Allison Mack, a TV actress who was a senior figure in a scandal-plagued, cult-like organization in upstate New York, is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday. She pled guilty to charges that she tricked women into becoming sex slaves for the group's spiritual leader.
Mack is scheduled to appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Mack is most recognized for her portrayal as a teenage Superman's close friend in the series "Smallville." She's likely to take credit for cooperating with NXIVM head Keith Raniere and assisting him in forming a secret society of indoctrinated women bearing his initials.
Even many who knew Mack were perplexed as to how she went from cutesy star to federal indictment.
"It's like someone telling you that your brother murdered someone," former "Smallville" actor Michael Rosenbaum told the podcast "This Past Weekend" after Mack had been arrested for her crimes in 2018.
Reports claim that Mack continued to perform after Smallville ended in 2011, albeit relatively infrequently. Between 2012 and 2014, she had a recurrent role in the comedy series Wilfred and guest appearances on The Following and American Odyssey in 2015.
According to archival films from The Vow, Mack had been participating in NXIVM for years by that time.
NXIVM portrayed itself as a personal development organization based in Clifton Park, New York, with chapters in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Since the 1990s, an estimated 18,000 people attended its seminars.
On the other hand, Mack told a judge that she was only wanting to be a part of something bigger, as any good cult member would.
"I joined Nxivm first to find purpose," the sobbing actress said at her plea hearing in April 2019. "I was lost, and I wanted to find a place, a community in which I would feel comfortable."
In a pre-sentencing statement published by Variety, she apologized to "those who have been harmed by my actions".
Mack did not testify against Raniere at his trial in 2019, although she was willing to do so, according to Page Six, which cited multiple unidentified sources at the time. Mack seemed to abandon Raniere at a court hearing in April 2019, where she submitted her guilty plea. Keith Raniere's motives, she believed, were to benefit people, and she thought that adhering to his system of beliefs would empower and assist others.
She, on the other hand, stated that she was wrong. According to a recent article from Variety, Mack was instrumental in Raniere's conviction by providing prosecutors with an audiotape of Raniere explaining the practice of branding "slaves" with his initials.
"I threw myself into the teachings of Keith Raniere with everything I had. I believed wholeheartedly that his mentorship was leading me to a better, more enlightened version of myself. I devoted my loyalty, my resources, and, ultimately, my life to him. This was the biggest mistake and greatest regret of my life."
Following Raniere's imprisonment in 2018, NXIVM ceased operations. Several supporters stood by Raniere even after his conviction, but the organization is thought to have largely ceased its operations.
Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, both of which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years. Clare Bronfman, described by prosecutors as "a high-ranking member of NXIVM's executive board," was sentenced to roughly seven years in jail by Judge Nicholas G Garaufis in September 2020.
The heiress to the Seagram fortune had pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to conceal and shelter aliens for financial advantage, as well as fraudulent use of personal identity information, coming from her role in helping to fund NXIVM.
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