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Topics: Celebrity, Sex Trafficking, World News, Crime
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Topics: Celebrity, Sex Trafficking, World News, Crime
Allison Mack has claimed her Smallville co-star led her to join a 'sex cult' where she ultimately became the 'slave master.'
In 2021, the disgraced actress was sentenced to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to manipulating women into becoming sex slaves for NXIVM (pronounced 'Nexium') cult leader, Keith Raniere.
The organization marketed itself as a self-help support network, but was soon revealed to be a dangerous pyramid scheme, which ultimately saw Raniere sentenced to 120 years in prison for his crimes.
Mack, who played the teen reporter Chloe Sullivan in the young superhero series of Superman's life, was released in July 2023 after serving just 21 months of her sentence, with hopes of turning her life around from her criminal past.
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Now, the 43-year-old is speaking out for the first time about the case since her release from prison in a new CBC Allison After NXIVM podcast.
In Monday night's episode, Mack went on to claim her Smallville co-star, Kristin Kreuk, introduced her to a life coaching course that was allegedly linked to the NXIVM cult.
"We both were at the point where we were 25," she claimed. "We were in New York City together. It was our break. And we had rented an apartment in the same building in the West Village.
"And we both were like, why do we both feel so unsatisfied?”
Mack then said Kreuk apparently told her about the course in Vancouver, telling her it's 'the science of joy' and 'the most amazing thing'.
"'It's made everything so much better in life. You've got to do this'," Mack recalled Kreuk telling her after taking on the course.
"She was just like super excited about it, you know. She had a coach, and she was talking about a vanguard and a prefect, which were the names you called Keith and Nancy at the time," she said, referring to Raniere and co-founder, Nancy Salzman.
From there, Mack said she picked up a course led by Salzman where she learnt about 'the purpose of mankind' and 'gender differences and relationships' before the sadistic cult resulted in her facing her own prison sentence for recruiting women to join NXIVM.
More than 100 victim impact statements were heard in court, accusing Raniere of trafficking and sexually abusing them.
Amongst some of the more disturbing parts of the case were reports of a ‘branding ceremony’ in which women were permanently marked with Raniere’s initials using a cautery pen, which he went on to refer to as his property.
Mack herself avoided a longer sentencing for cooperating with the cops to bring justice to the victims.
Her recent claims come as Kreuk slammed rumors she was ever involved in recruiting women into the cult in a now-deleted post on X.
According to the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li star, she did take on what she thought was a 'self-help/personal growth course that helped me handle my previous shyness, which is why I continued with the program.'
The Vancouver star says she left 'years' ago and had 'minimal contact with those who were still involved,' adding at the time that 'accusations that I was in the 'inner circle' or recruited women as 'sex slaves' are blatantly false.'
UNILAD has contacted Kreuk's reps for comment.
If you've been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24/7. Or you can chat online via online.rainn.org