Seagram's liquor heiress Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty on Friday in a widely publicized case accusing a cult-like upstate New York group of creating a secret harem of sex slaves for the group's self-anointed spiritual leader. ALLISON MACK PLEADS GUILTY TO RACKETEERING CHARGES IN NXIVM CASEThe daughter of the late billionaire philanthropist and former Seagram chairman Edgar Bronfman Sr. -- told the judge that she had wanted to help people through NXIVM but ended up dishonoring her family. 'SMALLVILLE' STAR ALLISON MACK CITES SCIENTOLOGY AS A DEFENSE IN SEX TRAFFICKING CASEShe added: "For this, I am truly sorry." As part of a plea agreement, Bronfman agreed to forfeit $6 million in addition to paying restitution to unnamed victims. Last week, former "Smallville" actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty in the same Brooklyn federal court to racketeering charges in relation to the cultlike group.

Source: Fox News April 20, 2019 00:33 UTC