The young actress from California was at a low point during her first winter after moving to New York City when Allison Mack invited her to join Nxivm, a purported self-help group near Albany. The woman, who was identified only by her first name, Nicole, said she had been trying to build upon an acting career that had included mainly commercial work, and was impressed by Ms. Mack told her to inform Mr. The next day, Nicole said, Mr.

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Raniere was found guilty for sex trafficking in a bizarre case which has caught the world's attention. But just who is he? Born on August 26, , Keith Raniere is the son of a New York City advertising executive father and a ballroom dancing teacher mother.
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Six years ago, Allison Mack sat on a purple rug filming a segment for her YouTube channel. A colorful scarf knitted by a friend. Mack said. As charming and innocuous as she appeared, Ms. Mack was entranced by an organization that promoted itself as a mentorship program but was on the brink of devolving into a so-called sex cult. In April, the year-old actress pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy and faces up to 20 years in prison.
Allison Mack, the Smallville actress implicated in the NXIVM sex cult case , pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of racketeering conspiracy at a Brooklyn federal court on Monday. Raniere is facing charges of sex trafficking and was hit with possession of child pornography charges last week. Six other people have been charged in connection to NXIVM , including Seagrams heiress Clare Bronfman, who fainted in court last week after it was revealed that disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti had been brought into a closed-door meeting with her attorney Mark Geragos on her behalf. Bronfman, who has pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering and identity theft, is expected to be the only other NXIVM defendant besides Raniere to go to trial. As Page Six points out , Mack faces 20 years in prison under these charges, and it was rumored to have been in negotiations with prosecutors to take a plea deal for weeks. Her sentencing is scheduled for September 11th. Newswire Powered by.