She passed away when he was 18. Morris, Scot (April 1985). Of the approximately 17,000. Keith Raniere was the head of NXIVM, an organization that promised self-improvement, but devolved into a cult of criminality and coercion. Raniere was aware of this, once writing in a text message, "Not initially intended as my initials but they rearranged it slightly for tribute.". Raniere himself never took the stand during the case last year. He punished women who didn't heed his orders to be monogamous with him and manipulated some by telling them that by disappointing him they had drained his energy. Imprisoned co-defendant Clare Bronfman paid attorneys Marc Fernich and Jeffrey Lichtman to represent him. [25][26] The Federal Bureau of Prisons lists Raniere as an inmate of United States Penitentiary, Tucson, identified with Federal Register Number 57005-177. An FBI Special Agent filed a sealed criminal complaint and obtained a warrant for Raniere's arrest from the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on February 14, 2018. [28][33][34] As an adult, Raniere reported that he read Isaac Asimov's mind control-themed work Second Foundation at age 12 and credited the novel with inspiring his work in NXIVM. . Kristin Snyder disappeared and was last seen at a NXIVM event. After escaping her captivity, Daniela went to a volleyball game to confront Raniere. Who Is Keith Raniere? After showing adverse childhood experiences, she received counseling for victims of sex abuse and filed a State Police report against Raniere in 1993. Raniere wanted to get members involved in government so they could spread the ideas he taught and followed throughout society. Natalie and Raniere dated for the next eight years. April 7, 2018 - 4:07PM. 4 min read. After joining DOS, initiates were branded with a cauterizing pen. His birth sign is Leo and religion is Christianity. Raniere was arrested in 2018 and tried in 2019 on federal charges that included racketeering, sex trafficking, extortion and forced labor. "[185][166], Following his conviction, in an email to Nicki Clyne, Raniere defended his formation of DOS, stating: "I believe the sorority is good not just good and even noble, but great and vitally important for women and humanity. Lawsuits were often supported by Bronfman funds. [5] There was also a two-hour special in 2019 called The Lost Women of NXIVM. He graduated in 1982 with three majors: biology, math and physics. Wrote Littlefield: "This matter smacks of a jilted fellow's attempt at revenge or retaliation against his former girlfriend, with many attempts at tripping her up along the way. When he was around eight years old, his parents separated. NXIVM had all the hallmarks of a money-scamming cult but the truth was far, far worse. Raniere offered to tutor her in Latin and Algebra as a pretext to seduce and sexually abuse her when she was 12 years old. In 1990, her mother worked for Raniere's multi-level marketing company, Consumers' Buyline Inc. Though they initially claimed to be entertaining all of the detainees, they were seen with a sign addressed to "Kay Rose," a name sharing Raniere's initials. Jeffrey Epstein was an American money manager and registered sex offender. Superseding Indictment, United States of America v. Keith Raniere, et al. 2023 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. Thats not the only proof Raniere had of his intelligence though. Cult of Personality. [47] Raniere suggested to Clare Bronfman that the losses were due to market manipulation by her father. They wrote letters to the court to support him and heeded his instructions to create a podcast. [167][168], The DOS branding ritual followed a script created by Raniere: slaves were required to be fully naked, with the ceremonies filmed and used as more collateral on the DOS slaves. [164][165][166] NXIVM member Dr. Danielle Roberts performed the "ceremonial branding" of DOS members using a cauterizing pen. ", "The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM", "Who is Keith Raniere? [47], Vanity Fair subsequently reported on the Forbes article's impact within the group: "People at NXIVM were stunned. Now that HBO has brought back The Vow for a second season, we have more questions than ever. Raniere's federal racketeering trial began on May 7, 2019. Raniere actually claims himself as the world's smartest man and says that he has an entry in the . Months earlier, several news outlets had published shocking reports detailing the inner workings of the purported "self-help" organization he founded, which prosecutors say was a front for a sex cult.. That's what a documentary suggests", "Sex cult convict Keith Raniere's former neighbors 'terrified' after documentary claims he poisoned women in NY home", "Is Keith Raniere a murderer? HBO Keith Raniere promised a path to happiness, seducing wealthy people who felt they. Although many sources indicate that Raniere has two children, only one has received much attention in the media. I was brainwashed and my emotional center of the brain was killed/turned off. . He was the . The ceremony was to include group oral sex as a way to do "something special" for Raniere and to pledge their continued dedication to Raniere and NXIVM. Iconic mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel built the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas, igniting an era of glamour, gambling and gangsters in the desert. The organization was owned by Nancy Salzman, who was referred to as "Prefect." The complaint alleged that at least one woman was coerced into sex with Raniere, who forced DOS members to undergo the branding ritual alleged by former DOS member Sarah Edmondson and others. [64][65] The following January, Snyder traveled to New York State to visit Raniere and other NXIVM leaders. He co-founded NXIVM, a purported-self-help multi-level marketing company offering personal development seminars and headquartered in Albany, New York. During Raniere's 2019 trial, a woman known as "Daniela" said she had been groomed by Raniere while a minor; she also spent two years confined to her room after expressing interest in another man. Even during his trial and sentencing, some of Raniere's devotees remained dedicated to him. "[50] One of the dissenters, Barbara Bouchey, had been Raniere's partner for nine years.[79][80]. After she fled the region with her son, an email bearing her name explained: "I have full sole legal custody of Gaelyn. Raniere also used hacking and private investigators to spy on his opponents. [51][36] That business failed in 1999. Of course, The Vow Part Two is mostly just covering what many of us already knew about Keith Raniere and the NXIVM cult, but its still fascinating to dive deeper into the heads of the leaders. August 1960 in Brooklyn, New York City, USA) ist ein amerikanischer Verbrecher, Unternehmer und Psycho-Coach. Partial transcript He was a celebrity judge of 'American Idol' and is married to actress Nicole Kidman. Raniere was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 26, 1960. [109][103], Beginning in 2010, Daniela was kept under an extralegal house arrest verging on solitary confinement for two years in her family home. [37] From January 2005 until late 2007, Raniere lost nearly $70million in commodities trading. You're the special one. According to that program, a woman who lived with Raniere and developed bladder cancer submitted a hair sample that reportedly revealed the evidence of dangerous levels of bismuth and barium. There could be any number of reasons for the discrepancy between Ranieres self-proclaimed intelligence and his GPA on paper, but psychologists have deemed Raniere to be a narcissist who may have been intelligent. Share to Linkedin. [237] Live-in girlfriends Barbara Jeske and Pam Cafritz both died from what was diagnosed as cancer at the time but is alleged to have actually been subtle poisoning. The child, born in 2007, had earlier been reported to be an orphan adopted by Raniere and Keeffe, rather than their biological child. The lawsuit details allegations of fraud and abuse and charges the NXIVM organisation with being a pyramid scheme, exploitation of its recruits, conducting illegal human experiments, and making it "physically and psychologically difficult, and in some cases impossible, to leave the coercive community. An early critique of The Vow's first season was that they never countered all of Raniere's bogus claims. Students earned different colored sashes as they ascended through the ranks and recruited new members. What upset them above all were Edgar Bronfman's remarks. Hawking once said, people who boast about their IQs are losers, and in the case of Raniere, Hawking is spot on. I am sorry life, I didn't know I was already dead. On October 11, 2002, she was found dead of a gunshot wound to her head on the grounds of the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, an apparent suicide. Daniela described her spartan conditions as a room with blacked-out windows with only a mattress on the floor, a pen, and paper. "[186][187][219], On October 27, 2020, federal judge Nicholas Garaufis sentenced Raniere to 120 years in prison and fined him $1.75 million. "[56], From his 2018 arraignment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York through his sentencing in 2021, prosecutors sought to keep Raniere remanded to the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn (MDC). When he was brought up on charges, officers discovered that despite Ranieres self-proclaimed brainpower, his GPA in three majors biology, math, and physics was just 2.26. "[53], Also in 1998, Raniere met Christine Marie Melanakos, a recently divorced mother who had won the title of Mrs. Michigan 1995. Raniere accused her of an "ethical breach" and assigned Lauren Salzman to help her "learn from her mistakes". What Happened to NXIVM Cult Leader Keith Raniere's Ex-Girlfriend Gina Hutchinson? Raniere's attorneys petitioned for his release on bail, including unsupported claims that Raniere could cure Tourette syndrome. KR: You don't have the experience of leadership. Keith Raniere, 60, was found guilty last year of sex trafficking, racketeering, fraud and other crimes. Though Raniere was intimately involved in NXIVM, he held no official