Jury sees child pornography allegedly possessed by NXIVM leader

NEW YORK — Jurors at the trial of Keith Raniere on Thursday were shown sexually explicit images of a 15-year-old girl that the NXIVM leader allegedly kept in his so-called "executive library" in Halfmoon.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn allege Raniere was 45 when he began a sexual relationship with the 15-year-old girl, a Mexican national.

An FBI agent displayed the images to the jury of eight men and four women outside the view of observers in the packed courtroom of Senior U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn.

The now 58-year-old Raniere, clad in a royal blue sweater over a white shirt, talked with his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, as the images were shown during the testimony of FBI forensic examiner Brian Booth. The witness explained the process of gathering the images while being questioned by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya Hajjar.

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(Albany Times Union)