An attorney for disgraced “Smallville” actress Allison Mack requested that she be let off with a no-prison, wrist-slap sentence for serving as a slave “master” in the Nxivm sex cult.
Mack will be sentenced in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday — two years after she pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
As part of her plea, the former girl-next-door admitted her role as a “master” in the secret Nxivm subsect called DOS created by since-convicted mastermind Keith Raniere.
But in a sentencing memo filed last Friday, her attorney urged the judge to consider a sentence of home confinement or probation — highlighting her cooperation with federal prosecutors.
“Ms. Mack flew to New York from California to participate in numerous ‘lengthy’ proffer sessions, turned over relevant documents, and was the source of a critically important recording of Raniere discussing the branding of DOS members,” her attorneys wrote.
“That piece of evidence was so central to the Government’s case that it was used by prosecutors in both the opening and closing statements of Raniere’s trial. Without Ms. Mack’s cooperation, that crucial evidence would likely not have come to light,” they added.
They added that since her guilty plea, Mack, 38, has completely turned her life around and devoted herself to her family and friends.
“We respectfully request that the Court permit Ms. Mack to continue on this new path by imposing a sentence that does not require incarceration that would separate Ms. Mack from the family, friends, and educational opportunities that have put her on the path to once again become a valuable member of society,” the attorneys concluded.
During her years in the exclusive cult, the former actress recruited young women, who in some cases were forced to take nude photographs as collateral and have sex with Raniere. Some were branded with Mack and Raniere’s initials.
Mack apologized for her crimes in a letter to the judge, asking for forgiveness for those “harmed” by her actions.
“It is now of paramount importance to me to say, from the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry …,” she said. “I threw myself into the teachings of Keith Rainire [sic] with everything I had.”