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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSmallville actress Allison Mack accused of recruiting women for sex-cult leader
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/04/20/smallville-actress-allison-mack-arrested-for-recruiting-women-for-sex-cult-leader/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a2af38815d4cBy Keith McMillan April 20 at 8:19 PM
Actress Allison Mack, best known for her decade on TVs Smallville, and Keith Raniere, the leader of what authorities allege is a sex cult, were indicted Friday in New York on federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit forced labor, the Albany Times-Union reported.
Raniere and Mack are each charged with multiple counts, and could face a minimum of 15 years in prison. Mack was arrested in New York City on Friday and will be held pending a bail hearing Monday. Raniere has been in custody since he was arrested in Mexico in March.
Raniere is the founder of NXIVM, which bills itself as a self-help and empowerment organization, but is described by authorities as a cultlike group whose members recruited women to be sex slaves, and branded their pubic regions with Ranieres initials.
The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle said Mack was indicted for her role in DOS, a group that purported to be a womens empowerment sorority. Prosecutors, however, say DOS was actually a sex-slave ring led by Raniere, with women known as slaves who reported to masters who ultimately reported to Raniere himself. Mack is an alleged co-conspirator, reporting directly to Raniere.
Raniere was in mexico with several women. He's been extridicted for prosecution.
Is this the 21st century??? In New York???
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Smallville actress Allison Mack accused of recruiting women for sex-cult leader (Original Post)
lindysalsagal
Apr 2018
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Upthevibe
(8,068 posts)1. This is so bizarre....
WTF????
Leith
(7,813 posts)2. When I First Read the Topic
the first question was that it was from Alex Jones.
I can't come to any conclusion except that humans are a stupid and vicious species. It's embarrassing to be one.
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)3. From the DoJ PR
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-nxivm-purported-self-help-organization-and-actor-indicted-sex-trafficking-and
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
Eastern District of New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 20, 2018
Founder of NXIVM, a Purported Self-Help Organization, and Actor Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor Conspiracy
Defendants Allegedly Branded Their Victims and Forced Them to Participate in Sex Acts
(snip)
As detailed in court filings, in 2015, Raniere created a secret society within Nxivm called DOS, an acronym that stands for a Latin phrase that loosely translates to Lord/Master of the Obedient Female Companions, or The Vow. DOS operated with levels of women slaves headed by masters. Slaves were expected to recruit slaves of their own (thus becoming masters themselves), who in turn owed service not only to their own masters but also to masters above them in the DOS pyramid. Raniere stood alone at the top of the pyramid. Other than Raniere, all members of DOS were women. Mack is one of the women in the first level of the pyramid immediately below Raniere.
Mack and other DOS masters recruited DOS slaves by telling them that they were joining a women-only organization that would empower them and eradicate purported weaknesses that the Nxivm curriculum taught were common in women. Mack and other DOS masters concealed Ranieres status at the top of the pyramid from new recruits.
As a pre-condition to joining DOS, women were required to provide collateral, which included highly damaging information about friends and family members, nude photographs and/or rights to the recruits assets. DOS slaves were told that their collateral could be released for any number of reasons, including telling anyone about DOSs existence or leaving DOS. Many DOS slaves were branded on their pelvic areas using a cauterizing pen with a symbol which, unbeknownst to them, incorporated Ranieres initials. During the branding ceremonies, slaves were required to be fully naked, and a master would order one slave to film the branding while the others restrained the slave being branded.
According to court filings, Mack directly or implicitly required her slaves, including Jane Does 1 and 2, as identified in the Indictment, to engage in sexual activity with Raniere. In exchange for this, Mack received financial and other benefits from Raniere. Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 believed that if they did not participate in those activities with Raniere, their collateral would be released.
(snip)
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
Eastern District of New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 20, 2018
Founder of NXIVM, a Purported Self-Help Organization, and Actor Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor Conspiracy
Defendants Allegedly Branded Their Victims and Forced Them to Participate in Sex Acts
(snip)
As detailed in court filings, in 2015, Raniere created a secret society within Nxivm called DOS, an acronym that stands for a Latin phrase that loosely translates to Lord/Master of the Obedient Female Companions, or The Vow. DOS operated with levels of women slaves headed by masters. Slaves were expected to recruit slaves of their own (thus becoming masters themselves), who in turn owed service not only to their own masters but also to masters above them in the DOS pyramid. Raniere stood alone at the top of the pyramid. Other than Raniere, all members of DOS were women. Mack is one of the women in the first level of the pyramid immediately below Raniere.
Mack and other DOS masters recruited DOS slaves by telling them that they were joining a women-only organization that would empower them and eradicate purported weaknesses that the Nxivm curriculum taught were common in women. Mack and other DOS masters concealed Ranieres status at the top of the pyramid from new recruits.
As a pre-condition to joining DOS, women were required to provide collateral, which included highly damaging information about friends and family members, nude photographs and/or rights to the recruits assets. DOS slaves were told that their collateral could be released for any number of reasons, including telling anyone about DOSs existence or leaving DOS. Many DOS slaves were branded on their pelvic areas using a cauterizing pen with a symbol which, unbeknownst to them, incorporated Ranieres initials. During the branding ceremonies, slaves were required to be fully naked, and a master would order one slave to film the branding while the others restrained the slave being branded.
According to court filings, Mack directly or implicitly required her slaves, including Jane Does 1 and 2, as identified in the Indictment, to engage in sexual activity with Raniere. In exchange for this, Mack received financial and other benefits from Raniere. Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 believed that if they did not participate in those activities with Raniere, their collateral would be released.
(snip)
KitSileya
(4,035 posts)4. Yeah, there were rumors years ago that she'd become completely brainwashed.
And that she was recruiting for her leader. Good that they finally found something to get them on, so that this can be shut down.