Disclaimer; Warning everyone in our society is innocent until proven guilty. These are only allegations from a Raniere former girlfriend and must be taken as such.
The document was legally obtained by me from the Federal Court Western NY Case 6:11-mc-06009-DGL -MWP. Remember if it’s on Pacer it’s in the public domain.So I suggest if NXIVM and your minions of lawyers aren’t happy about this you can sue the Federal Justice Dept. for publishing it.
This is Part 1 of a three part series. In Part 2 I will be putting up Pam Nichols response on my schedule not the Bronfman’s along with Ms. Foleys counter claims in part 3.
In what must be the most damaging claim made yet about NXIVM founder “Vanguard” Keith Raniere's former live in girlfriend Toni Foley {Natalie} claims; Well I guess I’ll put the entire document up for you my readers to digest.
Statement By Toni F. Foley
August 22, 2011
Thank you, Judge Larimer, for allowing me to explain today why I believe that NXIVM Corporation (“NXIVM”) should not be allowed to take my deposition in the pending bankruptcy cases of Ms. Susan Dones and Ms. Kim Woolhouse – or, in the alternative, why severe limitations and rules should be placed on that deposition. In this regard, it is important to note that NXIVM is a cult that is presided over by Keith Raniere (“Raniere”), whose followers are required to call him “Vanguard” – and that everything which NXIVM does is controlled by Raniere, including the decision to take my deposition in a case in which I have no pertinent knowledge or documents.
Although I will do my best not to waste this Court’s time, I ask your Honor’s patience regarding the fact that I do not fully understanding the legal process. I also request that this Court allow me to finish my statement without interruptions from NXIVM’s attorney.
Because I do not have sufficient funds to hire my own attorney in this matter, I made several attempts to find an attorney to represent me on a pro bono basis. Unfortunately, whenever prospective candidates Google the name “NXIVM”, they quickly figure out that their representation of me could go on for years, just like my bankruptcy case did for eight (8) years and four (4) months – and just like one of NXIVM’s current lawsuits against Rick Ross, a nationally acclaimed cult de-programmer, who has been pursued by NXIVM through several different legal venues since mid-2003.
I ask this Court to take judicial notice of the following statement from Judge Littlefield, who is the judge that presided over my bankruptcy case: “This matter smacks of a jilted fellow’s attempt at revenge or retaliation against his former girlfriend, with many attempts at tripping her up along the way’’. I also ask this Court to recognize that NXIVM’s attempt to depose me in the bankruptcy cases of Ms. Dones and Ms. Woolhouse is just another act of revenge by Raniere and his followers.
I will not waste this Court’s time repeating all of the statements that were set forth in my motion. Instead, I will focus on the three (3) main reasons why the subpoena concerning the taking of my deposition should be quashed. Those are:
1. First, Prior to leaving him in 1999, I was raped repeatedly by Raniere, each time with him telling me it was harder on him than it was on me, that we needed to be together so that I could share in his energy, and that I needed to remain silent so as to not wake up my child who was sleeping in a nearby room. This, as well as other experiences, has resulted in me being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) and, as of August 2009, fibromyalgia – conditions which, according to a recent letter from my physician, Dr. Bernard J. Plansky, M.D. (“Dr. Plansky”), will likely worsen if I am forced to participate in a deposition by representatives of NXIVM.
2. Second, the real reasons why NXIVM wants to depose me have nothing to do with the bankruptcy cases of Ms. Dones and Ms. Woolhouse, whom I had not even heard of before June 2009 and with whom I did not have any significant discussions until early 2010. In this regard, I believe that one of the primary reasons why NXIVM wants to depose me is to silence me from revealing things that I know about Raniere such as the fact that he is a compulsive gambler, a sex addict with bizarre desires and needs, and a con man that specializes in Ponzi schemes. In addition, I also think that NXIVM wants to depose me in order to make me reveal the names of the various women who have contacted me in order to discuss their sexual involvement with Raniere, at least one of which was well under the age of consent, their mental abuse by him and his followers, and the fact that they and members of their families were stalked by Raniere and his followers when they chose to leave him.
3. Third, I have no knowledge whatsoever concerning any matters that are pertinent to any of the remaining issues in the bankruptcy cases of Ms. Dones and Ms. Woolhouse. In this regard, my interactions with them have all focused on our mutual need to develop ways to cope with the trauma that has been inflicted upon us by NXIVM and Raniere and to move on with our lives – and absolutely nothing to do with any issues between them and NXIVM.
Unlike most of the other people that NXIVM has sought to silence via some type of legal proceeding, I have never signed one of its “Confidentiality Agreements”. As a result, NXIVM can not use that weapon in its efforts to silence me.
