Posted on 04/19/2019 9:26:05 PM PDT by Libloather
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seagram liquor heiress Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty on Friday to harboring an illegal immigrant and enabling credit card fraud as part of an alleged sex cult based in upstate New York.
Bronfman, 40, entered her plea to the two criminal counts before U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. She is one of several people charged in connection with a secretive organization called Nxivm, which federal prosecutors have described as a racketeering organization.
Bronfman admitted that she knowingly harbored a woman brought to the United States on a fake work visa in order to obtain that woman's labor for herself and the organization. She also said she helped Nxivm's founder, Keith Raniere, use a deceased woman's credit card.
As part of her plea, Bronfman agreed to forfeit $6 million, and not to appeal any prison sentence of 27 months or less. She said she was "truly remorseful."
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The perfect reason to join a sex cult.
Plead guilty and avoid discovery!
TTIUWOP...
Weird people.
I’ll drink to that...
You want to see really weird people, watch the CBS TV series “Strange Angel.”
It’s really well done and mixes aviation and rocket technology with the Aleister Crowley-led occult and group sex cult in the 30s.
Just 27 months. She will be out in about 20 months, probably.
I wrote a thesis paper on the 19th Century religious movements in Upstate New York. Along the Erie Canal. Been dubbed The Burned Over District. It was ground zero for the Evangelical 2nd Great Awakening led by the likes of Charles Finney...But it was also the founding grounds for Joseph Smiths Mormonism before he and his polygamist following was forced out to Utah.
There must be something in the water...
No. Hard no. Trust me....
The water, no; the spirits around there yes
She promised not to appeal any sentence longer than that. She could get an even shorter stint.
That you would group Finney with Joseph Smith is either telling of your ignorance or a screwed-up view of religion in general.
Charles Finney was a treasure of the Lord. Wish we had more of his like nowadays.
elites are falling like flies!
To be rich and have a pussy pass....
My academic focus was largely on religious revivals and I was distinguishing between Finney and Smith. Hence why I noted that Smith was forced out. Conflicts are typical in highly spiritually-charged environments Good grief.
Dont see eye to eye to him with him on everything doctrinally, but a lover of Christ and great soul he was indeed.
Well thanks for clarifying.
Might want to review the clarity of your posts before you get upset when someone points out what could be a valid assumption because your post lacks clarity.
Hope you learned something new. It is a topic, era, and region that is very under-discussed in US history.
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