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This is a timeline of Keith Raniere, the founder of NXIVM who was sentenced to 120 years in prison after numerous crimes.

Childhood and education

 * 1955 – James Raniere, a New York City advertiser marries Vera Oschypko, a ballroom dancing instructor.


 * August 26, 1960 - Keith Raniere born
 * 1965-6 - Ranieres move from Brooklyn to Suffern.
 * "Late 60s to early 70s" - Keith attends Waldorf School
 * 1968-9 - Raniere's parents separated.


 * Early 70s - Keith left Waldorf school for public jr high
 * "Age twelve" (1972-73) - Inspired by Asimov's "Second Foundation" (per adult autobiographical statments)
 * "Age thirteen" (1973-1974) - Vera Raniere undergoes open heart surgey.
 * "Ninth grade" -  Raniere attends Suffern High School for ninth grade
 * "Tenth grade and eleventh grade" - Transfers to Rockland Country Day School in Congers, NY.
 * June 1978 - Raniere graduates from Rockland Country Day School, does not attend ceremony.
 * August 1977 - Raniere enters Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 * December 3, 1978 - Mother Vera Raniere dies
 * 1982 - Raniere graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a 2.26 GPA "having failed or barely passed many of the upper-level math and science classes he bragged about taking."

Early adulthood

 * 1980s- Begins job as programmer at New York State’s Division of Parole
 * 1984- 24 year old Raniere has sexual relationships with Gina Melita and Gina Hutchinson, both 15.
 * 1980s - Participation in Amway
 * June 1988 - Times Union profiles Raniere for MEGA test
 * 1989 - Raniere listed as one of three highest scoring MEGA Society members in the 1989 Australian edition of the Guinness Book of Records
 * 1989 - Leaves programmer job at Division of Parole
 * 1990 - Raniere starts Consumer's Buyline Incorporated
 * 1990 - Raniere begins sexual relationship with 12-year-old "Jane Doe X"
 * 1993 - "Jane Doe X" reports abuse to police
 * 1993 - CBI shut down as a pyramid scheme
 * 1994 - Raniere starts National Health Network, selling vitamins
 * 1996 - Raniere signed a consent order permanently barring him from "promoting, offering or granting participation in a chain distribution scheme" and ordering him to pay a $40,000 fine.

Executive coaching

 * 1998 - Nancy Salzmann meets Toni Natalie
 * 1998 - Salzmann and Raniere found ESP/NXIVM
 * 1999 - National Health Network fails
 * 1999 - Natalie defection
 * 2002 - Bronfman recruitment
 * August 2002 - Gina Hutchinson resumes contact with Raniere and begins participanting in NXIVM.
 * October 11, 2002 - Gina Hutchinson found dead of gunshot.
 * February 6, 2003 - Kristin Snyder disappears, last seen leaving NXIVM session, ejected after claiming to be pregnant with Raniere's child.

Cult accusations and aftermath

 * October 1, 2003 - Forbes magazine included a quote from billionaire Edgar Bronfman accusing the organization of being a cult.
 * 2005 - Vicente recruitment
 * August 2005 - Bronfman sisters begin covering Raniere's purported losses in the commodities market
 * Sept 2005 - Raniere begins sexual relationship with 15-year-old Camila.
 * October 2006 - Kristin Keeffe gives birth to a Raniere's son. (The parentage is obscured and the child is presented as an orphan)
 * May 6, 2009 - The Dalai Lama travels to Albany to give a talk, and on-stage presents Raniere with a white sash.
 * 2009 - NXIVM Nine break with Raniere, who's filmed saying "I’ve had people killed... because of my beliefs and their beliefs."
 * March 2010 to April 2012 - Raniere learned Daniela, a minor, had kissed another man. Raniere initiall locked himself in a bathroom. Thereafter, he ordered that Daniela be confined to a room with only a mattress and video cameras.
 * February 2014 - Keefe flees with her and Raniere's child, goes into hiding
 * September 3, 2014 - Barbara Jeske dies of cancer
 * 2014 - Pam Cafritz diagnosed with cancer
 * 2015 - Raniere sues AT&T
 * November 7, 2016 - Alleged death of Pam Cafritz
 * November 28, 2016 - Cafritz's death announced.
 * January 2017 - Bonnie Piesse defection
 * 2017 - Mark Vicente defection
 * 2017 - Sarah Edmondon and Nippy defection
 * May 26, 2017 - Vicente contacts the FBI

Downfall and arrest

 * June 5, 2017 - Parlato breaks branding story
 * Oct 17, 2017 - New York Times publishes story on branding
 * January 18, 2018 - Search warrant issued for Raniere's email account
 * February 14, 2018 - Agent of the FBI files criminal complaint against Raniere with the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.


 * March 27, 2018 - Keith Raniere arrested
 * April 20, 2018 - Allison Mack was arrested on charges of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and forced labor conspiracy.
 * July 24, 2018 - Clare Bronfman, Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman, and Kathy Russell arrested
 * March 13, 2019 - Nancy Salzman pleads guilty
 * March 14, 2019 - Raniere charged with child pornography
 * April 2, 2019 - Lauren Salzman pleads guilty
 * April 8, 2019 - Allison Mack pleads guilty
 * May 7, 2019 - Trial begins.
 * June 19, 2019 - Raniere convicted on all counts
 * October 27, 2020 - Raneiere sentenced to 120 years