A federal judge has handed down the final sentence after nearly four years of litigation against NXIVM, a purported women's self-help group that prosecutors have portrayed as a sex cult and criminal enterprise.
Sarah Edmondson said she thought she was getting a tattoo when she willingly participated in strange initiation ritual for a sorority that she says is associated with NXIVM.A federal judge has handed down the final sentence after nearly four years of litigation against NXIVM, a purported women's self-help group that prosecutors have portrayed as a sex cult and criminal enterprise.
Federal prosecutors had wanted Russell imprisoned for up to a year for visa fraud after she pleaded guilty to providing false documents to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico on behalf of Loreta Garza, a Mexican citizen they said managed an offshoot of NXIVM.Kathy Russell, a member of NXIVM, an organization charged with sex trafficking, weeps while reading a statement before Judge Nicholas Garaufis imposes a sentence in her trial in a courtroom sketch in New York, Oct. 6, 2021.
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