New York Daily News

VICSSLAM SEX SLAVE MONSTER IN COuRT No bail for upstate cult leader

- BY MOLLY CRANE-NEWMAN and LARRY MCSHANE

THE UPSTATE cult leader charged with turning women into sex slaves during a repugnant two-decade reign stood mute at a Friday hearing where he was jailed without bail.

Keith Raniere, arrested last month in Mexico and returned for prosecutio­n in Brooklyn Federal Court, was led into a courtroom as former “Dynasty” star Catherine Oxenberg and also his exgirlfrie­nd looked on.

“Seeing him being held accountabl­e in the system he’s been using to abuse people for 20 years — they have his number,” said former lover Toni Natalie. “It’s up. It’s over.”

Oxenberg said her daughter India was among the women recruited by Raniere to his secret society called The Vow, where the victims were lured into a mentorship group that instead turned them into slaves.

Some of his brainwashe­d followers were actually branded with Raniere’s initials, authoritie­s charged.

Raniere, who wore a loose-fitting beige prison outfit and thickrimme­d black glasses, was due back in court on April 27.

The cult leader responded “Yes, your honor” when Judge Steven Tiscione asked if he understood the charges the FBI filed against

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