Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman faints in federal court after judge asks if Michael Avenatti acted as her lawyer

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.