“Smallville” actress Allison Mack, who pleaded guilty to her role in a sex trafficking case linked to cult group NXIVM, was released from prison early, according to federal records.
Mack, 40, was released Monday from a federal prison in California, according to inmate records on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.
The Bureau of Prisons and an attorney who represented Mack did not immediately respond to overnight requests for comment from NBC News.
Mack was sentenced in June 2021 to three years in prison for her role in NXIVM, an alleged self-help group that prosecutors say also served as a secret sex cult.
In 2019, the actress pleaded guilty to various crimes, including extortion and forced labor, while a high-ranking member of NXIVM, the upstate New York group led by Keith Raniere, who is serving a 120-year prison sentence.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, Mack would have faced 14 to 17½ years behind bars, but prosecutors argued the actor deserved less time due to his cooperation with investigators.
“She cannot undo what has been done, and she will have to live with regret for the rest of her life,” Mack’s attorneys said in a previous court filing. “But Ms. Mack still has the potential to be valuable to society – as a family member, as a friend, as a helper to those in need and as a cautionary tale.”
In the same filing, Mack said she understands the physical and emotional pain she inflicts on cult victims.
“I felt overwhelming shame as I worked to come to terms with and understand all that happened and all that I chose,” Mack wrote.
Devoting “my loyalty, my resources and ultimately my life to ‘Raniere,’ she said, “has been the biggest mistake and biggest regret of my life.
“I’m sorry for those of you I brought into NXIVM,” Mack said. “I’m sorry that I ever exposed you to the nefarious and emotionally abusive schemes of a twisted man. I’m sorry that I encouraged you to use your resources to participate in something that was ultimately so ugly.
Former NXIVM members had told investigators how Raniere established a secret sisterhood within the group in which women were kept on the starvation diet, branded with his initials, and ordered to have sex with him.
Mack was previously best known for her work on “Smallville,” playing Chloe Sullivan, the close friend of a young Clark Kent.
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