Clare Bronfman
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Sep 9, 2026
Joel ThomasHOST
Now, we track her to her father, Roy Dannis, and Roy Dannis was connected to Edgar Bonfim Jr.
Joel ThomasHOST
Now, Edgar Bonfim Jr. is the brother of the infamous Claire Webb Bronfman.
Joel ThomasHOST
And if you'll remember, she is an American heiress and she's the former leader of NXIVM.
Joel ThomasHOST
Now, NXIVM is a wild rabbit hole, and I know some of you probably know what NXIVM is with Keith Ranier, and he was known as Vanguard, and he ran this sex slave operation that was connected to... high net worth individuals and celebrities.
JosieHOST
Okay, go ahead.
Isaac WeishauptHOST
But the more famous Bronf- the more famous Bronfmans are Sarah and Clare Bronfman.
Isaac WeishauptHOST
Right? Edgar, Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Isaac WeishauptHOST
is the guy who's, like, the patriarch who all this money flowed down to, is all these nepo-babies, okay?
JosieHOST
Okay.
Isaac WeishauptHOST
Yeah.
Isaac WeishauptHOST
But they, but the Wikipedia for Clare Bronfman says that she was the leader of NXIVM.
JosieHOST
Okay.
Austin PicardHOST
I'm not entirely certain how much this is verified and confirmed as much as I tried to do that in my own time.
Austin PicardHOST
Uh, I'll, I'll present to you what I feel is the most confirmed and tangible evidence that we have in regard to this connection to Rachel Dennis, the new wife of Patrick Clancy, former wife of Lindsay Clancy, who is basically the daughter of an individual named Roy Dennis, I believe is his name, which again, this individual is a partner of Edgar Bronfman Jr., which this is a direct connection into the Seagram's liqu- liquor, uh, dynasty and, and empire.
Austin PicardHOST
So we have interesting, just as far as a potential tie-in to the NXIVM cult, which I had mentioned before, right? These female, mind-controlled female slaves, sex slaves are basically being branded within the, the context of NXIVM.
Austin PicardHOST
Roy Dennis is a business part- partner of Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Austin PicardHOST
They collaborated in this, this, uh, sort of, uh, wine, I think it was the wine, wine and spirits alcohol industry through Seagram's is basically the direct connection there that should be highlighted.
Austin PicardHOST
But Rachel Dennis' family, here's what's strange.
Austin PicardHOST
So these claims are, are basically, uh, they've been made on social media as basically unverified claims.
Austin PicardHOST
But in reality, if you dig a little bit further, there's a photo from, from Roy Dennis' profile that was shared online where Rachel Dennis is, is, you know, a part of the picture.
JamesGUEST
But, no, I want to get other artists involved that contribute work that I like.
JamesGUEST
And so there's a particular artist I like, Gordy Art, and he was kind enough to make an original composition for this particular subject about the Bronfman family.
JamesGUEST
The
The Cajun KnightHOST
Bronfman family?
JamesGUEST
Yeah, Bronfman.
JamesGUEST
Bronfman.
JamesGUEST
What's this about? Well, they're the family that owned the Seagram's Liquor Company.
JamesGUEST
And just about 45% of every illegal drink during Prohibition came from the Bronfman's.
Katie RingHOST
Nxivm had become notorious for coming after anyone who crossed it, burying journalists, defectors, and former members under lawsuits and private investigators, financially draining them and sending a message to everyone else about what happened if you talked.
Katie RingHOST
A lot of that legal warfare was reportedly bankrolled by Clare Bronfman, the Seagram liquor heiress and one of Keith's most powerful backers.
Katie RingHOST
For years, the message had been unmistakable: cross Keith Raniere and you would pay for it.
Katie RingHOST
That fear had kept a lot of frightened people quiet, but then everything changed at once.
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Katie RingHOST
Her daughter, Lauren Salzman, a first-line master inside of DOS.
Katie RingHOST
Allison Mack, the actress who had run so much of DOS' day-to-day cruelty, the woman who was India Oxenberg's master.
Katie RingHOST
Clare Bronfman, the heiress who'd poured a fortune into Keith's world, whose lawyers helped shield the organization from scrutiny, and who relentlessly went after any defectors.
Katie RingHOST
And Kathy Russell, the group's longtime bookkeeper.
Kris CollinsHOST
And she earned a spot on the US team, but the 2004 Olympics remained out of reach, and she walked away from competitive riding not long afterwards.
Kris CollinsHOST
And Steve Pigeon, who served as a political consultant for NXIVM along with Roger Stone, said Raniere had persuaded Clare that her family's money carried a moral stain and that the Bronfman fortune traced back to her grandfather, Samuel, and the Prohibition era.
