US actor Allison Mack has been freed from jail early after serving two years for her role in a sex-trafficking case tied to a cult-like organization.
In April 2019, the 40-year-old entered a guilty plea to counts of racketeering and conspiracy relating to her efforts to bring women into the Nxivm sex cult.
Mack, who is best known for her work on the TV show Smallville, received a three-year prison term.
She was released on Monday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
As a self-help program, Nxivm—pronounced “nexium”—began in 1998. It states that it has collaborated with more than 16,000 people, including Mack and the son of a previous Mexican president.
The prosecution says that Mack helped find and prepare the ladies who would be Keith Raniere’s sex companions. Raniere, 62, was at the top of this organization and the only guy, but Mack served as one of his top female deputies.
The female recruits, who had to have sex with him in order to join the organization with its headquarters in Albany, New York, allegedly had his initials tattooed on them.
The initial report of Mack’s release came from the New York publication Albany Times Union.
Mack, who was jailed in 2018, provided testimony in support of the prosecution’s case against Raniere, and as a result, the maximum sentence of 17 years in prison that she had been facing was reduced.
She was found guilty of several crimes, including forcing women into being her sexual “slaves,” and was given a 120-year prison sentence in 2020.
Prior to being given a sentence, Mack expressed regret for being a part of the organization and apologized to everyone she felt her actions had wronged.
“I am sorry to those of you that I brought into Nxivm,” she said. “I am sorry I ever exposed you to the nefarious and emotionally abusive schemes of a twisted man.”