Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman faints in federal court after judge asks if Michael Avenatti acted as her lawyer
March 27, 2019 at 17:40 PM EDT
Clare Bronfman, an heiress to the Seagram liquor fortune, fainted in federal court in New York City on Wednesday after a judge asked if she had been secretly represented by embattled celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti in a case where she is charged with money laundering and identity theft in a case involving the accused sex-cult NXIVM.