- Clare Bronfman was arrested on racketeering conspiracy charges on Tuesday morning and plead not guilty in court
- She was put on house arrest and given an electronic monitoring braceletafter posting $100 million bail
- The heiress to the Seagram liquor fortune, 39, is accused of running a pyramid scheme in order to enrich Keith Raniere, the leader of Nxivm
- It was Clare and sister Sara who helped woo Allison Mack when she considered joining Nxixm, with the two said to have put $150M into the cult over 15 years
- Bronfman, 39, in the youngest daughter of Edgar Bronfman Sr, the former head of Seagram who was worth $2.4 billion at the time of his death
- She and her sister Sara have five half-siblings from their late father’s first marriage including Edgar Jr, the former CEO of Warner Bros
- Bronfman is British Chariots of Fire actor Nigel Havers’ step-daughter, as her mother wed the star after her second divorce from Edgar Bronfman Sr
The woman who helped fund Nxivm and the group’s leader Keith Raniere with her family fortune has entered a not guilty plea in court.
Clare Bronfman, the heir to a multi-billion dollar liquor fortune and step-daughter of British actor Nigel Havers, is accused of racketeering conspiracy in the new superseding indictment in the case.
On Tuesday afternoon, Bronfman posted $100 million bail and was allowed to walk free from court after agreeing to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet.
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