'Smallville' actor Allison Mack details role in NXIVM sex cult in first interview since prison release
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Key Points:
- Allison Mack, former "Smallville" star, has publicly admitted using her celebrity status as a "power tool" to recruit women into the NXIVM cult, marking her first comments since her release from federal prison in July 2023.
- In the CBC podcast "Allison After NXIVM," Mack details her transformation from child actor to a key figure in NXIVM, a group led by Keith Raniere that prosecutors described as a sex-cult pyramid scheme involving forced labor and branding.
- Mack pleaded guilty in 2021 to crimes including extortion and forced labor, receiving a three-year sentence, and has acknowledged being "abusive," "harsh," and "callous" in enforcing Raniere
