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Heiress Charged With Supporting Sex-Trafficking Operation

Clare Bronfman spent millions on NXIVM, a group which prosecutors say enslaved women. She pleaded not guilty in federal court on Tuesday and was released on a $100 million bond.

A New York liquor heiress was arrested on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into a group accused of coercing women into sex.

Clare Bronfman, 39, is an heiress to the Seagram's liquor fortune. She is also an executive board member of NXIVM (pronounced Nex-ee-um).

Despite as a community "guided by humanitarian principles," the organization had a secret

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