1. Clare Webb Bronfman was born on 1979 and is an American heiress, convicted felon and former leader of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company and cult based near Albany, New York.
17 Facts About Clare Bronfman
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Clare Bronfman is the youngest daughter of billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram liquor chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr.
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Clare Bronfman is a daughter of Canadian billionaire Edgar Clare Bronfman Sr.
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In December 1999, Clare Bronfman competed in the Millstreet Indoor International Horse Show.
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In May 2001, Clare Bronfman won the Grand Prix at CSI-A Eindhoven.
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On September 23,2001, Clare Bronfman's team placed seventh in the World Final of the Samsung Nations Cup Series.
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On May 26,2002, Clare Bronfman won the Grand Prix in Rome ; her team placed sixth in the competition.
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In October 2002, Clare Bronfman placed 13th at the CSI-A competition in Bremen.
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Clare Bronfman eventually became "NXIVM's operations director and one of its largest financial contributors".
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Clare Bronfman installed keylogger software on her father's computer, allowing NXIVM members to access his email for years thereafter.
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In July and September 2017, Clare Bronfman was contacted by multiple women who were part of DOS, demanding return or destruction of their collateral, but she failed to respond.
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Clare Bronfman was arrested by federal agents on July 24,2018, in New York City, and charged with money laundering and identity theft in connection with NXIVM activities.
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Clare Bronfman pleaded not guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.
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Clare Bronfman was released on $100million bond and placed on house arrest with electronic monitoring.
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Clare Bronfman's lawyers called it "disparate with the sentences received by other individuals who pleaded or were found guilty of similar non-violent crimes", particularly since the prosecution had asked for only five years.
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Clare Bronfman had a liver condition that made her a higher risk for contracting COVID-19 in prison, they said.
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Clare Bronfman was released to a halfway house in the Bronx on May 4,2024.