Smallville's Allison Mack Arrested for being in Sex Cult (Update HBO has a Documentary True Crime Series)
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NXIVM mastermind Keith Raniere ordered to pay $3.4 million restitution to victims, including removal of brandings
Court orders The Vow subject Keith Raniere to pay $3.4 million to Nxivm victims — including 21 women who can use the money to help pay for skin branding removal.
NXIVM mastermind Keith Raniere ordered to pay $3.4 million restitution to victims, including removal of brandings
Court rules that the Nxivm leader will pay $3.4 million to 21 victims, including allocating funds to help the women remove Raniere's initials that were burned into their skin.
By Joey Nolfi
July 21, 2021 at 11:54 AM EDT
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On top of a 120-year jail sentence, former Nxivm cult leader Keith Raniere has been ordered to pay $3.4 million to 21 of his victims — a sum that includes funds allocated to help the women remove Raniere's initials that were burned into their skin.
The mandate was handed down by a Brooklyn Federal Court judge at a restitution hearing on Tuesday, nearly two years after Raniere was convicted in 2019 of crimes including sex trafficking and racketeering during his time leading the organization at the center of HBO's docuseries The Vow. The program's title was inspired by a disturbing act performed by high-ranking members of the group, which involved cauterizing the skin of female members who were held down on a table while they repeated, "Master, please brand me, it would be an honor."
Sarah Edmondson, a Canadian actress who appeared throughout The Vow to discuss her time with Raniere, was awarded payment. According to the New York Times, the largest amount allocated by the court totaled around $507,997, to a young woman Raniere sexually abused when she was only 15.
At the hearing, Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis stressed that "virtually all low-ranking members of [Nxivm's secret society] D.O.S. were victims of a conspiracy," as Raniere watched the proceedings via video from Arizona, where he's serving his sentence.
Keith Raniere ordered to pay $3.4 million in restitution to Nxivm victims.
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The judge further revealed that about 100 people related to the case submitted requests for restitution, totaling around $33 million, including former cult members and one of the group's business consultants. Garaufis ultimately found that 17 people deserved payment under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (applicable with relation to forced labor, sex trafficking, and servitude), with an additional four requests being granted for funds under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act of 1996 for crimes of racketeering, conspiracy, and wire fraud.
Elsewhere in the ongoing Nxivm case, Smallville actress Allison Mack was recently sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000 for her role in executing criminal acts as part of Raniere's plot.
"I threw myself into the teachings of Keith Raniere with everything I had," Mack said in a statement to the court. "I believed, whole-heartedly, that his mentorship was leading me to a better, more enlightened version of myself. I devoted my loyalty, my resources, and, ultimately, my life to him. This was the biggest mistake and regret of my life."
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'Smallville' star Allison Mack enters prison 2 weeks early to serve sentence for Nxivm crimes
Allison Mack was originally scheduled to start her three-year prison sentence on Sept. 29, but entered the facility Monday.
Smallville star Allison Mack enters prison 2 weeks early to serve sentence for Nxivm crimes
Allison Mack was originally scheduled to start her three-year prison sentence on Sept. 29, but entered the California facility Monday.
By Andrea Towers
September 15, 2021 at 11:38 AM EDT
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Allison Mack has officially started her prison sentence — two weeks ahead of schedule. The Smallville star was set to begin serving her sentence on Sept. 29, but Mack arrived at California's Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin Monday, as first reported by TMZ. EW confirmed the actress' attendance via the Federal Bureau of Prisons database.
Back in June, Mack was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000 for her role in recruiting women to Keith Raniere's Nxivm cult. In October 2020, Raniere was sentenced to 120 years in prison for racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, and wire fraud conspiracy.
In a statement released prior to her sentencing, Mack apologized for her involvement: "I believed, whole-heartedly, that [Raniere's] mentorship was leading me to a better, more enlightened version of myself" and that "this was the biggest mistake and regret of my life."
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The Dublin facility where the actress is serving her sentence is the same one where Fuller House star Lori Loughlin and Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman served their sentences after being convicted in the college admissions scandal. Following her release, Mack will continue to remain on supervised release for another three years.
A representative for Mack didn't immediately respond to EW's request for comment.
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Allison Mack. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Allison Mack, the Smallville actress convicted in the NXIVM sex-cult case, was released from a California prison, the Associated Press reports. She left the Dublin, California, federal prison on July 3, per a government website. Mack was sentenced to three years behind bars in 2021 after pleading guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of racketeering conspiracy — charges related to her role in manipulating women to join the cult headed by Keith Raniere. Federal prosecutors said the cult’s inner circle, called DOS, “operated with levels of women ‘slaves’ headed by ‘masters’” during court proceedings, adding that Mack “directly or implicitly required her slaves … to engage in sexual activity with Raniere.” The actress, for her part, was also a “slave” to NXIVM’s leader. A judge gave Mack a lenient sentence after she cooperated with authorities in their case against Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years in prison for racketeering, wire fraud, forced labor, and sex-trafficking charges. “Allison Mack is a predator and an evil human being,” Jessica Joan, a victim of the cult, testified during the trial, saying Mack “sought me out like a predator stalking their prey.” Mack expressed “remorse and guilt” before her sentencing at a Brooklyn federal court in 2021.
