The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:47 PM
"Smallville" Actress Allison Mack Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Trafficking, Conspiracy, Tied To Mysterious Group
Mack, 35, appeared before a judge in the federal court in Brooklyn looking unkempt and gaunt. The actress was wearing jeans, a denim shirt and holding tissues, CBS 6 Albany reported. After entering her plea the judge refused a request by her lawyers to release her without bail. A bail hearing will be held Monday.
During the court appearance, it was revealed Mack married “Battlestar Galactica” star Nicki Clyne, who was also rumored to be part of NXIVM. Clyne and Mack were spotted in Mexico when cult leader Keith Raniere was hunted down by police and arrested at a $10,000-a-week villa they were reportedly hiding out last month.
Raniere, the co-founder of the
self-help organization and alleged cult NXIVM, stands accused of keeping
numerous women as slaves and branding his initials into their skin.
He was arraigned last week on the same charges as Mack and was denied
bail while he awaits his next court appearance on April 27.
NXIVM appears as a self-help program that has attracted celebrities such
as Richard Branson.
Mack was believed to have taken over as the head of the cult after
Raniere, who is known as “Vanguard” in the organization, was arrested.
The actress was believed to be Raniere’s “direct slave” and had a sexual
relationship with the leader. She was also accused of helping recruit
women to be Raniere’s slaves for NXIVM.
The actress is also accused of
collecting “collateral” from the “slaves” to use as blackmail as a way
to lure them into having sex with Raniere, Page Six reported.
According to NXIVM’s former publicist, Frank Parlato, Mack came up with
the idea of a secret society of women within the organization who would
be branded near their groin area.
“She was the principal recruiter of young slaves for Raniere,” Parlato
told Fox News on Friday. “They nicknamed her ‘Pimp Mack.’”
