Actress Allison Mack sentenced for involvement in sex cult

Actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in the scandal-ridden, cult-like group NXIVM, was sentenced to three years in pris­on on June 30 on charges she manipulated wom­en into becoming sex slaves for the group’s spiritual leader.

Mack—best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on the TV series Smallville—had previously pleaded guilty to the charges and begun cooperating against NXIVM leader Keith Raniere. Prosecutors credited her with helping them mount evidence showing how Raniere created a secret society of brainwashed women who were branded with his initials.

At her sentencing in Brooklyn federal court, Mack renounced the self-improvement guru.