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‘Smallville’ actress pleads guilty in sex cult case

NEW YORK, April 9, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – US actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty
Monday to racketeering after recruiting women to a cult-like sevret society
that turned followers into “slaves” branded with the leader’s initials and
coerced into having sex.

Mack, 36, was arrested a year ago on sex trafficking charges for getting
the women to join Nxivm, a purported executive coaching organization that
forced them to have intercourse with 58-year-old leader Keith Raniere.

Mack, best known for her role as Clark Kent’s friend in superhero
television series “Smallville,” was one of six defendants in a federal
indictment filed against members of Nxivm, based near Albany in upstate New
York.

She admitted racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, and could face up to
40 years in prison when she is sentenced on September 11.

Before being accepted as “slaves,” women had to provide compromising photos
and other personal effects, which the organization threatened to make public
if they tried to leave.

They also had their skin branded with Raniere’s initials as other members
held them still and filmed.

Another of the high-profile defendants in the case is Clare Bronfman,
heiress to the Canadian Seagram liquor empire. She and a sister are believed
to have given more than $100 million to the group.

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