Clare Bronfman

Seagram's heiress gets six years for role in cult-like trafficking ring

Bronfman, 41, pleaded guilty in April 2019 to two felony counts in connection to her involvement with Albany-based NXIVM.

|ByREUTERS
Clare Bronfman, an heiress of the Seagram's liquor empire, arrives at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, for her trail regarding sex trafficking and racketeering related to the Nxivm cult in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., January 9, 2019.
Clare Bronfman, an heiress of the Seagram's liquor empire, arrives at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, for her trail regarding sex trafficking and racketeering related to the Nxivm cult in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., January 9, 2019.

Seagram's heiress pleads guilty in sex cult case

Clare Bronfman faces 21-27 months in prison.

|ByZACK EVANS

Daughter of Jewish billionaire arrested for alleged sex cult ties

Clare Bronfman, along with others, recruited and groomed sexual partners for NXIVM founder, Keith Raniere, using harassment and coercion to intimidate perceived enemies of the Raniere.

|ByJTA