Allison Mack, the “Smallville” actress who recruited women into the women’s cultural group NXIVM and assisted prosecutors in convicting a leader of sex trafficking and other crimes, was paroled this week after serving two years of a three-year sentence on racketeering. Released from a federal prison. and conspiracy charges.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that Ms Mack was released from a prison in Dublin, California, on Monday. Albany Times Union Newspaper,
At sentencing in a Brooklyn court in 2021, a federal judge said Ms Mack used her position as a popular actress to “recruit and groom” women as sexual partners for group leader Keith Raniere. Did it to woo women. called him “an essential companion”.
Ms Mack, 40, was arrested in 2018. He pleaded guilty in 2019 to fraud and conspiracy charges. Although she faced up to 17 years in prison, she received a reduced sentence after helping prosecutors who were running the case against Mr Raniere by handing over evidence.
Mr Raniere was sentenced in 2020 to 120 years in prison for sex trafficking and other crimes. Some women in Nxivm were sexually assaulted by him, and some were stigmatized with his initials in a secret ceremony.
Ms Mack was best known as an actress for her role on the television series “Smallville”, which debuted in 2001 and ran for 10 seasons. She became involved with NXIVM and Mr. Raniere, and quickly became a high-ranking figure within the group, which was based in Albany, NY.
In court in 2019, Ms. Mack admitted that she had lured women into a secretive subgroup within Nxivm by telling them they would be part of a women’s mentoring program. Instead, officials said, he had recruited them into society as “slaves” and required some of the women to have sex with Mr. Raniere.
in 2021 Letter Addressing “those who have been harmed by my actions,” Ms. Mack said she experienced shame for the decisions she made.
“With everything I had, I threw myself into the teachings of Keith Raniere,” Ms Mack wrote in a statement before sentencing. “I believed with all my heart that this guidance was leading me to a better, more enlightened version of myself.”
But he wrote, “It was the biggest mistake and regret of my life.”