‘Smallville’ Star Allison Mack Released From Prison After Serving Two Years For Involvement In NXIVM Cult

Smallville actress Allison Mack was released from prison on Monday after serving two years for playing a role in a sex-trafficking case related to NXIVM, a cultlike group. 

Mack was arrested back in 2018 with other high-ranking cult members, ​​Clare Bronfman and Nancy Salzman. She pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including manipulating women into becoming Keith Raniere’s, the leader of NXIVM, sex slaves, racketeering and racketeering conspiracy in 2020. She additionally was charged $20,000 and began her three-year sentence in 2021. 

Raniere is currently in jail serving a 120 years sentence for sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy, racketeering, wire fraud conspiracy, attempted sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking conspiracy. 

Mack was only sentenced to three years rather than 17 years because she cooperated with the authorities on the case. She assisted prosecutors in gathering evidence on Raniere, including how his secret society, DOS, brainwashed women into forcing them to have sex with him and branded them with his initials. 

Mack stated that she regretted her actions and expressed “remorse and guilt.” 

The U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis felt that Mack was Raniere’s ally, but also stated, “I don’t doubt that you were manipulated and also felt captive.”

NXIVM disguised itself as a company that specializes in classes for self-help in upstate New York. The women who were deceived into joining the group were branded with Mack and Raniere’s initials and gave compromising and personal information to the leaders. 

DOS called the women “first-line masters” and would become slaves to Raniere, as they were coerced to send him nude photos and have sex with him.