An heiress to the Seagram’s liquor fortune has been charged with racketeering in the United States in connection with the operation of a cult-like group whose leader has been accused of sex-trafficking.
Clare Bronfman is one of six people accused of a variety of racketeering offences in relation to the operation of NXIVM, according to an indictment sworn in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York.
She is accused alongside NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, Smallville actress Allison Mack and three others of working to achieve the aims of a pyramid-like scheme that used shame, guilt and blackmail to recruit and groom
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