Nxivm sex cult followers dancer and twerk outside leader Keith Raniere's Brooklyn prison as they bid to recruit new members

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The notorious Nxivm sex cult is still allegedly recruiting members despite disgraced leader Keith Raniere awaiting sentencing in prison.

Frank Parlato, the group's former publicist, made the claim after various members were seen dancing outside the prison where cult leader Raniere, 59,  is being kept. 

Live-streamed videos circulated on Instagram, showing members of the so-called Forgotten Ones and WeAreAsYou twerking outside the Brooklyn prison. 

One such member allegedly includes Battlestar actress Nicki Clyne, who court records show was accused of recruiting women as 'slaves', but was never charged with any crime.  

Parlato claims the woman in the above video twerking is Battleships actress Nicki Clyne

More women are shown dancing outside Raniere's Brookyln prison cell

Parlato identified another woman as Dr Danielle Roberts, the doctor accused of branding Nxivm women with Raniere's initials. 

Parlato told The Sun: 'There's seven well known Nxivm members I have identified in the videos including Nicki Clyne, the branding doctor Danielle Roberts and DOS slave Michelle Hatchet.

'Clearly they're dancing for Keith, they've admitted it on their website. They also said that Keith was punished because he encouraged the dancers and that's on their website.'

Parlato added that there are well-known Nxivm members following the dancers' Instagram accounts. 

Parlato added that there are well-known Nxivm members following the dancers' Instagram accounts

He said this shows there are still 'dozens of members in Mexico, in the United States and Canada who are still devoted to Raniere.'

He also claimed to have spoken with up to six women who have been 'targeted' for recruitment since Raniere has been in prison, and that prison officers have confiscated two phones from him.  

In 2019 Raniere was convicted of charges including racketeering, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, and sex trafficking. 

Some plaintiffs claim they were recruited as sex slaves and were forced to have his initials branded on their bodies.

He and his lawyers filed a motion in March, arguing that two witnesses perjured themselves when they denied they were planning to sue him after the trial. 

Some plaintiffs claim Raniere recruited women as sex slaves and were forced to have his initials branded on their bodies

Keith Raniere is seen during closing arguments in a courtroom sketch. A jury convicted him in June on all counts of sex-trafficking and coercing women into sex

In July this year Judge Nicholas Garaufis of Brooklyn federal court ruled that Raniere is not entitled to a new trial because he did not prove that any of the testimony was actually false.  

Prosecutors said that as the leader of NXIVM, Raniere used blackmail and punishment to turn his female victims into sex slaves.

Witnesses testified that Raniere's 'slaves' were forced to provide nude photos as 'collateral' to keep them in line.  

His attorney Marc Agnifilo argued in his motion for a new trial that two women identified as Daniela and Nicole committed perjury when they testified that they did not plan a civil lawsuit against Raniere. 

A jury convicted Raniere in June last year on all counts of sex-trafficking and coercing women into sex. Some plaintiffs claim they were recruited as sex slaves and were forced to have Raniere's initials, K A R, branded on their bodies

He contended that two were among the 'Jane Doe' plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit filed in January against Raniere and 14 associates.

Attorney Neil Glazer, who represents the two women, told the New York Post in March they did not initially intend to join the lawsuit but changed their minds after they saw how much evidence was revealed during the trial.   

The federal lawsuit filed in Brooklyn accuses NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and his inner circle of running a corrupt organization that duped victims into paying thousands of dollars for classes based on false scientific claims.  

The former members, many of whom are only identified as Jane or John Does, claim NXIVM preyed on people who wanted to better themselves with the cult's costly self-improvement courses.

Among Raniere's adherents were co-founder Nancy Salzman, Smallville actress Allison Mack, right, and Seagram's liquor heiress Clare Bronfman, left, who were all charged with racketeering. They pleaded guilty before facing trial

NXIVM marketed itself as a personal improvement and professional development training program. 

The cult is also accused of forcing victims to undergo illegal human experiments and falsely claiming they could cure medical conditions like Tourette's syndrome and OCD.  

The members claim NXIVM used psychological treatments that were not scientific and that the methods were actually 'pseudo-scientific hodgepodge' that risked serious psychological injury and emotional distress.   

At least 40 members of the cult were part of a 'human fright experiment' in which electrodes were used on their heads to measure brainwaves, according to the lawsuit.  

The members believed they were going to be watching Raniere speak but were actually shown graphic footage or five women being beheaded and dismembered in Mexico.

Many who participated in the courses were left traumatized and broke, according to the lawsuit. 

The lawsuit comes as Raniere and several of his associates wait to be sentenced for charges related to their involvement in the cult. Raniere faces life in prison.