she is alternately tearing up and holding back tears.]. Salzman said in testimony, "It was the most painful thing I've ever experienced." Nicole testified that Mack told her, "pain is love, and you show your love to your master by pain." . Cookie Notice Others were threatened with the release of their collateral - nude photos and other embarrassing material that female members turned over to their "masters" to ensure obedience and silence - if they didn't have unwanted sex with him. She said she could not sit with the defense and continue to lie. get it? Salzman reluctantly agreed to these conditions, as she desperately wanted to have a child. A Yes, but it was at a time when Keith and I werent interacting very much [during] the two years that Pam was sick and dying. Garaufis terminated the cross-examination of the most important witness and denied the defendant his right to cross-examine witnesses against him. This is especially true where, as here, there was not a pending question (here, the witness was allowed to answer the last question). Nonetheless, she continued to follow Ranieres orders to not allow Dani to have access to her papers, on the grounds that she wanted him to think she was willing to do what it took to be a responsible parent.. Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a. that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. September 7, 2020 by Stacey Nguyen. Salzman testified that shortly after she joined DOS, she discovered that everyone except Junco had previously been or was currently in a sexual relationship with Raniere. he made me a promise, and when I said you didnt uphold the promise, he said I didnt live my word. Agnifilo referred audiotapes [and transcripts of the tapes] of meetings held for DOS in 2016 before Lauren joined DOS. Salzman flew into a panic. A Yes. A I think it was progressive. That it will be done. Raniere's trial began on May 7 and ended on June 19, 2019. I am worried about her composure in this case. ; see, e.g., Trial Transcript ("Tr.") at 619-24 (testimony of Mark Vicente regarding Nxivm recruitment strategies); id. So you have your record, and if there is a conviction, you can appeal my decision to the Second Circuit, okay? And thats really what this was. I am responsible for Lauren being before you.. Fixed: Release in which this issue/RFE has been fixed.The release containing this fix may be available for download as an Early Access Release or a General Availability Release. [Lauren is growing visibly upset and is crying]. Raniere had fled to Mexico the year before, following a damning New York Times report that he was the grandmaster of DOS, a NXIVM offshoot and secret all-female sorority of masters and slaves. Allegedly run by Raniere, the group reportedly had branded women, forced them to provide collateral in the form of explicit naked photos, and coerced them into having sex with him. Lauren Salzman detailed the allegations in Brooklyn federal court, testifying that Keith Raniere had plans to build a sex dungeon in a home the group owned in Waterford, N.Y. They were making a dungeon in the basement. THE COURT: Asked and answered. Was Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis right to halt the cross-examination of Lauren Salzman? Isnt the world better off without a Ratchild? Yet she tried to remain calm. Lauren stepped down. She told Salzman that cops had just arrived at the house to arrest Keith Raniere, the groups charismatic head, and Salzmans on-off lover of nearly 20 years. Hes been convicted. I harmed Daniela I completely failed her., The hearing included victim-impact statements from two former Nxivm members, including Ivy Nevares, who said Salzman never apologized for using her position and skills to try to force me to accept my exploitation and to do so with a smile., You called yourself my best friend, you were a fellow woman, yet you did what you did, she said. Everyone rises for the jury. Reading the direct transcripts is blowing my mind. Move on. And I think DOS took the place of that, in large part, because now you have slaves going out specifically looking for sexual relationships and personal relationships for Keith. Salzman, the former president and co-founder of NXIVM, was sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, to 42 months in prison and fined $150,000, but won't be locked up until January. Its better than any book. She probably provided the most damning piece of evidence in this case. At that time, sheadmitted keeping a slave locked in a room for more than two years. at 1619-20 (testimony of Lauren Salzman that Raniere preferred DOS recruits to be individuals "in positions of power and influence"). The feds will try him again, but he may not have the benefit of the Seagrams millions to help with his defense. There were a lot of things created and they