CULT PAYOUT
NXIVM sex cult monster Keith Raniere ordered to pay $3.5MILLION to slew of victims he raped and abused
A "SEX CULT" monster has been ordered to pay almost $3.5million to the slew of victims he raped and abused.
NXIVM guru Keith Raniere is currently serving 120 years in jail for charges including sex trafficking, forced labor, and racketeering.
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He is accused of running a sinister master-slave group called DOS where women were starved, branded on their groins, forced into sexual acts, and made to hand over damaging collateral such as naked pictures.
Disgraced Raniere appeared virtually in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday and the judge revealed the payments that each of his 21 victims would receive.
He was reportedly doodling but then slumped his shoulders and raised his eyebrows as the figures increased, according to .
The total came to nearly $3.5million but Raniere has to pay one victim in the region of $508,000.
Testifying at his trial, the victim said she met him aged 13 in Mexico and alleged she was 15 when Raniere raped her.
The 60-year-old reportedly “rambled” when he was told his victims wanted back the nude photos and videotaped “confessions” that they were allegedly forced into making by his “slave master” followers.
'PAYING OUT'
claimed: “I never handled the collateral. I know nothing about it. I don’t have it. I don’t know who the victims are. I don’t know what they’re asking.”
He was dressed in prison scrubs and wore a face mask that kept slipping. He wore glasses that were being kept together partly by white tape.
It comes just weeks after TV actor , who reportedly played a key role in NXIVM, was jailed for three years.
The decision was made after Mack pled guilty to charges that she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group’s spiritual leader.
She was hit with a three-year prison sentence and handed a $20,000 fine for her role in the NXIVM case.
In a letter filed to the court, she said devoting herself to the self-improvement guru "was the biggest mistake and greatest regret of my life”.
'NO REMORSE'
was sentenced to life in jail last October.
He branded his accusers “liars” as he was given a 120-year prison sentence and fined $1.75million.
Raniere said he was "deeply sorry" for the pain he'd caused - but also proclaimed his innocence of the charges.
He said: “I do feel deep remorse but I do not feel remorse for the crimes I didn’t commit."
The disgraced guru stared directly at his accusers as they sat in the gallery and sickeningly praised them for speaking in court.
This was despite branding them "liars" just moments before.
He reportedly told the women: "It’s still painful to get up there and speak and it takes courage."
Federal prosecutors wanted the 60-year-old to remain behind bars for life as punishment for the "immeasurable damages" to victims he exploited as head of NXIVM - a sex cult masquerading as a self-help group.
Raniere created a secret sorority within the cult called DOS, which involved female "slaves" turning over nude photos and other compromising materials to blackmail them if they tried to leave, lawyers said.
Raniere was of two counts of sex trafficking, racketeering, and forced labor conspiracy in 2019.
He was arrested in March of 2018 by Mexican officials in , where he fled when the group’s activities were exposed.
Many claimed their lives had been greatly improved by NXIVM classes, which could cost thousands of dollars.
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Raniere’s lawyers insisted that no one in DOS or NXIVM was ever coerced before his sentencing.
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The NXIVM sex cult was allegedly founded by Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman.
NXIVM presented itself as a multi-level marketing company that offered seminars through “Executive Success Programs” for its members.
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