Actor Allison Mack Sentenced in NXIVM Sex-Slave Case
Despite being a key instigator in the manipulation and enslavement of women for the cult leader, Mack was granted a lower sentence due to her cooperation with authorities.
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“Smallville” actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in the scandal-ridden, cult-like group NXIVM, has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group’s spiritual leader, reports the Associated Press. Mack had previously pleaded guilty to the charges and began cooperating against NXIVM leader Keith Raniere. Prosecutors credited her with helping them mount evidence showing how Raniere created a secret society of brainwashed women who were branded with his initials.
Under advisory sentencing guidelines, Mack had faced between 14 and 17 1/2 years behind bars, but her defense team argued in court papers that probation or a sentence to home confinement was more appropriate. Prosecutors had agreed that any prison term should be below the guidelines range because of her cooperation. Mack, 38, was once part of the inner circle of Raniere, whose group attracted millionaires and actors among its adherents. Prosecutors said she became a “master” for “slaves” she ordered “to perform labor, take nude photographs, and in some cases, to engage in sex acts with Raniere.”
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