the judge throwing the book at clare bronfman. abc's andrea fujii has more. >> reporter: this morning the seagram's liquor heiress is behind bars. clare bronfman was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for her role in helping keith raniere, a self-improvement guru, convicted of turning women into sex slaves. the sentence putting some victims at ease. >> i feel a little bit more safer and i think that a lot of us can feel a lot safer. >> reporter: victims faced bronfman in court as the judge denounced bronfman's support of raniere and his organization called nxivm even after she knew of his sex trafficking scheme. bronfman found guilty last year admitted she harbored someone living in the u.s. illegally for unpaid labor and services and committed credit card fraud for raniere but she claims she never knew about the trafficking allegations. raniere was also found guilty of several felonies. prosecutors claim nxivm was like a cult treating women like slaves branding them with raniere's initials and forcing them to have sex with