By Brendan Pierson , Joseph Ax. When he was unable to attend the meetings in person, the women would take a naked photo and text it to him - making sure he could see where they had been branded with his initials, Salzman said. Raniere, 58, faces charges including sex trafficking and child pornography for allegedly using his self-help group, Nxivm, to hide a secretive sorority known as DOS in which young women were forced to have sex with him, follow dangerously restrictive diets and obey his every command. If convicted of the most serious charges, Raniere faces life in prison. His lawyer has argued at trial that the women became members of Nxivm voluntarily and were never coerced into doing anything against their will. Salzman said some believed he could affect the weather, echoing the testimony of another former member. If he released a new curriculum, for instance, that might create a big storm, Salzman said.
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Assistant U. Attorney Andrew Sherwood or Assistant U. Attorney Mandy Griffith SAN DIEGO — Kevin Brito of Imperial Beach was sentenced in federal court today to 15 years in prison for deceiving girls as young as 10 into making and sending him sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves. Brito pleaded guilty on April 19, to two counts of Enticement of a Minor, admitting that he systematically targeted young girls on social media by reaching out to them and pretending to be a to year-old boy or girl.
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A disturbing case of teenage prostitution, torture and rape came to light at the Kitchener courthouse on Tuesday. Lindsay Rye, 20, pleaded guilty to several charges, including assault and making child pornography. Rye had just turned Court heard that she was an escort, working alongside three other teenage girls including one who was The statement of facts says that Rye kidnapped the girl and, with the help of two men and another teenage escort, brought her to the friend's house. The money would go to the people that the money was owed to," her lawyer, Hal Mattison, says.
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