Smallville actress Allison Mack accused of keeping sex slave victim on a diet for ideal weight
The actress has pleaded guilty to crimes in connection with sex cult
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Nadia Elshawarby
Former SmallvilleactressAllison Mack has been accused of forcing a brutally restrictive diet on IndiaOxenberg, the daughter of Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg, and another unnamed woman to please the desires of Keith Raniere, the leader of controversial ‘sex cult’ Nxivm.
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TheNew YorkPostreports a 31-year-oldactress identified only as Nicole – who is anex-memberof the organisation - testified that Mack, who has admitted to being aNxivmrecruiter, putIndiaon a 500-calorie-a-day dietfor more than a year, in an effort to get her down to 107 pounds — what she alleged Raniere determined would beIndia’s perfect weight.
“WhenIndiaand I became close, they would use her to make me behave,” Nicole explained. “Alison was trying to have [Oxenberg] get down to a certain weight. It was just really hard to watch, sometimes … It was tough on her.”
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It is alleged that Raniere likes his victims to be “skinny, sleep-deprived and compliant.”
Mack pleaded guilty in April toracketeeringconspiracyandracketeeringand is set to be sentenced in September.
Catherine Oxenbergtold PEOPLE Mack’s alleged behavior was “horrendous and despicable”.
“I knewIndiawas on a restricted diet of between 500 to 900 calories, but I had no idea it was down to 500 calories for a year,” said Oxenberg. “It’s so many layers of disgust. When you think it can’t get worse, it does. The layers of sadism and cruelty are endless.”