Feds Ask Judge to Give Allison Mack Lighter Sentence After She Turned On NXIVM Founder Keith Raniere, Spilled Details On Sex Cult's 'Branding' Ritual
June 22 2021, Published 10:59 a.m. ET
Federal prosecutors are asking U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis – who is presiding over Allison Mack's case – to go easy on her sentencing after her cooperation with investigators helped them convict NXIVM leader Keith Raniere.
The disgraced Smallville star provided feds with an audio tape of a blood-curdling discussion she had with the sex cult leader about how to brand his "slaves" with his initials, prosecutors said in a memo filed in a federal court in Brooklyn Monday, according to Variety.
On the tape, Raniere could be heard asking Mack, "Do you think the person who's being branded should be completely nude and sort of held to the table like a, sort of almost like a sacrifice?"
He also suggested filming the ritual, which he said could be used as "collateral" to prevent the group member from leaving.
"And the person should ask to be branded," he said on the tape. "Should say, please brand me it would be an honor, or something like that. An honor I want to wear for the rest of my life, I don't know... And they should probably say that before they're held down, so it doesn't seem like they are being coerced."
The tape was repeatedly referenced and played by prosecutors during Raniere's trial, though he denied his involvement.