Pamela Nichols, one of the members of NXIVM’s massive legal team, asserts in her filling dated July 27 2011 (Point II/Page 10), “Ms. Natalie conducted a business with Keith Raniere before Raniere was the conceptual founder of NXIVM”, a statement which is totally false and which reflects just how far NXIVM’s attorneys will distort the truth on behalf of their client. The reality is that for a period of time I became the “front woman” for one of Raniere’s multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes – and that during this same time period, Raniere manipulated me into using Nancy Salzman (“Salzman”) a/k/a “Prefect”, the current President of NXIVM, as my personal therapist.
When I finally came to realize that Raniere and Salzman were trying to brainwash me, I removed my son from the situation – and fled. Since that time, I have been stalked and threatened and the subject of numerous legal actions – and I have had to defend myself against a variety of potential criminal charges as a result of complaints that I believe were filed by NXIVM and/or members of its “inner circle”.
As soon as I left, I was labeled as a “suppressive” – which, per Raniere’s unattributed use of language from Paradise Lost, made me the equivalent of Lucifer. And I have had to endure NXIVM’s ongoing abuse of several members of my family – including my 80-old mother, my 85-year old father, and my brother who was eventually driven to commit suicide in March 2009.
For more than a decade, NXIVM and Raniere have been abusing and misusing the legal system in order to silence their critics – and to scare their members into submission. This misbehavior has increased greatly since the cult and its leader gained influence and control over the vast fortune of Clare and Sara Bronfman, two (2) young women who are heirs to the Bronfman family fortune and who are the de facto owners of NXIVM.
The time has come for a court to put an end to NXIVM’s abuse and misuse of the legal system – and to say “No” to NXIVM’s terrorism by litigation. Hopefully, this is the Court that will do that by granting my request that NXIVM’s motion to take my deposition be quashed.
If, notwithstanding my arguments, this Court allows NXIVM to take my deposition, then I ask that this Court impose the following limitations and rules on it:
1. Not allow the deposition to be scheduled until Dr. Plansky has returned from his vacation, which is expected to be sometime after Labor Day;
2. Limit the deposition to two (2) hours instead of the four (4) hours that were approved by Judge Lynch;
3. Not allow the deposition to be videotaped in any way – including recording via cell phone by NXIVM’s attorneys;
4. Require NXIVM to pay for whatever expense I incur in hiring an attorney to prepare me for the deposition – and to represent me during it and thereafter;
5. Limit the deposition to questions directly concerning NXIVM’s remaining claims against Ms. Dones and Ms. Woolhouse (I ask the Court to take judicial notice of the fact that rather than produce the financial information that it had been ordered to produce by Judge Lynch, NXIVM recently waived all of its claims for financial damages against Ms. Dones and Ms. Woolhouse);
6. Require NXIVM to provide me with copies of the transcripts from every other deposition it has taken in this matter at least ten (10) days before the date of my deposition;
7. Require NXIVM to provide me with a written transcript of my deposition within five (5) days of its completion;
8. Schedule the deposition to take place on September 12, 2011 at the location of my choosing in either Albany, NY or Rochester, NY;
9. Allow me to have a non-attorney advisor attend the deposition if I am still not able to find an attorney who will represent me on a pro bono basis;
10. Allow me to avoid answering any questions that I have reason to believe will aid and abet NXIVM and/or Raniere in the commission of criminal acts;
11. Have the entire deposition be conducted in an open forum that can be attended by anyone who has been approved by NXIVM or me except Kristin Keeffe, a member of NXIVM’s “inner circle” and a woman who previously acted as a nanny for my son; and
12. Require NXIVM to post a cash bond of at least Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in order to cover the cost of any medical treatments that I may need as a result of my participation in the deposition.
Thank you, your Honor.
Toni F Foley
Document HERE
To all the Women still at Vanguard Week in Silver Bay, if you are reading this don’t say you weren’t warned.
And finally to my faithful readers, back in Belfast when staying on Falls Road during the “Troubles” women would say a quiet prayer in our native Irish.
“A bheith ina Bealtaine Dia trócaire comhchineáil go Béal Feirste.”
In English it translates
May god in his mercy be kind to Belfast.
Now I call on you if you have any belief in God, justice or human decency.
Say a prayer for these Women and Children.
My God in his mercy be kind to them.
We already know NXIVM and their legal henchmen won’t.
Till next time, lock your doors, hug your children and be grateful I’m not writing about you.

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Guessing they decide they don't really need her deposition.
Way to fight back.
So this is the big deal !!!!!??
All of this has been discussed and known about the little smelly pervert. The video on the other hand is him saying it with his own words that he has had people killed.
