A wealthy heiress has pleaded guilty to charges implicating her in a sex-trafficking conspiracy case against an upstate New York self-help group. Clare Bronfman entered the plea on Friday in federal court in Brooklyn. The plea means the 40-year-old Bronfman will avoid going to trial early next month with Keith Raniere. Prosecutors say Bronfman was bankrolling Raniere's group at a time when he had a secret harem of sex slaves who were branded with his initials. Bronfman is a daughter of the late billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr.

Source: CBC News April 19, 2019 21:22 UTC