On Wednesday, former “Smallville” star Allison Mack, 38, was sentenced to three years in prison for assisting in the recruitment of sex slaves for NXIVM …
On Wednesday, former “Smallville” star Allison Mack,38, was sentenced to three years in prison for assisting in the recruitment of sex slaves for NXIVM leader Keith Raniere. Mack could have received up to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2019 to racketeering and conspiracy charges; she had asked for leniency that would have permitted her to be sentenced to home confinement or probation. She assisted in the investigation of Raniere, prompting prosecutors to aver that her sentence should be less severe than the minimum 14 years federal guidelines suggested. Mack apologized in court, saying, “I made choices I will forever regret.… I’m filled with remorse and guilt. I renounced Keith Raniere and all of his teachings. From the deepest part of my soul, I am sorry.” But one of Raniere’s victims, Jessica Joan, told the court, “Shine light on who Allison Mack really is. Allison is a predator, a danger to society, and has no remorse for her victims.… She is the Ghislaine Maxwell to Keith’s Jeffrey Epstein. She can blame Keith all she wants, but she is the menace cut from the same cloth. She sought me out like a predator stalking her prey… Allison Mack and Keith Raniere are the most evil monsters I’ve ever met.” U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who called Mack “a willing and proactive ally” of Raniere, countered, “In Nxivm language, you are a slave as well as a master. It’s hard to determine a sentence for a defendant who is also her co-conspirator’s victim.… Your punishment should serve as a forceful deterrent and a serious sentence is important, but I don’t doubt that you were also manipulated.
