You are listening to the Roberta Glass True Crime Report, putting the true back in true crime.

From New York City, Roberta Glass is now on the record.

I arrived to the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse for Lauren Salsman's sentencing with a wish and many questions. How had the amaciated, disconnected, and defiant Lauren Salsman, who I observed at the early hearings?

How had she turned into one of the most valuable witnesses in Keith Renary's trial?

How did she view her role in the cult that her mother, Nancy Salzman, built?

And most of all, I wondered if she would serve prison time.

Lauren Salzman pled guilty in a closed hearing on March 25, 2019, to two counts of racketeering that

carried with it by today's judge's calculations a possible sentence of seven to nine years.

However, I hoped she would walk out of today's hearing with nothing more than probation.

I wasn't alone. Judge Garif out of today's hearing with nothing more than probation. I wasn't alone.

Judge Garifis began today's session with a reference to the enormous amount of support Lauren had received in the letters sent to the court. Even Lauren's victims penned letters

that reflected what Garifis described as, quote, an empathy you would not

expect, unquote.

Lauren Salsman came to court without makeup in a cotton white shirt, light pink linen face mask,

and hair pulled back in a ponytail.

It was the perfect outfit to surrender yourself to custody,

I thought to myself. Unlike Allison Mack who made a grand entrance into the courthouse's larger

ceremonial room, Lauren arrived quietly and largely unnoticed into the smaller courtroom 4D.

She cut a small figure on the right side of the courtroom next to her lawyer, Hector Diaz.

Only two victim impact statements were heard.

One victim, Beebe, sent a victim impact statement via audio recording.

Her voice filled the courtroom. Through sobs and pauses, she recounted how excited she was to have been matched with Lauren as her nexium coach.

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