He even branded them.





Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was slammed with 120 years behind bars Tuesday for running a twisted sex-slave cult where women were branded like cattle and forced to sleep with him.

The arrogant 60-year-old sicko — who billed himself as a Ghandi for the wayward, only to be unmasked as a perverted master manipulator — remained defiant till the end, insisting to the judge that his slew of accusers were lying.

But Brooklyn federal court Judge Nicholas Garaufis scoffed at the notion — calling the Svengali's crimes "cruel, perverse and extremely serious'' as he ensured the con would remain in prison for life.

"To him, the brave victims ... are liars," Garaufis said in bringing down the gavel on the sex-trafficker, including ordering him to pay a $1.75 million fine.

"Mr. Raniere remains unmoved. ... [He] has therefore failed to demonstrate remorse.''

Raniere, wearing navy prison scrubs over an orange shirt, stood stoically as he was hit with the life sentence — which was handed down after 15 people, mostly female victims, told the judge about the horrific abuse they suffered at the cult leader's hands.

Raniere had faced as few as 15 years on seven felony convictions involving everything from sex-trafficking to racketeering, child pornography and forced labor amid a yearslong saga of sexual, physical and mental abuse involving scores of young women.

The shaggy-haired supposed self-help guru ran the Albany-based group Nxivm, draining members of dough amid promises of promoting individual growth — all while grooming the women for his sexual pleasure, the feds said.

His reach proved far and wide — from disadvantaged towns in Mexico to Hollywood, luring actresses such as Allison Mack and Nicki Clyne, as well as Seagram's booze heiress Clare Bronfman and India Oxenberg, the daughter of TV's Catherine Oxenberg, into Nxivm's ranks.

He formed a secret master-slave group within Nxivm to carry out his illicit deeds. It was called DOS, or "Dominant Over Submissive."

Those who spoke against Raniere at the hearing included his first sex slave and a former DOS "maste" identified only as Camila, who finally broke her silence to tell the judge that the cult leader took her virginity at age 15.

"It is difficult for me to utter his name so I will only refer to him as 'he,' " said Camila, recounting how she met Raniere in her native Mexico at age 13.

Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was slammed with 120 years behind bars Tuesday for running a twisted sex-slave cult where women were branded like cattle and forced to sleep with him.

The arrogant 60-year-old sicko — who billed himself as a Ghandi for the wayward, only to be unmasked as a perverted master manipulator — remained defiant till the end, insisting to the judge that his slew of accusers were lying.

But Brooklyn federal court Judge Nicholas Garaufis scoffed at the notion — calling the Svengali's crimes "cruel, perverse and extremely serious'' as he ensured the con would remain in prison for life.

"To him, the brave victims ... are liars," Garaufis said in bringing down the gavel on the sex-trafficker, including ordering him to pay a $1.75 million fine.

"Mr. Raniere remains unmoved. ... [He] has therefore failed to demonstrate remorse.''

Raniere, wearing navy prison scrubs over an orange shirt, stood stoically as he was hit with the life sentence — which was handed down after 15 people, mostly female victims, told the judge about the horrific abuse they suffered at the cult leader's hands.

Raniere had faced as few as 15 years on seven felony convictions involving everything from sex-trafficking to racketeering, child pornography and forced labor amid a yearslong saga of sexual, physical and mental abuse involving scores of young women.

The shaggy-haired supposed self-help guru ran the Albany-based group Nxivm, draining members of dough amid promises of promoting individual growth — all while grooming the women for his sexual pleasure, the feds said.

His reach proved far and wide — from disadvantaged towns in Mexico to Hollywood, luring actresses such as Allison Mack and Nicki Clyne, as well as Seagram's booze heiress Clare Bronfman and India Oxenberg, the daughter of TV's Catherine Oxenberg, into Nxivm's ranks.

He formed a secret master-slave group within Nxivm to carry out his illicit deeds. It was called DOS, or "Dominant Over Submissive."

Those who spoke against Raniere at the hearing included his first sex slave and a former DOS "maste" identified only as Camila, who finally broke her silence to tell the judge that the cult leader took her virginity at age 15.

"It is difficult for me to utter his name so I will only refer to him as 'he,' " said Camila, recounting how she met Raniere in her native Mexico at age 13.

Nxivm leader Keith Raniere was slammed with 120 years behind bars Tuesday for running a twisted sex-slave cult where women were branded like cattle and forced to sleep with him.

The arrogant 60-year-old sicko — who billed himself as a Ghandi for the wayward, only to be unmasked as a perverted master manipulator — remained defiant till the end, insisting to the judge that his slew of accusers were lying.

But Brooklyn federal court Judge Nicholas Garaufis scoffed at the notion — calling the Svengali's crimes "cruel, perverse and extremely serious'' as he ensured the con would remain in prison for life.

"To him, the brave victims ... are liars," Garaufis said in bringing down the gavel on the sex-trafficker, including ordering him to pay a $1.75 million fine.

"Mr. Raniere remains unmoved. ... [He] has therefore failed to demonstrate remorse.''

Raniere, wearing navy prison scrubs over an orange shirt, stood stoically as he was hit with the life sentence — which was handed down after 15 people, mostly female victims, told the judge about the horrific abuse they suffered at the cult leader's hands.

Raniere had faced as few as 15 years on seven felony convictions involving everything from sex-trafficking to racketeering, child pornography and forced labor amid a yearslong saga of sexual, physical and mental abuse involving scores of young women.

The shaggy-haired supposed self-help guru ran the Albany-based group Nxivm, draining members of dough amid promises of promoting individual growth — all while grooming the women for his sexual pleasure, the feds said.

His reach proved far and wide — from disadvantaged towns in Mexico to Hollywood, luring actresses such as Allison Mack and Nicki Clyne, as well as Seagram's booze heiress Clare Bronfman and India Oxenberg, the daughter of TV's Catherine Oxenberg, into Nxivm's ranks.

He formed a secret master-slave group within Nxivm to carry out his illicit deeds. It was called DOS, or "Dominant Over Submissive."

Those who spoke against Raniere at the hearing included his first sex slave and a former DOS "maste" identified only as Camila, who finally broke her silence to tell the judge that the cult leader took her virginity at age 15.

"It is difficult for me to utter his name so I will only refer to him as 'he,' " said Camila, recounting how she met Raniere in her native Mexico at age 13.

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