Keith Raniere, NXIVM Cult Leader, Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million to Victims

Keith Raniere, center, sits with attorneys Paul DerOhannesian, left, and Marc Agnifilo during closing arguments at Brooklyn federal court in New York, on June 18, 2019. File courtroom artist's sketch/ Elizabeth Williams via AP

Keith Raniere, the former leader of the cult NXIVM, was ordered by a federal judge in Brooklyn on Tuesday to pay nearly $3.5 million in restitution to 21 of his victims, according to reports.

Raniere, 60, attended the federal restitution hearing by video from an Arizona prison. He was previously sentenced to 120 years in prison in 2020 for sex trafficking, federal racketeering, and child pornography charges dealt in 2019 for his involvement in the New York-based cult. He was also fined $1.75 million at the time.