Heiress Clare Bronfman has pleaded guilty to charges implicating her in a sex-trafficking conspiracy case against NXIVM, an upstate New York self-help group.
Clare Bronfman, right, a member of NXIVM, an organization charged with sex trafficking, leaves Brooklyn Federal Court, Monday, April 8, 2019, in New York. Last Updated Friday, April 19, 2019 5:53PM EDT
NEW YORK -- A wealthy heiress has pleaded guilty to charges implicating her in a sex-trafficking conspiracy case against an upstate New York self-help group.The plea means the 40-year-old Bronfman will avoid going to trial early next month with Keith Raniere. He's known as the spiritual leader of the group called NXIVM .
Prosecutors say Bronfman was bankrolling Raniere's group at a time when he had a secret harem of sex slaves who were branded with his initials.Bronfman is a daughter of the late billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr.
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