Unfortunatly, this will have the same effect as everything else posted on this awsome blog. It's not the info it's the fact that no one wants to do anything about it.
So Raniere now adds - not of his own volition, of course - accused rapist to his list of accomplishments. Why isn't that on his resume, along with scientist, mathematician, and philosopher? My guess is because rapist doesn't look good next to ethical humanitarian. No wonder these NXIVM inner circle clowns harassed Natalie for over 8 years. What a freak.
Anyone who follows this sociopathic clown is a fucking dolt, and that includes any of the celebrities - small time or not - that are a part of this sham of an organization.
Many people think NXIVM is nothing more than a self-help group with a slightly quirky cult of personality around ‘Vanguard” Keith Raniere.
Many have said to me “So what if a bunch of foolish insecure people with too much time and money on their hands gives a bunch of money to some GURU?”
Well IF these allegations are true the money that unsuspecting “Students” have given this organization in the name of ethics have gone to finance the activities of a perverted rapist with a desire for young girls.
Very few rapists are one-time rapists. And knowing that VanTwit is better than everyone else at everything, ya gotta believe that Toni Foley was not the first, nor the last, of his rape victims.
Kudos to Ms. Foley. Putting this infromation out there for the public to read is heroic.
And shame on you, Pam Nichols, for representing this asshole and his followers. I don't know anything about your personal life but I do know that you deserve to incur a great deal of pain and suffering for what you're doing.
To be helpful I will be more than happy to provide the legal Statue concerning Statutory Rape in the State Of New York.
New York §§130. 25, 130. 30, and 130. 35
Third-degree rape for anyone age 21 or older to have sexual intercourse with someone under age 17. Up to four
Second-degree rape for anyone age 18 or older to engage in sexual intercourse with someone under age 15. The fact that the offender was less than four years older than the victim at the time of the act is an affirmative defense. Up to seven years in prison
I won’t even get into the penalties for filming such acts.
First-degree rape to have sexual intercourse with someone (1) less than age 11 or (2) less than age 13 if the actor is age 18 or older. Five to 25 years in prison
I also think that NXIVM wants to depose me in order to make me reveal the names of the various women who have contacted me in order to discuss their sexual involvement with Raniere, at least one of which was well under the age of consent,
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One can only hope that their is a special little place in hell for this fucking scumbag! Every officer of the law in this area should be ashamed every night they put their head on a pillow that this piece of shit roams the earth looking for his next victim.
Congrats ms foley for having the stones o put this on the record.
For those of you in silver bay or supporting this serial rapist - I hope you feel the full shame of what you have done. Shame on you all! Ethics my fucking ass! Hope you are enjoying your time with your favorite people on earth. Must be nice spending time with a smelly fat rapist.
Keith - your only true justice will be when bubba is fucking you in the ass and making you suck it off. Anything else is letting you off easy.
Ps/ Many of you that fully support nxivm:
You will not be able to wash the stench of this off of you. You will not be able to slink away when this house of cards falls. We will remember you. Those of you that avoid jail will forever be stained with a scarlet R. You supported this nd we will never let you forget it!
Well this sure puts a damper on the Women's Workshop at Vanguard Week!
MY GOD!-
We have THE Perfect Cross-Party Presidential candidate... right here in Silver Bay--
"A compulsive gambler, a sex addict with bizarre desires and needs, and a con man that specializes in Ponzi schemes."
Ahhhh but WHICH Party shall claim Him first?
me do not think jness is a hunting ground for women for the smelly one
do they really teach that men not wired to be with only one women in that there jness
did the smelly one really design jness
ms kruk not no part of jness, not with that club she has for young teenage girls
the smelly one like to do more than just smell them youngins aye
Wonder what ms kurk is going to do about her girls by design now. Me think she should run the other way but her guy friend mark use his juju on her to tell her this all lies
maybe this bring other young girls the smelly one stick himself into out of the woods
man who f....k young gals should not piss off those who no to much
u think hurricane Irene bad news for upstate NY, just wait smelly one
ya know what thee song say... bad boy bad boy whaja gunna do, whatja gunna do when they come for jew
Holy shit....!
Good morning Silver Bay, hope you slept well. Remember bad things creep around at night
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I think the NXIVM minions should change their slogan for their leader from "the most ethical man in the world" to "the most ethical rapist in the world" or "the most ethical hypocrite in the world"!
The "data" is out there and it needs no "request for response."
When I expected him to be exposed as a fraud, I didn't expect it to go this far. When He gives, He gives without measure.
I can't understand how all his followers seem to be ok with him, some of them are pretty intelligent people,how can they not notice all this stuff?
I hope kristin kreuk reads this.
