'smallville' Actor Allison Mack Details Role In Nxivm Sex Cult In First Interview Since Prison Release

Allison Mack, nan "Smallville" prima who pleaded blameworthy to her domiciled successful nan activity trafficking lawsuit linked to NXIVM, has admitted she utilized her fame arsenic a "power tool" successful her first nationalist comments since leaving national situation 2 years ago.

In a caller seven-part podcast produced by CBC’s Uncover, "Allison After NXIVM," Mack chronicles her travel from kid character to apical lieutenant successful NXIVM, a purported self-help group successful upstate New York led by Keither Raniere that prosecutors said was a sex-cult pyramid strategy that enslaved and branded women.

Mack, 43, was sentenced successful July 2021 to 3 years successful situation for her domiciled successful nan group aft pleading blameworthy to respective crimes, including extortion and forced labor. She was released from a national situation successful California early successful July 2023.

"I deliberation that I capitalized connected nan things I had," Mack said successful 1 section astir utilizing her personage to enlistee women into NXIVM. "And truthful nan occurrence I had arsenic an actor, I deliberation I did capitalize connected that, yeah. And it was a powerfulness instrumentality that I had to get group to do what I wanted."

At Raniere’s trial, erstwhile NXIVM members described really he established a concealed sorority wrong NXIVM called DOS, successful which women described arsenic "slaves" were kept connected near-starvation diets, branded pinch his and Mack’s initials, and ordered to person activity pinch him.

Mack and different leaders utilized nude photos and different compromising worldly arsenic "collateral" to unit members into complying, prosecutors said astatine nan trial. In nan podcast, Mack admits she was “very effective successful moving Keith’s imagination forward.”

"I was not benignant and I was fierce and I was abusive," Mack said successful 1 episode. "I was harsh and I was callous and I was fierce and forceful successful ways that were achy for people."

But while Mack said successful 1 section that she admits she was "abusing my power," she can't "negate nan truth that location was a portion of maine that was altruistic and was hopeless to thief people."

She added that she "wanted to beryllium better, and I was consenting to do thing to beryllium amended successful myself and to thief different group beryllium better."

Mack besides describes her sentencing proceeding successful Brooklyn national court, wherever her family sat wrong nan courtroom arsenic prosecutors described her crimes. At sentencing, prosecutors said nan character deserved little situation clip for her practice successful nan lawsuit against Raniere, who is serving a 120-year situation condemnation connected a slew of charges, including activity trafficking and racketeering.

"Oh, my God, my mediocre relative down me, having to perceive this astir his sister," Mack said successful 1 episode. "My mediocre mom! I’m truthful sorry, you guys ... I don’t spot myself arsenic innocent, and they were."

Since her merchandise successful 2023, Mack has gotten remarried and is pursuing a master’s grade successful societal work. In 1 episode, big Natalie Robehmed explains that while Mack has had countless opportunities to show her story, she has turned them each down.

"Allison has not spoken publically since her incarceration," Robehmed said. "She’s had tons of offers, but ever said nary — until now. She wants to show her communicative successful podcast form, because she loves podcasts, and because she’s nary longer comfortable successful beforehand of cameras for illustration she utilized to be."