Allison Mack has alleged that her Smallville co-star played a role in her involvement with a ‘sex cult’ where she eventually became a ‘slave master.’
In 2021, the former actress received a three-year prison sentence after admitting to manipulating women into becoming sex slaves for NXIVM (pronounced ‘Nexium’) cult leader, Keith Raniere.
The organization presented itself as a self-help support network, but was later exposed as a dangerous pyramid scheme, leading to Raniere receiving a 120-year prison sentence for his activities.
Mack, who portrayed the character Chloe Sullivan, a teen reporter in the series about Superman’s early life, was released in July 2023 after serving 21 months of her sentence. She now aims to move forward from her criminal history.
The 43-year-old is now addressing the case for the first time since leaving prison in a new CBC podcast titled Allison After NXIVM.
In an episode aired on Monday night, Mack claimed that her Smallville co-star, Kristin Kreuk, introduced her to a life coaching course that allegedly had ties to the NXIVM cult.
“We both were at the point where we were 25,” she stated. “We were in New York City together. It was our break. And we had rented an apartment in the same building in the West Village.
“And we both were like, why do we both feel so unsatisfied?”
Mack then mentioned that Kreuk told her about the course in Vancouver, describing it as ‘the science of joy’ and ‘the most amazing thing’.
“‘It’s made everything so much better in life. You’ve got to do this’,” Mack remembered Kreuk telling her after attending the course.
“She was just like super excited about it, you know. She had a coach, and she was talking about a vanguard and a prefect, which were the names you called Keith and Nancy at the time,” she said, referring to Raniere and co-founder, Nancy Salzman.
Following this, Mack said she enrolled in a course led by Salzman where she learned about ‘the purpose of mankind’ and ‘gender differences and relationships’ before the destructive cult led to her own imprisonment for recruiting women to join NXIVM.
During the court proceedings, more than 100 victim impact statements were presented, accusing Raniere of trafficking and sexual abuse.
Some of the more disturbing aspects of the case included reports of a ‘branding ceremony’ where women were permanently marked with Raniere’s initials using a cautery pen, which he then claimed as his property.
Mack managed to avoid a longer sentence by cooperating with authorities to bring justice to the victims.
Her recent allegations come as Kreuk denied rumors of her involvement in recruiting women into the cult in a now-deleted post on X.
According to the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li actress, she participated in what she believed was a ‘self-help/personal growth course that helped me handle my previous shyness, which is why I continued with the program.’
The Vancouver actress stated she left ‘years’ ago and had ‘minimal contact with those who were still involved,’ adding that ‘accusations that I was in the ‘inner circle’ or recruited women as ‘sex slaves’ are blatantly false.’
For comments, Kreuk’s representatives have been contacted.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues mentioned, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24/7, or chat online via online.rainn.org.