extorting, beating and branding its members

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5063683/Former-Smallville-actress-second-command-sex-cult.html

Allison Mack, 35, is reportedly second in command of a secret sex cult at the heart of self-help group NXIVM

Mack is perhaps best known for playing Clark Kent's friend Chloe Sullivan on the long-running TV series Smallville

NXIVM, founded by Keith Raniere brands itself as a self-help group, but former members have said it's really a cult

Frank Parlato, a former spokesman for NXIVM, revealed on his blog that Mack has been running a secret sorority within the cult that brands women
The sorority, called DOS, has a master-slave hierarchy where Mack is only second to Raniere in terms of seniority, the blog states

She then presides over a small group of slaves, who in turn must recruit their own set of slaves or else face corporeal punishment

On her personal website, Mack says Raniere has been her mentor for many years

A spokesman for Mack said the actress is not speaking to the press currently
Earlier this week, former Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg met with prosecutors in New York to detail her daughter's experiece in the group

There goes my respect for Mack. I used to love her on Smallville, and thought she was quite the actress, and now she obliterates her name being associated to such slavery. Mack you are a Loser!

'Smallville' stars used by alleged cult leader to recruit women, witness claims (https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/279ddc9f-4e25-3067-b835-ff6e48535d1c/ss_%27smallville%27-stars-used-by.html)
As beautiful young co-stars in the long-running, Superman-prequel TV series “Smallville,” their biggest problem was dealing with their odd young pal, Clark Kent. Then Kristin Kreuk and Allison Mack signed up for an upstate seminar run by self-help guru Keith Raniere,

'Smallville' Actress Allison Mack Linked to Alleged Sex Trafficking Cult Leader (https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-smallville-apos-actresses-allison-185619122.html)
Mack and Kreuk portrayed Smallville high school students alongside a young Superman, played by Tom Welling.

Who Is Keith Raniere? Self-Help Guru Accused of Sex Trafficking and Branding ‘Slave’ Followers (https://www.yahoo.com/news/keith-raniere-self-help-guru-160736562.html)

How ‘Smallville’ Actress Allison Mack Became a Women-Branding Cult Leader (https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/96da8716-1b66-31ec-8432-bdae191799b7/how-%E2%80%98smallville%E2%80%99-actress.html)

‘Smallville’ actress Kristin Kreuk breaks silence on ‘sex cult’ involvement (https://nypost.com/2018/03/29/smallvilles-kristin-kreuk-breaks-silence-on-sex-cult-involvement/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow)

Allison Mack to be arrested on sex trafficking charges (https://artvoice.com/2018/03/27/allison-mack-expected-arrested-next/#.Wr2N6PnwaJA)

How did Smallville's Allison Mack become a sex-trafficking cult leader? (https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-smallville-actress-allison-mack-became-a-women-branding-cult-leader)
Mack is reportedly second in command of the cult Nxivm, whose founder Keith Raniere was arrested (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5932152/smallville-actress-allison-mack-faces-arrest-for-sex-trafficking-after-cops-nab-nxivm-cult-leader/) earlier this week in Mexico while she was accompanying him. Mack's Smallville co-star Kristin Kreuk (https://nypost.com/2018/03/29/smallvilles-kristin-kreuk-breaks-silence-on-sex-cult-involvement/) responded to reports that she was also in the cult (http://www.nickiswift.com/115966/smallville-stars-lured-cult/), tweeting that she left Nxivm five years ago before she saw anything “illegal or nefarious."

How Allison Mack went from Smallville to an alleged sex-trafficking cult (http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/allison-mack-smallville-sex-cult-1202788522/)
Even though Keith Raniere's NXIVM is based in update New York, it has had a large operation in Vancouver. As Cynthia Littleton reports, "Mack’s connection to Raniere is believed to be rooted in the time she spent in Vancouver, where Smallville was shot. With so many TV series heading north to take advantage of Canadian tax credits, Vancouver has developed a large community of working actors, many of them young adults. Around the 2005-2006 period, a source said the actor circles in Vancouver seemed to take on a 'new age-y vibe' with a focus on tools for self-help and empowerment. Some pegged it to the release of the 2006 documentary The Secret, based on the book of the same name, which features a number of philosophers, authors, scientists discussing 'the secret' to personal and professional success that purportedly aided historical figures ranging from Plato to Beethoven to Albert Einstein." ALSO: Actress Samia Shoaib says Mack used feminism to "lure" her into NXIVM. (https://www.thedailybeast.com/actress-allison-mack-used-feminism-to-lure-me-into-her-sex-cult-nxivm)

Smallville alum Allison Mack arrested for her alleged involvement in a sex trafficking cult (https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/smallville-allison-mack-arrested-keith-rainere-sex-nxivm)
Mack's arrest comes weeks after she was spotted (http://www.nickiswift.com/115966/smallville-stars-lured-cult/) confronting officers (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5557601/Shocked-Smallville-actress-Allison-Mack-chases-police-car-officers-away-Nxivm-cult-leader.html) arresting NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere. Both have been charged with sex trafficking (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/8dpzb9/smallvilles_allison_mack_chloe_has_just_been/#bottom-comments), sex trafficking conspiracy and forced labor conspiracy, and they each could face 15 years in prison if convicted.

