Lauren Salzman, a co-defendant in the sex trafficking and racketeering Nxivm cult, departs the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, following a hearing in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., February 6, 2019.
Lauren Salzman, a co-defendant in the sex trafficking and racketeering Nxivm cult, departs the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, following a hearing in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., February 6, 2019.
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Former high-ranking Nxivm member Lauren Salzman has been sentenced to time-served in the case and will not go to prison.

Salzman, who pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges in the Nxivm case and testified against leader Keith Raniere, was sentenced on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York told CNN that Salzman was given five years of probation and 300 hours of community service.

Salzman has spent several years in home confinement after being charged in the case.

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