US attorney asks court to deny Nxivm leader Keith Raniere’s bid for new trial

Filing comes weeks after Allison Mack, a high-ranking member of the group, was released from prison

A US prosecutor has asked a court to close down a third motion by former Nxivm sex cult leader Keith Raniere for a new trial, arguing that Raniere's claims that the government manipulated evidence against him were untimely and meritless".

Raniere, 62, was sentenced to 120 years in prison following his 2019 conviction on charges of federal sex trafficking, racketeering and possession of child sexual abuse images. He has claimed that he is entitled to a new trial because the government manufactured child pornography and planted it on a computer hard drive to tie it to him".