Twisted Nxivm chief Keith Raniere was battered in jail by a fellow intercourse trafficker who left him with a black eye and dizzy for days, in accordance with courtroom paperwork.
The sex-slave perv complained in a flurry of courtroom filings that he was attacked in his Arizona jail by Maurice Withers, 33, who's serving 18 years for trafficking 5 ladies, together with a minimum of one minor.
“On July 26, 2022, I used to be assaulted whereas strolling to a desk with my meals within the eating corridor. I didn't battle again,” Raniere stated in an affidavit in his ongoing lawsuit about circumstances whereas he serves his 120-year sentence.
His attorneys stated Withers hit him “with a closed fist” on his “head and face.”
“I've had no contact with Mr. Withers previous to his assault on me,” Raniere stated of the attacker, who prosecutors beforehand stated has a tattoo studying, “Ain’t No Cash Like Hoe Cash.”
“I used to be dizzy for a number of days and couldn't get away from bed,” Raniere complained of the assault at USP Tucson.
His attorneys additionally stated that the cult chief “suffered a black eye, swelling, nausea, and dizziness for over every week,” and was hit so laborious, he “has restricted information of the assault.”
“Mr. Raniere requested for ice packs to assist with the ache and swelling however the request was denied,” his legal professional complained within the submitting.
The battering was seemingly caught on surveillance footage, however he “has not been permitted to view the video,” the submitting stated.
Wardens knew the cult chief was a sufferer, however punished him “following a sample of retaliation” in opposition to him, Raniere and his legal professional claimed.
“I used to be given a disciplinary ticket for ‘combating’ and have had my privileges revoked and was positioned in segregation ‘pending investigation,'” Raniere stated within the affidavit.
“I consider that I used to be given a disciplinary ticket as retaliation for the latest publicity that my case has obtained because of my efforts to problem my conviction.”
Whereas in a Particular Housing Unit, he “was denied contact authorized visits along with his attorneys, and compelled to both yell by plexiglass or be handcuffed and shackled to a stomach chain to speak along with his attorneys,” his submitting complained.
Even when his disciplinary ticket was dismissed, he “was nonetheless pressured to put on painful handcuffs and stomach chains” when his legal professional visited, the submitting stated.
Raniere has additionally been put in a cell with an intersex girl — and compelled to eat his lunch “subsequent to day-old human feces … smeared all around the wall,” in accordance with different paperwork cited by the Solar.
He was beforehand additionally pressured into SHU after illicitly getting one other inmate to cross a love be aware to actress Nicki Clyne, the ex-wife of Nxivm’s different most high-profile member, fellow actress Allison Mack, after she was banned from visiting.
“Mr. Raniere spent a complete of 97 days within the SHU for saying ‘Ship her my love,'” his attorneys stated, calling Clyne a “shut private buddy and accomplice of Mr. Raniere’s for over 15 years.”
The “Battlestar Galactica” star is just one of a handful of Nxivm members who've been barred from visiting him in jail, the paperwork famous — with others together with Danielle Roberts, the physician who misplaced her medical license for branding the cult chief’s victims along with his initials.
Even one in all his attorneys, Suneel Chakravorty, had gone by Nxivm coaching, the paperwork famous whereas arguing for his proper to proceed legal professional visits.
Raniere is serving a 120-year jail sentence after he was convicted on a number of costs, together with intercourse trafficking and racketeering, for operating a intercourse cult referred to as “DOS” that pulled members from his numerous self-help teams, together with Nxivm.
His alleged attacker, Withers, was sentenced to 18 years in jail in 2017 for trafficking ladies into prostitution in Wisconsin in addition to Las Vegas. He was convicted of 9 counts of intercourse trafficking, together with three counts involving a minor, prosecutors stated on the time.
In accordance with his trial, Withers met the ladies on social media after which “used violence, threats, intimidation, degradation, and psychological manipulation to drive them” into prostitution.
A federal prosecutor informed jurors that Withers was “proud and even boastful about” being “a pimp,” along with his express tattoo, the Instances Union famous.
“He sells ladies and ladies for intercourse. You'll hear that he would do something to earn money … All he wanted was a gradual provide of ladies and ladies to promote,” the prosecutor stated, in accordance with the report.
It was not clear if disciplinary motion had been taken in opposition to Withers for the alleged jail assault.
“For security and safety causes the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) doesn't present details about circumstances of confinement or inner safety practices for any explicit inmate, or issues topic to investigation,” a BOP spokesperson stated.
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