Day 28 - June 19, 2019

The jury found Keith Raniere guilty on all seven counts and found all eleven racketeering acts and their listed subparts proved. It also found that he knew force, fraud, or coercion would be used to cause commercial sex acts. All twelve jurors individually confirmed the verdict, and the court discharged them. Before the verdict, the court denied a defense motion concerning Lauren Salzman's cross-examination and prosecution rebuttal comments. Marc Agnifilo said he had been ordered to stop questioning before he finished; the prosecution disputed that account. The court emphasized that the defense had not requested reopening in the intervening five weeks and that the jury had already been charged. During deliberations, jurors asked whether Internet use for any purpose, intrastate email or chat communications, and online research affect interstate or foreign commerce. Over a defense objection that the proposed instruction was too broad, the court instructed that Internet use affects interstate commerce and answered the latter two questions yes, directing jurors to apply the supplemental instruction with the original charge. The court scheduled sentencing for September 25 at 11:00 a.m., with post-trial motions due July 10 and the response due July 24.