Raniere must pay $3.5M to cult vics
This wiped the smile off his face.
Sadistic Nxivm svengali Keith Raniere appeared virtually in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday wearing a big grin — then learned he has to shell out some $3.5 million in restitution to a slew of victims.
The sick sex-cult guru, sentenced to 120 years behind bars last year, was doodling as the judge began reciting the payouts that each of 21 victims would receive.
Raniere, 60, then slumped his shoulders and furrowed his eyebrows as the figures started piling up.
In terms of restitution, the largest chunk in the pot he has to pay, nearly $508,000, is reserved for a victim identified only as Camila. She’d said in gripping testimony at Rainere’s trial that she met him at age 13 in Mexico, and was raped by him at 15 in 2015.
The manipulator masqueraded as an upstate self-help leader, creating a twisted inner sanctum where “slavemaster” members would recruit victims for him.
About 100 people originally sought financial retribution against Raniere.