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‘Smallville’ actress charged in self-help guru’s sex traffic case

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New York actress Allison Mack was arrested Friday (April 20) on charges that she recruited women into a secret society led by self-help guru Keith Raniere in which they were forced to have sex with Raniere and were branded with his initials.

Mack, known for her role in the WB Television series “Smallville,” was charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy in an indictment unsealed on Friday.

Mack, 35, pleaded not guilty at a brief hearing in federal court in Brooklyn before US Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak.

Pollak declined to release Mack on bail, but said Mack might be released at a future hearing if she could offer “significant property” to secure her bail. A second hearing is scheduled for Monday.

Raniere, 57, was arrested in March and charged with sex trafficking. He is being held without bail.

“The allegations contained in the indictment are only that, allegations,” Sean Buckley, a lawyer for Mack, said at Friday’s hearing. He declined to comment to reporters outside the courtroom.

US authorities have accused Mack of recruiting women to join what purported to be a female mentorship group but was actually a secret society run by Raniere, the leader of a network of purported self-help groups based in Albany, New York, called Nxivm.

 

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