Kris CollinsHOST
Now, Raniere used that history against Clare, telling her the money would stay dirty unless she funneled it into something good And Nxivm was that something.
Kris CollinsHOST
So in early 2003, Edgar Bronfman Sr. enrolled in a five-day Nxivm intensive himself, and the experience left him enthusiastic, and he described Salzman as, quote, "One of the most influential females in my life," unquote, and said the course offered, quote, "A new way of looking at the world," unquote.
Kris CollinsHOST
But it did not last, and he found out Clare had handed Raniere and Salzman a $2 million loan, and his opinion of the group shifted entirely.
Kris CollinsHOST
And later that year, Forbes released the first critical article examining Raniere and Nxivm, and Edgar Sr. went on the record saying, quote, unquote, "I think it's a cult." And Raniere turned the fallout on Clare, and he said the Forbes piece was her fault, and he labeled what happened as an ethical breach, the most serious offense in Nxivm's internal code.
Kris CollinsHOST
So from 2002 onward, Clare put roughly $150 million into Nxivm, and that included bankrolling Raniere's personal life with private flights running as high as $65,000 per trip.
Kris CollinsHOST
And between 2005 and 2007, Raniere gambled nearly $70 million on corn commodities and lost.
PhilionHOST
It was for him, a bullshit company that existed solely for him to play out his perversions.
PhilionHOST
With prior experience from his other multi-level marketing companies, NXIVM had been steadily progressing until 2002 when Raniere and Salzman successfully recruited Sara and Clare Bronfman.
PhilionHOST
The Bronfman family was a wealthy Canadian family known for acquiring Seagram's and building a billion-dollar beverage empire.
PhilionHOST
The girls became devoted followers of Raniere and even backed him financially.
PhilionHOST
However, Raniere simply saw them as legitimizers.
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PhilionHOST
The Hollywood Reporter stated she became, quote, "An enthusiastic proselytizer." Allison Mack would even co-create The Source, a program inside NXIVM which specifically targeted actors for recruitment.
PhilionHOST
Her status as an actress allowed her to quickly rise the ranks, sliding her way into Raniere's inner circle.
PhilionHOST
At this point, Raniere's trusted few included Nancy and Lauren Salzman, Sara and Clare Bronfman, and Allison Mack.
Fergal SchmudlachHOST
It makes sense to me that Allison Mack, a basically disposable minor celebrity, and even Lauren Salzman, who grew up in NXIVM and had no protection except for her mom, who very well may not even give a shit about her daughter's well-being, would be caught up in this.
Fergal SchmudlachHOST
It even makes sense to me that Clare Bronfman would end up enmeshed in DOS because she was one Bronfman daughter of two and obviously got a sweetheart deal.
Fergal SchmudlachHOST
But DOS was always a hot potato, and I'm inclined to believe when you consider the absolute crudity of tattooing the initials of Keith Raniere on the women and the smoking gun evidence that buried Keith Raniere, which begins with Allison Mack reciting the time and date on a recording like she knew it was always going to be a legal piece of evidence, that DOS was always a setup.
Fergal SchmudlachHOST
The best answer I can come up with for Rosalora Junco's involvement is that it's a major source of blackmail on a lot of people, which is in many ways her family's bread and butter, and maybe she correctly understood the system well enough to know she could stand right within the blast radius and not get hurt.
Mark VicenteHOST
You know, just something that, that Bonnie and I were talking about the other day is, is some of the women, not all, but some of the women around Raniere had a kind of arrogance to them.
Mark VicenteHOST
Um, I'll say Clare Bronfman is one of them.
Jacqueline GrahamGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Mark VicenteHOST
Clare Bronfman, extreme arrogance.
Mark VicenteHOST
I'm not saying anything illegal, lawyers.
Mark VicenteHOST
I'm not saying anything that's problematic, lawyers.
Heather McDonaldHOST
Which was part of the two women that owned, that gave all the money to NXIVM.
Taylor VaughnGUEST
Yes, the Bronfman sister, Claire Bronfman sister.
Taylor VaughnGUEST
And the NXIVM connection.
Taylor VaughnGUEST
And then there is also a Jeffrey Epstein connection, I think.
Taylor VaughnGUEST
What's that? With Claire Bronfman, I think.
Taylor VaughnGUEST
Some kind of way.
Taylor VaughnGUEST
I don't
Heather McDonaldHOST
know how the dad with Seagram's, which is a big drink company, has to do anything with NXIVM.