The actress, 36, said she was part of a system which made women think 'they could suffer serious harm' if they didn't follow orders
SMALLVILLE star Allison Mack has today admitted blackmailing women into becoming sex slaves in the warped NXIVM cult.
A sobbing Mack, 36, appeared before a judge in New York, where she pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges — including extortion and forced labour.
NXIVM claims to be a self-help group that gives classes and seminars on personal and professional development.
An organisation called DOS, believed to be short for "dominus obsequious sororium" - Latin for the "master over the slave women" - is allegedly a shady group within NXIVM.
Prosecutors allege that women in DOS were kept on starvation diets, branded with the leader's initials and groomed to have sex with him.
Mack confessed to being part of DOS, admitting that she kept a slave and instructed women in the group "to perform services for me."
She said the system was "designed to make them think they could suffer serious harm" if they didn’t perform the services — because they’d handed over damaging collateral to DOS such as nude photos and financial details.
A tearful Mack, who starred as Chloe Sullivan in Smallville, which ran from 2001 until 2011, told the judge: "I’m here to plead guilty before your honour.”
She wept so much that Judge Nicholas Garaufis stopped to offer her tissues.
She continued: “I must take full responsibility for my conduct. I am very sorry for my role in this case.
"I am very sorry to my family and to the good people I hurt through my misguided adherence to [NXIVM leader] Keith Raniere’s teachings.
"I was a member of a secret society founded by Keith Raniere.
"I concealed Keith Raniere’s role as the head of DOS."
Mack faces 20 years in prison under the charges she pleaded guilty to on Monday.
It was not clear if she has a cooperation deal with the government, and her lawyers declined to comment.
Mack was among six people arrested last year over their roles in NXIVM, including Raniere and Seagram’s booze heiress Clare Bronfman, who helped fund the organisation with her vast fortune.
NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman and her daughter Lauren Salzman both pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges for their involvement in the group last month.
Lauren was also a "master" in DOS — and has admitted to keeping her own personal slave locked in a room for two years.
Nancy confessed to hacking into emails of the group’s perceived enemies and destroying evidence that could be used against it.
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