had all been created and implemented in my absence, so I knew that I had come into something, that there had been things before. A I knew there was some project that they were working on at one point in time. He would have had a child with you., Pea: She previously pleaded . She was dressed in a black pant suit. It is the defense councils job to cross-examine her about this unpleasant experience. Who cares whether she had convinced herself at the time that it was not illegal or illegal but allowed or whatever. A Yes. Everything we had done, everything I was teaching NXIVMwas all centered around the fact that we can live this principled life, she said. They were also told to seduce Raniere, a task that Salzman referred to as the Assignment. Salzman claimed not to have known about the Assignment until Mack mentioned that slaves she had recruited were having sex with Raniere. Q Keith had a child with Kristin Keefe; right? I dont want to talk about it anymore. Brooklyn federal judge Nicholas Garaufis gave Salzman credit for time shes served under house arrest, as well as five years probation, noting that she had turned her life around. As part of this protracted litigation, that dragged on for more than a decade, Raniere and his sidekick Salzman, were deposed for hours under oath. THE COURT: If you want to know, you went way over the line as far as Im concerned with regard to this witness. The messages also revealed that Camila was 15 when . Q Was your intention to hurt people or was it to help people? Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. She described how the sick Svengali, with whom she had a 17-year relationship, was in the process of building a sex dungeon full of cages and BDSM equipment when he was arrested in 2018. that Lauren Salzman was held down as another Raniere devotee used a cauterizing pen to etch the initials of Raniere into an area near her pelvis, according to her testimony . She doesnt want a child with KAR, who cant even keep it up enough to even shoot blanks LOL. Get started with the examples above. That's led to speculation she may cooperate. 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It doesnt matter what any of the witnesses were thinking at the time, as the circumstances included a lot of lying, manipulation, etc. Q Im going to ask you the question again. You lost everything Lauren. I hope he is abjectly miserable right now. Nancy Salzman Salzman, the co-founder of NXIVM with Raniere, was the first of high-ranking officials to plead guilty. She should be very proud of herself that she took the stand, answered questions bravely and articulately. But Im telling you, I was watching this witness. It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced, she said. And whether shes telling the truth, whether the jury believes her, I think its absolutely necessary that there be a certain level of consideration for someones condition. You could have. Formerly one of NXIVMs most loyal capos, an exhausted-looking Salzman recounted decades of her emotional manipulation at the hands of Raniere, a self-described genius who once held such sway over his followers that they believed he was able to control the weather. Learning that Cami and Keith had a special relationship is not what was troubling to me. He was my master, Salzman said during the start of her testimony last week, adding that she respected him, and trusted him and I wanted to be like him. She called him Doomp, and he called her Lorn/Forlorn, cause I was sad and suffering, she said. Its possible that the judge made a mistake that another judge will find to be so egregious that Keith was denied his right to cross-examine witnesses against him. At one point, as former NXIVM member Lauren Salzman testified earlier in the trial, she passed a note to Salzman and Raniere, which read, "Let me out, I've come undone." Raniere is currently. At times she approached tears and spoke sometimes in a shaky voice. Raniere also drafted a public statement defending the existence of DOS while simultaneously denying he had anything to do with it. AGNIFILO: I am not trying to argue with you. And she was becoming disillusioned because she was watching him lie and telling her to lie and it was totally not ethical. This story has been shared 177,460 times. She pleaded guilty to only racketeering conspiracy, and was the. You could have asked your questions and moved on to the next question, but you kept coming back, and I am not going to have someone have a nervous breakdown on the witness stand in front of excuse me, this is not DOS. Im asking about what you know, what you know based on what you saw and what you saw other people doing with your own senses, eyewitness-type stuff; you didnt see any of that? Reading and re-reading the transcript without intonation of voice brings me to one conclusion, there