Editing NXIVM (section)

==== ''Marc Elliot v. Lions Gate Entertainment'' libel case ====
In 2021, Raniere supporter [[Marc Elliot]] filed a lawsuit against [[Lions Gate Entertainment]] in the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California]], alleging that he was libelled and defamed by the [[Starz]] network documentary ''[[Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gavin |first=Robert |date=October 20, 2021 |title=NXIVM loyalist files $12 million suit against Starz network |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-loyalist-files-12-million-suit-against-16546392.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020172434/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-loyalist-files-12-million-suit-against-16546392.php |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=Times Union |language=en-US}}</ref> Joseph Tully, the attorney who represented Elliot, also represented Raniere in his appeals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gavin |first=Robert |date=November 11, 2021 |title=Former Epstein lawyer drops out of appeal for NXIVM leader Raniere |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Former-Epstein-lawyer-Fernich-drops-out-of-appeal-16612655.php |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=Times Union |language=en-US}}</ref> The court dismissed the lawsuit and ordered Elliot to pay Lions Gate Entertainment's attorneys' fees and costs, finding that the documentary "impl[ied] that Plaintiff was a devoted member of an organization whose leader has been implicated in a range of serious sexual crimes, but this assertion – however unflattering – is substantially true."<ref>{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=Marc Elliot|defendant=Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation|title=Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Strike Pursuant to C.C.P. § 425.16|doc-number=49|date=November 8, 2022|pacer-number=834220|use-recap=yes|case-state=CA|case-district=CD|case-division=2|case-year=2021|case-type=cv|case-sequence=08206|access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref>