NEW YORK – Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman is apparently in no rush to go to federal prison for her crimes as a high-ranking member of NXIVM.

The 40-year-old former director of operations for Keith Raniere’s cult-like organization is requesting an adjournment of her Jan. 8 sentencing in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.

On Wednesday, Bronfman attorney Kathleen Cassidy asked Senior U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis to allow Bronfman to be sentenced between Jan. 27 and March 6. And she asked that the sentencing be on a Friday because fellow Bronfman attorney Mark Geragos will be working on a trial in Utah and has Fridays off in that time frame.

Cassidy requested the delay so she could respond to allegations mentioned in a 75-page pre-sentencing report compiled by a federal probation officer. The report, among other details, includes 25 pages of victim impact statements, Cassidy told the judge in a court filing.

The report also "raises numerous alleged instances of wrongdoing and other factual issues apart from the offenses to which Ms. Bronfman pled guilty,” Cassidy stated.

“It includes several new factual allegations that have not been raised by the government previously, or that differ in significant ways from the government’s previous factual assertions about Ms. Bronfman,” Cassidy wrote.

Previously: Seagrams' heiress could face additional prison time in NXIVM case

Bronfman, who has homes in Manhattan and Clifton Park, was the major financial backer of Raniere, known within NXIVM as "Vanguard," a purported self-help guru who was convicted of all seven counts at his trial before Garaufis in June. Jurors found Raniere guilty of sex trafficking, forced labor and racketeering charges with underlying acts of identity theft, obstruction of justice, wire and visa fraud, forced labor, human trafficking, sex trafficking, money laundering, child exploitation and possession of child pornography.

Raniere faces the possibility of life in prison at his sentencing on Jan 17.

Bronfman has been on home detention in her New York City home on $100 million bond since her arrest in July 2018.

On April 19, the daughter of the late Seagrams' tycoon Edgar Bronfman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal and harbor illegal aliens for financial gain, and fraudulent use of identification. Under federal sentencing guidelines, she faces between 21 and 27 months in prison on Jan. 8.

On Tuesday, the judge informed parties in the case he is considering a sentence above the guidelines range, which means Bronfman could spend more time in prison. Under federal statutes, the first charge carries up to 10 years in prison, the second up to 15 years in prison – and they could run consecutively. Typically, judges sentence defendants to sentences far less than the statutory maximum.

As is, Bronfman's attorneys have until Dec. 30 to file their sentencing recommendation. Cassidy asked that it be moved to no earlier than Jan. 27.

Cassidy told the judge that the minimum required notice to allow a defendant to respond to a presentencing report is 35 days. She said the defense received the report on Dec. 13, leaving less than 26 days to respond.

Former NXIVM president Nancy Salzman, her daughter, Lauren Salzman, actress Allison Mack and bookkeeper Kathy Russell also pleaded guilty before the trial.

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