Allison Mack

Mack was sentenced to three years in prison, a $20,000 fine and 1,000 hours of community service, well below the higher guideline range, partly because of her cooperation. She was released from prison in July 2023 before the nominal three-year term ended.

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36-month sentence, $20,000 fine, 1,000 hours of community service, then early release

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Following her plea, Mack provided information and evidence to prosecutors, including a recording concerning branding, then publicly repudiated Raniere and expressed remorse towards those she recruited or harmed.

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Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy. Her agreement acknowledged, among other matters, extortion, forced labour and wire fraud targeting lower-ranking DOS members.

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Mack occupied the first tier of DOS, a pyramid-shaped secret society within NXIVM in which women called 'masters' recruited 'slaves', with Raniere at the top.

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Mack recruited women into DOS by presenting the organisation as a sisterhood intended to empower women while concealing fundamental facts, including Raniere's position at the top of the system.

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DOS recruits were required to provide compromising material — damaging confessions, nude photographs or rights over assets — which could be used if they left or disclosed information. Mack imposed this system on her own recruits.

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Mack admitted obtaining labour and services from DOS women under threats involving collateral, notably against victims identified in her plea agreement.

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DOS members were branded with a cauterising instrument in the pelvic area with a symbol incorporating Raniere's initials. Mack participated in the system and subsequently provided prosecutors with a recording in which Raniere specified how he wanted the branding performed.

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Mack was arrested in April 2018 on charges of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and forced labour conspiracy. An expanded indictment in July subsequently included her in the racketeering case against NXIVM's leadership.

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Accused