will not be a retrial/mistrial conclusion based on the Judge. At one point, she said, she wanted to have a relationship with another man, and approached Raniere to ask for permission. She was applying the principles that were taught to her in NXIVM. Q Did you intend to hurt anyone, did you intend to scare anyone? May 7, 2019: first day of the trial; includes opening statements (Tanya Hajjar for the prosecution, Marc Agnifilo for the defense) and the beginning of the first witness testimony, by Sylvie [last name redacted by order of the court], a DOS "slave" under Monica Duran, May 8, 2019: continuation of Sylvie's testimony; start of Mark Vicente's testimony, May 9, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 13, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 14, 2019: no witnesses, just proceedings, May 15, 2019: Mark Vicente testimony, continued, May 16, 2019: Mark Vicente, Stephen Herbits, Charles Fontanelli, May 17, 2019: Charles Fontanelli, Sean Welch, Lauren Salzman, May 28, 2019: Daniela [last name redacted], May 29, 2019: Daniela [last name redacted], continued, June 5, 2019: James Loperfido, Maegan Rees, June 6, 2019: Maegan Rees continued, Dawn Hughes, Nicole [last name redacted], June 7, 2019: Nicole [last name redacted], continued. According to her testimony which has so far taken three days when police arrived at the home where Raniere was staying, he was taking a nap in an upstairs bedroom, so she ran up to try to help him escape. To think I was right at your side and sacrificed for you. A . She said it was hard to keep Raniere satisfied. AGNIFILO: Judge? Agnifilo even said at one point she didnt have to answer a question when the objection was sustained, he was actually being helpful to the DOJ and lessening the stress on Salzman. The judge were in stopping this and because of this the appeal will be successful and Keith will be free. Everyone rose. The daughter of group cofounder Nancy Salzman, who has pleaded guilty to a single charge of racketeering conspiracy, Salzman, 42, began her testimony last week describing her first meeting. TV actress Allison Mack, who was a slave master in the sex-cult and lured women into the group, got three years in prison . Lauren woke up! This failure, combined with his on the record statement that he was done, will seriously hamper any appeal. They began a sexual relationship in 2001, which they continued in secret until 2008 or 2009, while she was in DOS. Q Did you know he was having these kinds of conversations with these women? Salzman testified that being locked in a cage for days until surrendering was supposed to be a way for the most committed members to grow. Marc Agnifilo is continuing his cross-examination of Lauren Salzman. Padilla had also planned to purchase a cage, though she canceled the order shortly after the inner workings of DOS were made public in the spring of 2017. Q Right. HBO's The Vow, inevitably, features her story. So, sure. Lauren Salzman leaves Brooklyn federal court in New York. You lost everything Lauren. I didnt know what it was. AGNIFILO: I dont know why Your Honor cut off my cross-examination. Tell us what you think will happen next? Formerly one of NXIVMs most loyal capos, an exhausted-looking Salzman recounted decades of her emotional manipulation at the hands of Raniere, a self-described genius who once held such sway over his followers that they believed he was able to control the weather. She has said that she deeply regrets introducing her daughter to Nxivm and Raniere. A I did not do that. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. There is zero chance a judge will over turn this conviction. She avoided looking at Raniere during her testimony. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! C-SPAN receives no funding from any government. Edmonsons husband publicly confronted Salzman about DOS at a NXIVM event, prompting the rest of the organization to learn about the existence of DOS. THE COURT: You did, in many different ways. She did so in March 2019, admitting to one count of racketeering. Q And these are meetings between Keith, Monica Duran, Dani Padilla, and Loreta Garza, right? Thanks so much for doing this!!! I haven't purchased any additional transcripts from PACER. As NXIVM membership rates dwindled, Salzman stuck to the narrative that Raniere was unconnected to DOS and had no knowledge of the group. You may stand down. When she finally left in February 2012, she was driven to the Mexican border by her father and another NXIVM member, who refused to give her immigration papers; in a series of emails read during the trial, when she begged for her papers back, NXIVM officials refused, accusing her of being manipulative and playing games., Salzmans account of how the group treated Dani was one of the most emotional aspects of her testimony.