NEW YORK - The heiress of the Canadian drinks empire Seagram was sentenced to more than six years in prison by a New York court on Wednesday after pleading guilty in a sex trafficking scandal linked to a cult.
Bronfman pleaded guilty last year to credit card fraud and harbouring illegal immigrants on behalf of"self-help" group Nxivm, whose founder Keith Raniere was found guilty in June 2019 of having kept between 15 and 20 sex slaves for years. "There can be little doubt that Raniere would not have been able to commit the crimes with which he was convicted were it not for powerful allies like Bronfman," the prosecution said.
Her lawyers said that even though she had pleaded guilty to credit card fraud and harbouring illegal immigrants for the group, she did not know about the sexual abuse committed by Raniere in a group parallel to Nxivm called DOS, which was made up of"masters" and"slaves".
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