role. [18] After ending their relationship, Melita introduced him to her friend Gina Hutchinson, also 15, whom he also abused. While the latter isnt unheard of, it would be nice if someone, such as a parent, could back up all of those claims. In 1996, Raniere signed a consent order in New York. I can never get that back. [106][107][108], According to Daniela's testimony as a prosecution witness at the 2019 trial, Raniere claimed to all three sisters that he had "mystical" powers, including the ability to heal through sex. However, when Rolling Stone dug deeper into this, they found plenty of shaky foundations in his claim. He agreed to pay a fine of $40,000 and accepted a permanent ban on participating in any "chain distribution scheme." Raniere's IQ was listed in the "Mega" genius category in an Australian edition of the Guinness Book of World Records in 1989. New documentary explores if NXIVM leader poisoned women", "Escaping NXIVM: Behind the investigation of an alleged sex cult", "INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY EXPOSES THE DARK WORLD OF THE NXIVM CULT IN THE LOST WOMEN OF NXIVM", "Investigation Discovery's 'The Lost Women of Nxivm,' With Frank Parlato, Shows an Even Darker View of Nxivm Than HBO's 'The Vow', "The Lost Women of Nxivm: Rumours vs. Raniere was convicted by a federal jury in June 2019 of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy. You might say that Keith Raniere is one in a million. [84] Keeffe stated at Raniere's sentencing that Raniere had never paid child support for their teenage son. Raniere was raised in Suffern, New York. So, why wouldnt he make up a statistic to prove his own beliefs true? Raniere pleaded not guilty to the slew of crimes he was charged with, and in June of 2019, was convicted by a Brooklyn jury of all counts against himracketeering, sex trafficking, forced labor. Raniere was . Anything about 115 is considered a very high IQ, so claiming 240 is almost too absurd to be true. [176][177][171][178], Lauren Salzman stated at the trial that the DOS pyramid had four levels of slaves, each reporting to their master on the level above them, and all of them ultimately accountable to Raniere, the grandmaster. Of the approximately 17,000 people who took classes and seminars with self-help organization NXIVM, a smaller cadre of followers became enthralled by its leader, Keith Raniere. He's been called a cult leader. Keith was experimenting on him. Raniere designed NXIVM's classes, drawing in part from Ayn Rand's philosophies (she was a favorite author). Keith Raniere Boasts of an Extremely High IQ, but Is He Telling the Truth? The pretext to her family was that she had stolen money. Salzman testified that the overriding emphasis of DOS was to venerate Raniere and foster an atmosphere of "total obedience and secrecy". Salzman admitted that she and others were incredibly abusive to Daniela, and nothing Daniela did was the right thing. May we persist into the future. Keith Allen Raniere ( / rnjri /; born August 26, 1960) [2] is an American criminal convicted for a pattern of racketeering activity including human trafficking, sex offenses, and fraud. NXIVM held a yearly gathering, called "Vanguard Week," to celebrate Raniere's birthday. Raniere began sexually abusing the youngest ("Camila") in 2005 when she was 15 years old. What Was Keith Raniere IQ? [223] Judge Garaufis ruled that 21 victims of Raniere should receive a total of $3.46 million in restitution. In her account, she was befriended by Raniere and his live-in partners Kristin Keeffe, Karen Unterreiner and Pamela Cafritz. Raniere says by the end of 1993 he had sold $1 billion in goods and services, employed 80 people and had a quarter-million believers paying him $19 a month to hawk his goods. [52] In the mid-1990s, Raniere and Natalie operated a health-products store.[49]. He was found guilty of all seven counts in June 2019. He then took his knowledge of multilevel marketing and created Consumers' Buyline, which had participants acquire memberships to be able to purchase discounted groceries and additional items. Keith Raniere in a courtroom during his trial. [115], At Raniere's trial, prosecutors accused Raniere of the sexual exploitation of Daniela's underage sister Camila, narrating it through Daniela's testimony, hospital records and transcripts of Raniere's communication with Camila, as well as sexually explicit photos of Camila found in Raniere's home. [211], Ahead of his sentencing, prosecutors submitted a number of Raniere's communications and disciplinary issues in prison as evidence of remorselessness and that he continues to control his followers. [77] The Dalai Lama additionally wrote the foreword to the book The Sphinx and Thelxiepeia, which Raniere co-authored in 2009. [147][174][175] At Raniere's trial, prosecutors introduced a recording of a private meeting with DOS inner circle members in which Raniere stated: "The monogram as it is right now is very directly related to my initials." The facility in Tucson, Arizona is noted as the sole facility in the federal prison system that is both specially-designated for sex