Our correspondent VillageDianne was in the courtroom just now as Smallville actress Allison Mack pled guilty to two counts — racketeering and racketeering conspiracy — and broke down in tears twice as she did so.
Dianne observed that Mack no longer appears to be starving herself on the Nxivm diet and looked healthier in court today, but she broke down as she began to give her allocution to Judge Nicholas Garaufis.
“I’m here to plead guilty,” she was able to get out before breaking down. When the judge asked if she wanted a moment to gather herself, Mack said no and continued with her statement.
“I was lost and wanted a community,” she explained for why she had gotten involved in Keith Raniere’s group, and she said that she had believed the people in Nxivm were trying to better themselves and others. “But I was wrong,” she added. “There was criminal conduct resulting in my agreeing to support a criminal enterprise.”
She admitted to making false representations about the specialized sub-group she helped run, “DOS,” which prosecutors says was a sex slavery operation to benefit Raniere, and not a “sorority” for self-empowerment. Mack admitted to concealing to DOS members that Raniere was really in charge of it.
“She began crying again when she said she caused harm. Her lawyers put their hands on her,” Dianne says.
Mack will be sentenced on September 11.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on April 8, 2019 at 13:00
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