Allison Mack arrives with her lawyers at United States Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn to be sentenced for her part in the NXIVM cult. Photo: Reuters"Smallville" TV show actress Allison Mack has been sentenced to three years in prison for her role in NXIVM, a New York-based cult in which women were branded with its leader's initials and ordered to have sex with him. Mack (38) was sentenced by US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn, after pleading guilty in 2019 to racketeering and conspiracy. Before being sentenced, Mack tearfully apologised to her victims and her family, saying her actions while in the group were "abusive, abhorrent and illegal." Women were kept on starvation diets, branded with Raniere's initials and in some cases coerced into sex with him.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 30, 2021 22:52 UTC