Prosecutors seek life in prison while defence lawyers say he should face 15 years behind bars for his conviction on charges including racketeering, alien smuggling, sex trafficking, extortion and obstruction of justice.

A jury in federal court in Brooklyn took less than five hours to find Keith Raniere guilty on all counts of sex trafficking.

Longtime NXIVM member Mark Vicente also testified that women were forced to lose weight.

If convicted, former NXIVM "vanguard" Keith Raniere faces up to life in prison.

Some former members of the group, NXIVM, are poised to break their vow of silence for the first time by testifying against Raniere, who has been compared to a cult leader.

The former 'Smallville' star wept as she admitted her crimes and apologized to the female victims of NXIVM.

The NXIVM "sex slave" case got even more bizarre as celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti entered the mix.

Nancy Salzman faces 33 to 41 months in jail for her involvement with so-called sex cult NVIXM.

Clare Bronfman was charged Tuesday with conspiracy to commit identity theft and racketeering in relation to Nxivm.

"[It] has truly benefited the lives of its members, and does so freely," Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman said of Nxivm in 2017.