Allison Mack Released From Prison for Role in NXIVM Sex-Cult Case
Allison Mack. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Allison Mack, the Smallville actress convicted in the NXIVM sex-cult case, was released from a California prison, the Associated Press reports. She left the Dublin, California, federal prison on July 3, per a government website. Mack was sentenced to three years behind bars in 2021 after pleading guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of racketeering conspiracy — charges related to her role in manipulating women to join the cult headed by Keith Raniere. Federal prosecutors said the cult’s inner circle, called DOS, “operated with levels of women ‘slaves’ headed by ‘masters’” during court proceedings, adding that Mack “directly or implicitly required her slaves … to engage in sexual activity with Raniere.” The actress, for her part, was also a “slave” to NXIVM’s leader. A judge gave Mack a lenient sentence after she cooperated with authorities in their case against Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years in prison for racketeering, wire fraud, forced labor, and sex-trafficking charges. “Allison Mack is a predator and an evil human being,” Jessica Joan, a victim of the cult, testified during the trial, saying Mack “sought me out like a predator stalking their prey.” Mack expressed “remorse and guilt” before her sentencing at a Brooklyn federal court in 2021.
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Allison Mack Released From Prison for Role in NXIVM Sex-Cult Case
Allison Mack. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Allison Mack, the Smallville actress convicted in the NXIVM sex-cult case, was released from a California prison, the Associated Press reports. She left the Dublin, California, federal prison on July 3, per a government website. Mack was sentenced to three years behind bars in 2021 after pleading guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of racketeering conspiracy — charges related to her role in manipulating women to join the cult headed by Keith Raniere. Federal prosecutors said the cult’s inner circle, called DOS, “operated with levels of women ‘slaves’ headed by ‘masters’” during court proceedings, adding that Mack “directly or implicitly required her slaves … to engage in sexual activity with Raniere.” The actress, for her part, was also a “slave” to NXIVM’s leader. A judge gave Mack a lenient sentence after she cooperated with authorities in their case against Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years in prison for racketeering, wire fraud, forced labor, and sex-trafficking charges. “Allison Mack is a predator and an evil human being,” Jessica Joan, a victim of the cult, testified during the trial, saying Mack “sought me out like a predator stalking their prey.” Mack expressed “remorse and guilt” before her sentencing at a Brooklyn federal court in 2021.
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Allison Mack Released From Prison for Role in NXIVM Sex-Cult Case
Allison Mack. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Allison Mack, the Smallville actress convicted in the NXIVM sex-cult case, was released from a California prison, the Associated Press reports. She left the Dublin, California, federal prison on July 3, per a government website. Mack was sentenced to three years behind bars in 2021 after pleading guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of racketeering conspiracy — charges related to her role in manipulating women to join the cult headed by Keith Raniere. Federal prosecutors said the cult’s inner circle, called DOS, “operated with levels of women ‘slaves’ headed by ‘masters’” during court proceedings, adding that Mack “directly or implicitly required her slaves … to engage in sexual activity with Raniere.” The actress, for her part, was also a “slave” to NXIVM’s leader. A judge gave Mack a lenient sentence after she cooperated with authorities in their case against Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years in prison for racketeering, wire fraud, forced labor, and sex-trafficking charges. “Allison Mack is a predator and an evil human being,” Jessica Joan, a victim of the cult, testified during the trial, saying Mack “sought me out like a predator stalking their prey.” Mack expressed “remorse and guilt” before her sentencing at a Brooklyn federal court in 2021.
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Allison Mack Released From Prison for Role in NXIVM Sex-Cult Case
Allison Mack. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Allison Mack, the Smallville actress convicted in the NXIVM sex-cult case, was released from a California prison, the Associated Press reports. She left the Dublin, California, federal prison on July 3, per a government website. Mack was sentenced to three years behind bars in 2021 after pleading guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of racketeering conspiracy — charges related to her role in manipulating women to join the cult headed by Keith Raniere. Federal prosecutors said the cult’s inner circle, called DOS, “operated with levels of women ‘slaves’ headed by ‘masters’” during court proceedings, adding that Mack “directly or implicitly required her slaves … to engage in sexual activity with Raniere.” The actress, for her part, was also a “slave” to NXIVM’s leader. A judge gave Mack a lenient sentence after she cooperated with authorities in their case against Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years in prison for racketeering, wire fraud, forced labor, and sex-trafficking charges. “Allison Mack is a predator and an evil human being,” Jessica Joan, a victim of the cult, testified during the trial, saying Mack “sought me out like a predator stalking their prey.” Mack expressed “remorse and guilt” before her sentencing at a Brooklyn federal court in 2021.
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