Smallville's Allison Mack apparently tried to recruit Kelly Clarkson to her sex cult via Twitter (https://www.thewrap.com/allison-mack-pitched-emma-watson-kelly-clarkson-join-nxivm-group-accused-sex-trafficking/)
Old tweets show Mack trying to contact celebrities like Clarkson and Emma Watson to "chat." "I heard through the grapevine that you're a fan of Smallville," Mack tweeted to Clarkson in 2013. "I'm a fan of yours as well! I'd love to chat sometime."

Allison Mack granted $5 million bond in sex trafficking case (http://people.com/crime/allison-mack-granted-bond-sex-trafficking-nxivm-arrest/)
The former Smallville star will remain under house arrest as a condition of her release. At her bail hearing today, horrifying details emerged (https://www.thedailybeast.com/horrifying-details-emerge-about-alleged-sex-cult-recruiter-allison-mack-at-bail-hearing) of her alleged involvement in the NXIVM cult. In legal documents the United States Attorney writes that Mack “is charged with using force, fraud, and coercion to recruit and maintain DOS slaves, and instructing those slaves to engage in sexual acts with (NXIVM leader Keith) Raniere, among other assignments. The defendant aggressively recruited DOS slaves and required those slaves to recruit slaves of their own.”

Allison Mack's NXIVM alleged sex-trafficking cult to get the TV drama and docuseries treatment (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-series-works-based-alleged-sex-trafficking-cult-nxivm-1105870)
As the former Smallville star makes headlines, two TV projects are already in the works based on the NXIVM cult. Annapurna Television has optioned the rights to the 2017 New York Times' exposé "Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded." (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/nyregion/nxivm-women-branded-albany.html) Westworld's Shannon Woodward will serve as an executive producer of the scripted series. Meanwhile, Canadian actress Sarah Edmonson (http://deadline.com/2018/04/ex-nxivm-member-sarah-edmondson-star-docu-series-produced-brian-graden-sex-cult-1202373257/), who was branded with NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's initials while spending a decade with the cult, will be the subject of a docuseries that will focus on her attempt to re-acclimate into society. ALSO: Smallville co-star Sam Jones III says of Mack, "I guess she just became freaky" because she seemed normal on set. (http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/25/sam-jones-iii-allison-mack-sex-cult-arrest-smallville/)

https://twitter.com/THR/status/996791898881843200

A close friend of Allison Mack's (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5736807/Smallville-star-Allison-Mack-starved-branded-groomed-sex-slaves-Keith-Raniere.html) confronted the actress about her cult association: "If you used that word, you were done. You were excommunicated from her life"

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/996760133572022273/f7kYvNNo?format=jpg&name=600x314

Just sickening.

Kelly Clarkson reacts to Smallville's Allison Mack apparently trying to recruit her to the Nxivm sex cult (https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8456324/kelly-clarkson-bbmas-hosting-award-show-interview)
In 2013, Mack tweeted to Clarkson (https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/allison-mack-tried-to-bring-emma-watson-kelly-clarkson-into-alleged-sex-cult/), "I heard through the grapevine that you're a fan of Smallville (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/12946-smallville-in-the-media-get-your-news-from-other-sources-besides-the-torch-here/?page=3). I'm a fan of yours as well! I'd love to chat sometime." But Clarkson was never made aware of the tweet until recently. When Billboard asked her about it, she said, "Oh, my God, and somehow my name and Emma Watson’s came up?" Did she have a recollection of Mack tweeting at her? "No -- my publicist called me the other day, and I didn’t have a clue," Clarkson said. "I’m in a state of bewilderment. I guess she tweeted me and tried to reach out years ago. I mean, I was a fan of Smallville, but I don’t know her. The only kind of sex I’m into is the kind I’m having."

Just sickening.

Allison Mack had the idea to brand Nxivm cult members with a combinations of her and Keith Raniere's initials (https://jezebel.com/victim-victimizer-badass-warrior-bitch-allison-mack-1826418284)
The former Smallville star went into detail about the branding practice in an interview with New York Times Magazine (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/sex-cult-empowerment-nxivm-keith-raniere.html). Mack said the branding was “about devotion” and “like any spiritual practice or religion.”