Former "Smallville" actress Allison Mack has been released from federal prison earlier than anticipated, following her involvement in the NXIVM sex-trafficking scandal. Mack, now 40, received a three-year sentence in 2021 after pleading guilty to manipulating women into sexual servitude within the organization.
Federal Bureau of Prisons records indicate her release on Monday from a Dublin, California facility, located near San Francisco. Mack's cooperation with federal authorities in the case against NXIVM leader Keith Raniere contributed to a reduced sentence. Raniere himself is serving a 120-year sentence for sex-trafficking convictions.
Mack, known for her role as a close friend of a young Superman in "Smallville," provided key details to prosecutors about Raniere's creation of the exploitative group. Raniere's practices included branding women with his initials, brainwashing them, and coercing them into sexual relationships with him.
Initially facing a potential sentence of 14 to 17.5 years, Mack expressed remorse and guilt during her 2021 sentencing in Brooklyn federal court. "I made choices I will forever regret," she stated, apologizing to those she brought into NXIVM and exposed to Raniere's schemes.
Mack's arrest occurred in April 2018, with guilty pleas to racketeering and conspiracy charges entered in April 2019. Other individuals involved in the case included Clare Bronfman, heiress to the Seagram's liquor fortune, and India Oxenberg, daughter of "Dynasty" actress Catherine Oxenberg.
India Oxenberg alleged that Mack directed her to "seduce" Raniere and provide nude photos as "collateral" in a blackmail scheme. Failure to comply, she claimed, would result in punishments such as cold showers and severe calorie restriction. Prior to her sentencing, Mack spent three years under house arrest at her parents' California residence.
