A United States district attorney has actually asked a court to shut down a 3rd movement by previous Nxivm sex cult leader Keith Raniere for a brand-new trial, arguing that Raniere’s claims that the federal government controlled proof versus him were “unforeseen and meritless”.
Raniere, 62, was sentenced to 120 years in jail following his 2019 conviction on charges of federal sex trafficking, racketeering and belongings of kid sexual assault images. He has actually declared that he is entitled to a brand-new trial since “the federal government made kid porn and planted it on a computer system hard disk drive to connect it to him”.
It is Raniere’s 3rd effort to get a brand-new trial based upon supposed witness or federal government impropriety, consisting of supposed “freshly found proof of federal government intimidation of possible defense witnesses”.
The earlier movements were rejected in July and October of 2020.
In a court filing launched on Sunday, the United States lawyer for the eastern district of New York composed that the federal government had actually shown at trial that in 2005 Raniere “produced and had kid porn pictures of Camila, a kid he was sexually abusing”.
A sworn statement sent to the court by among his victims, referred to as Camila, stated that she “clearly” remembered Raniere “reaching over a ledge beside the bed and getting a video camera. He then continued to place my body and picture me. I was surprised and puzzled, and revealed my pain, however he did it anyways.
“It was an unforgettably embarrassing and degrading experience,” the victim included.
The filing opposing Raniere’s efforts to protect a brand-new trial comes 2 weeks after Allison Mack, the previous Smallville star and a high-ranking member of Nxivm’s inner circle was launched from jail after serving a three-year sentence.
Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges quickly prior to Raniere’s trial was set to start. In a letter of apology to the court, Mack composed:”