offenders and also at maximum-security level. However, it ended up under investigation by multiple state attorneys general as a potential pyramid scheme. She was ordered to seduce Raniere, she said, by her "slave . And suddenly overnight he turned into like Jesus Christ. "[38], In 1984, according to reporting by the Albany Times Union, the then 24-year-old Raniere allegedly seduced and sexually abused the 15-year-old Gina Melita after the two met in a theater group. Keith Raniere, who ran a cult-like group that kept women as virtual sex prisoners to service him in upstate New York, was sentenced to 120 years in prison on Tuesday. Current members also earned commissions by recruiting new members. Raniere remained in the Metropolitan Detention Complex (MDC) awaiting sentencing. The highest score possible is 145, and the lowest score possible is 61; scores between these two extremes represents just one standard deviation from the mean iq for that group. Daniela was only allowed to speak to Salzman; other family members were instructed to shun her. The abusive relationship with Raniere continued into her adulthood, where Raniere's control and demands on her led to her developing an eating disorder, self-harming and attempting suicide. Raniere signed a consent order permanently barring him from "promoting, offering or granting participation in a chain distribution scheme" and ordering him to pay a $40,000 fine. . Sources claim Snyder said she was pregnant with Raniere's child right before disappearing", "NXIVM insiders speak in upcoming special", "Former NXIVM follower claims convicted sex cult leader Keith Raniere is linked to pal's disappearance in doc", "Sex Cult Used Spyware to Monitor Bronfman", "Manipulations of fortune; Daughters of business royalty, alleged cult leader at centre of lawsuit", "Records: NXIVM hacked billionaire's emails with Hillary Clinton, world leaders", "Cult of Nxivm Part 6: Raniere and the Bronfmans Try to Buy the Dalai Lama", "From Heiress To Felon: How Clare Bronfman Wound Up In 'Cult-Like' Group Nxivm", "Suspended Lama Tenzin Dhonden Had A Lover Too! [238] Raniere's partner Kristin Keeffe survived cervical cancer. [85] In 2010, it was reported that Raniere had ordered that the child be kept away from peers and that he was being cared for by nannies speaking five different languages. [47], In February 2014, Keeffe broke with Raniere and his group. [90][91][92][93][94] Public accusations of sexually predatory behavior and inappropriate relationships with minors have trailed Raniere since the early 2010s. The Federal Bureau of Prisons first transferred him temporarily to United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, a medium-security penitentiary, followed by a transfer to his permanent prison at United States Penitentiary, Tucson. All Rights Reserved. By David K. Li. [116][117][118][119][120] Prosecutors also introduced WhatsApp messages between Raniere and Camila, which showed that Raniere considered her as his "slave" and tasked her with finding more sex slaves, which Raniere calls "successors" and expresses a preference for women shorter than him, younger and virgins. He helped start NXIVM, a company that does multi-level marketing and has its headquarters near Albany, New York. "[81][82] In a 2010 Albany Times Union article, NXIVM former coaches characterized students as "prey" for Raniere to satisfy either his gambling or sexual proclivities. Raniere's father worked in advertising and his mother was a ballroom dance instructor. A federal judge ruled that 21 people should receive a total of $3.46 million in restitution from Keith Raniere, the founder of Nxivm, for being victims of his racketeering, sex trafficking and . I remember thinking, 'Wow, my brain is really susceptible to the power of suggestion. One of Raniere's long-time partners . Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, 2009 discussion between Barbara Bouchey and Keith Raniere. [27], Keith Raniere was born on August 26, 1960 to James Raniere (19322020), a New York City advertising executive, and Vera Oschypko (19311978), a ballroom dancing instructor. However, his IQ was likely not 240; even Stephen Hawkings IQ was just about 160. His teachings encouraged students to follow their own self-interested goals while steering clear of "parasites" who could send them off track. In November 2010, Vanity Fair published an article titled "The Heiresses and the Cult" in which Raniere's former partner Toni Natalie recalled that Raniere "had insisted she keep the body of her dead puppy in her garage freezer and look at it daily. "[47] According to Vanity Fair, the article was a turning point in Raniere's relationship with Edgar Bronfman: "'That,' says one woman, 'was when Edgar Bronfman became NXIVM's enemy. What IQ Scores Really Mean - Keith raniere IQ test Most iq tests score an individual on a scale of 100. Taking NXIVM seminars, which cost thousands of dollars and had names like Explorations of Meaning (related to memory), Human Pain and Mobius (about self-healing), required a nondisclosure agreement. 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