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Formerly sealed deposition transcripts of NXVIM "sex cult" leaders now online for everyone to read

"Sex cult" leader Keith Raniere and his accomplice Nancy Salzman are both now awaiting sentencing after multiple felony convictions. But in 2009 and 2010 the pair were riding high on Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman's money and suing everyone and anyone. Now previously sealed depositions from one of their... More

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