REPORT FROM THE COURTHOUSE, DAY 18 OF THE NXVIM TRIAL JUNE 5TH, 2019

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REPORT FROM THE COURTHOUSE, DAY 18 OF THE NXVIM TRIAL JUNE 5TH, 2019

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Well, since I’m currently in NYC and made the time, I traveled down to the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn this morning to sit in on the proceedings in the NXVIM trial currently in its 18th day.

The Courthouse in itself is an experience. A portion of it built in the early 60’s is attached to a newer Modernist addition which took over 6 years to build, completed in 2006. Quite an impressive sight. I have posted a photo of a courtroom similar to the one where the trial is taking place. (No cameras allowed in the Courtroom). The next time I am there I will take a photo of the atrium which I found architecturally breathtaking.

As you enter the courtroom, while it is large, there is only seating for about50-60 persons, of that there are rows for press, Government, seating for Courtroom artists and the remainder is for the general public.

On the right side of the Courtroom is the defense table about 20 feet of it. There is a similar sized table in the center where the Governments table is. On the left side is the Jury section and if I counted right there were 16 jurors, I would imagine 4 of them are alternates.

As the Government began to file in, cart after cart of double tiered wagons approximately 4 feet long were wheeled in. I estimated that there was about 32 linear feet of files. There were at least 4-5 Government attorneys the majority of which were woment (good move)

The defense had one,cart which was not full and 2 attorneys that I could see.

Keith Reniere, entered the courtroom escorted by 2 federal marshals from an entrance to the right of the Judge’s bench.

Every participant has a computer screen in front of them, Jurors, witnesses, attorneys and the judge. There are 2 large flat screens on either side of the courtroom approximately 3x5 feet upon which whatever is displayed on the screens for the participants is displayed for the public in the spectator area.

I am not sure how it is for others, but because I have had a broken eardrum, I quite often had difficulty hearing at times. When the Judge would call the attorneys to the bench or they would need to confer with each other, the Judge turned on a white noise machine concealing any thing which might have been able to be overheard.

The first witness called was a man who had been a former employee of NXVIM, he was continuing his testimony regarding the financial structure of the organization from the previous day of testimony. This was the beginning of the defense’s Cross examination. I had a hard time following since I had no idea as to what he had testified to before.

The next witness called was a female FBI agent who testified to the veracity of documented transcriptions of a variety of communications, the majority of which were between one of the NXIVM members, Cammilia and Raniere. The Government attorney doing the questioning was a female also.

The Government attorney role played with the FBI witness with her playing Ranier and the FBI agent playing Cammilla. I felt this was an extremely effective way of showing the methods Raniere used in grooming, inducing his influence, and shaming this member. The attorney had highlighted certain portions of the communications which in turn highlighted the varying degrees of manipulation used by Raniere.

Camillia, obviously enamored with Raniere said things like “Should I go out and get a tattoo saying I (heart) Keith?” and “Do you want to have babies with me?” to which Ranier replied, “I told you this, I am sad you don’t remember” She replied “You said yes, you said you wanted a litter of Keiths”

The conversations were seeded throughout with a constant either giving of approval by Reniere or a withholding of it. He constantly would guide her towards an examination of her internal mental states and thought processes, setting up an internal feedback loop that she submissively complied with. He also consistently fed his need for adoration though demands of purity from her. He systematically was breaking down any resistance that would come up for Camillia.

He broke down her ego by consistently seeing if his instructions had been followed and guilt tripping her with statements like “To not know, is to not care”. And condescending comments added to his statements by saying repeatedly “Do you understand?” waiting for the affirmative “yes” from Camilla.

He also constantly tested for his degree of control by using phrases such as “…you are not, did not, were not…….how much do you trust me?..... you have to be tested…..”

All in all I felt it quite disquieting to listen to as I really could see , hear and feel the effects of his methods.

I had to leave at the morning break but intend to go back another day.

More to come…….
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Re: REPORT FROM THE COURTHOUSE, DAY 18 OF THE NXVIM TRIAL JUNE 5TH, 2019

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Wow...excellent reporting JTR..
True citizen Journalism :idea:

Thank you...

David
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