Clare Bronfman poured over $100 million into Nxivm—which prosecutors call a fraudulent, pyramid organization—over 15 years. But how did an heiress to the multibillion-dollar Seagram’s fortune become central to what’s been called a notorious sex cult? It was enormous wealth, close observers of their time with Nxivm say, that made the Bronfman sisters such irresistible targets of the group’s budding guru, Keith Raniere, who was convicted of all charges against him on June 19, 2019.
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