His followers and friends think being
a genius means he cannot be capable of
such discusting, dishonorable, unethical,
immoral things. And yes, jness does say, so
I have been told, that men are not wired
to be monogamous and Keith did write that.
Like other material it is to brainwash his
followers into believing his vices are
OK. It has even been spoken about whether
sex with young girls is wrong in higher level
modules. Over and over he builds a case for
his behavior and against those who disagree,
those people are suppressives. NOONE is allowed to disagree and speak of it without
reprocussions.
just because the Great Vanguard surrounds himself with overly thin ladies who dote over him does not mean he is a sex who brainwashes them into believing to service him is to be one step closer to nirvana
just because he lost millions in investments gone bad does not mean he is a compulsive gambler
just because he doesn't pay his bills and owes thousands of dollars to a number of agencies does not mean he is
just because his senior members are broke and don't pay their bills doesn't mean his program is a failure
he's just misunderstood by the masses
For God's sake. Are the NXIVM folks using Silver Bay computers? Are they using a free wireless service in Silver Bay? Are they stupid? And as for the letter filed in Fed. Court once again NXIVM lawyers are making things worse for their clients by aggressive tactics. Maybe they should stop poking dogs with sticks and keep a low profile for a bit. Stupid.
These NXIVM people aren't clueless idiots.
The "data" is out there. It needs "no request for response."
The longer they stay in it, the more they become just as responsible for the activities of the person who leads this group, whether they are just average, normal, ever day people, or the celebrities and entertainers. He can't do these things alone. The people who lure unsuspecting women who lack self-esteem "in the name of ethics" into his grasp as possible sexual toys are just as bad as he is.
The guy is a sociopath, and simply put, a fucking loser.
Questions:
1) How did the judge rule in response to this filing?
2) If Ms. Foley is going to be deposed, when and wher will that take place - and cam anyone attend?
3) Who is representing her; and if she has no legal representative, why hasn't any lawyer offered to represent her for free?
4) Has she considered suing NXIVM for Legal abuse Syndrome:http://www.lvaallc.com/
HEY JOHN,
CAN YOU HELP ORGANIZE A DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF NXIVM'S HEADQUARTERS? IF SO, I'M IN!
From Sara's recent most recent tweet, whose soul is apparently rocked so easily, it's safe to assume which enabling entertainers are part of VanFraud week:
Allison Mack
Bonnie Piesse
Mark Hildreth
And probably these who weren't mentioned, being close friends to the above:
Kristen Kreuk who is Mark Hildreth's girlfriend.
Sara Edmondson
Mark Vicente
hurricane Irene was nothing compared to the flood that will happen the day all breaks lose with the smelly one....there might even be an arrest or two
the flood of information will come and shed a bright light about the smelly one and those who have helped him in his con game
when it does other who have been harmed but fear the repercussions of speaking their truth will come flooding out of their closets to expose what the smelly one has done to them
in the end, what happens to all other cult leaders who behave this way... only a few will follow him... the ones left are those who will never take in any real information... to do so means they have to look at what they have done and face the truth of who they are in the world
what will happen to those dependent on this organization for their income and are likely to be in the same place as the one losing her house and not paying her bills... guess they will be up a flooded creek without a paddle...
what will happen to all those who have burned bridges with their family members who have warned them this is a cult upon numerous attempt to enroll them... guess you will have to eat some pretty big smelly pie and tell them they were right... pray they love you regardless of your mistakes
some have waited since CBI to see the house of cards fall... a truly happy day for all of us
justice parties are in order when it is finally served
some have waited for decades for this kind of exposure of the smelly one
guess he's too dumb to not poke the dog and more and more keeps coming to light... it appears you should of let them sleep
some have known for decades his pride and ego would bring down his con game...
for those who believe that all that has been exposed are just lies, your day is coming and you will no longer be able to refuse all the... what do you call it....data
not wonders they have the smelly one looking like he is now... the Jesus look is not going to help him in court... he needs to look as boyish as he can... even down to the rounded glasses
Love that Tommy McTygue is named to committee to choose site for the 9/11 memorial! Good job Scott!
Hey September 2, 2011 4:57 PM
Totally on topic for me. Wanted to go there myself.
There is a very long and boring windbaggish blog post out there on the interwebs about the difficulty of any attempt to capture the magnitude of September 11, especially after only ten years time.
http://www.bryanappleyard.com/2011/08/the-art-of-911/
It is not lively reading but is making valuable points.
My own opinion is the community should graciously welcome these early attempts to express the tragedy and stop this ugly utterly rude behavior. Where do this ugly behaviors come from anyway? Hiow were these people raised that behave like this?
Immature and quite ignorant.
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