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April 21, 2018 12:28AM EDT

Allison Mack’s Arrest: Friends Believe She Was A ‘Victim’ & Brainwashed By Cult Leader

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Allison Mack leaves Brooklyn federal court, in New York, . She is a co-defendant in a case against an upstate New York group called NXIVM, accused of branding some of its female followers and forcing them into unwanted sex
Branded Women, New York, USA - 06 Feb 2019
Actress Allison Mack leaves Brooklyn federal court, in New York. Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering charges on Monday in a case involving a cult-like group based in upstate New York. The trial is expected to detail sensational allegations that the group, called NXIVM, recruited sex slaves for its spiritual leader, Keith Raniere
Branded Women, New York, USA - 08 Apr 2019
Actress Allison Mack leaves Brooklyn federal court, in New York. Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering charges on Monday in a case involving a cult-like group based in upstate New York. The trial is expected to detail sensational allegations that the group, called NXIVM, recruited sex slaves for its spiritual leader, Keith Raniere
Branded Women, New York, USA - 08 Apr 2019
Actress Allison Mack (C) departs United States Federal Court after a hearing in the case against her in which she accused of helping to run an alleged sex cult in Brooklyn, New York, USA, 06 February 2019. Mack is accused along with defendant Keith Raniere, of participating in the alleged Nxivm sex cult.
Actress Allison Mack Hearing in Nxivm Sex Cult Case, New York, USA - 06 Feb 2019 View Gallery View Gallery 16 Photos.
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With Allison Mack facing sex trafficking charges, a close confidante is sharing that they’re convinced she’s also a victim in this case. Here’s the EXCLUSIVE details.

Allison Mack‘s, 35, arrest on April 20 is just the latest development in an ever-growing storm of controversy surrounding NXIUM, a supposed sex cult. Like the organization’s leader Keith Raniere, Allison is facing sex trafficking charges and could face up to life in prison if convicted. However, according to a former NXIVM member, Allison is also a victim of Raniere’s. “I’m told that a lot of people were counting on Keith’s arrest as a way to get Allison out,” the insider tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. “The hope was that it would be the wake-up call for her to get out but she‘s so deep under Keith’s control, she wouldn’t leave and now she‘s been arrested herself.”

The source added that any mention of Raniere or the organization seems to transform Allison’s personality from friendly to downright eerie. “It’s incredibly sad because she‘s a very sweet person and seems normal until anything about Keith Raniere or NXIVM comes up. Her friends says then it’s like her eyes glaze over and she goes into this speech about how great he is and what great work he’s doing. No one can get through to her.”

“If you want to see the way she idolizes him you just have to look at the videos she did last year where she interviews him,” the insider said. “In one of the videos she even agrees with him when he says that the ‘biggest limitation women have is that they’re women.’ Anyone that knows Allison well [will] insist that she‘s been brainwashed by Keith and is under his control; she‘s a victim in this too.”

Raniere was arrested in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico in late March. It was reported that when the police took Raniere, Allison and fellow cult members followed the police vehicles in what became a high-speed chase. The Smallville star allegedly courted women to join the notorious sex cult.

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