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The television actor Allison Mack, who pleaded guilty for her role in a sex-trafficking case tied to the cult-like group NXIVM, has been released from a California prison, according to a government website.

Mack, best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on “Smallville,” was sentenced to three years behind bars in 2021 after pleading guilty two years earlier to charges that she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for NXIVM leader Keith Raniere.

Online records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Mack, 40, was released Monday from a federal prison in Dublin, California, near San Francisco. Her release was first reported by the Albany Times-Union.

Mack avoided a longer prison term by cooperating with federal authorities in their case against Raniere, who was ultimately sentenced to 120 years in prison after being convicted on sex-trafficking charges.

Mack helped prosecutors mount evidence showing how Raniere created a secret society that included brainwashed women who were branded with his initials and forced to have sex with him.

In addition to Mack, members of the group included an heiress to the Seagram’s liquor fortune, Clare Bronfman; and a daughter of TV star Catherine Oxenberg of “Dynasty” fame.

Mack would later repudiate Raniere and express “remorse and guilt” before her sentencing in federal court in Brooklyn, New York.

Former Smallville star Allison Mack is struggling to find work after serving time for role in NXIVM cult (https://radaronline.com/p/allison-mack-struggles-to-find-work-after-nxvim-sentence/)

Shamed Smallville actress Allison Mack has allegedly become kryptonite in Hollywood (https://www.resetera.com/threads/former-smallville-star-allison-mack-is-struggling-to-find-work-after-serving-time-for-role-in-nxivm-cult.778058/) after spending 21 months of a three-year sentence behind bars for her leading role in the creepy cult NXIVM, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Sources claimed that Mack, 41, who had a 10-year role as Clark Kent's best friend Chloe Sullivan on the hit superhero series, can't even get auditions in Tinseltown — and old pals have reportedly turned their backs on the shunned actress.

The embattled actress was said to have resorted to desperate tactics in an attempt to claw her way back into the industry. Mack reportedly approached recently imprisoned female stars such as Lori Laughlin and Felicity Huffman for help rehabbing her situation but was met with more stone walls than she saw in prison.

Apparently, celebs took note of the visceral reaction fans had to Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher supporting their convicted former co-star Danny Masterson as he waited to be sentenced after being found guilty of rape.
"Allison wants to change her life, but she's finding out she can't outrun her past," the source said. "Money, friends, it's all gone away for her. All she's left with is infamy."