A former star of the hit series Smallville
has been identified as a high-ranking member of a sex cult.
Last month, the New
York Times broke the story about a secret sorority that brands
women, puts them on starvation diets and beats them if they don't
recruit enough 'slaves'.
The group, called DOS, is reportedly a
secret society for the highest ranking female members within the
self-help group NXIVM.
To outsiders, NXIVM is just a
run-of-the-mill self-improvement group, offering classes that teach the
answers to living a successful and fulfilling life.
But ex-members told the Times that NXIVM
functions as a cult for people at the high levels of the group, who have
dedicated themselves full-time to founder Keith Rainere and his
teachings.
On Wednesday, a former spokesman for the
group, Frank Parlato, told The
Sun that an 'Emmy Award-winning actress' is a 'key recruiter' for
DOS.
While The Sun did not name the actress,
DailyMail.com can reveal that she is Allison Mack, who played Clark
Kent's sidekick Chloe Sullivan on the long-running CW series Smallville.
Allison Mack, right, a former star of the
long-running Smallville TV series is reportedly a high-ranking member
of a sex cult
DOS members are branded with a symbol that
reportedly includes Raniere and Mack's initials
Catherine Oxenberg's (left) daughter India
(right) is reportedly one of the members of the cult
Parlato goes into further detail about
Mack's role in the group on his blog, The
Frank Report, which has been publishing information on the group's
inner-workings.
(Parlato says he was fired after one year
when Raniere caught him investigating the company's financial records.
He has been locked in a legal battle with both Raniere and two Bronfman
heiresses who are members of the group, the later of whom claim he
defrauded them).
The Frank Report claimed that Mack created
DOS with the intention of turning it into a worldwide organization that
would be a 'force for good and a female force against evil'.
A former spokesman for NXIVM says that Mack,
right, is second in command to founder Keith Raniere (left) with a
secret society for women within the cult (Raniere and Mack pictured
above in an interview video)
The former spokesman, Frank Parlato, says that
Mack introduced corporeal punishment to the society, called DOS
Ex-members have detailed how only the most
loyal NXIVM female members are offered the ability to try out for DOS.
In order to join, prospective new members must allegedly turn over
damning personal information as a show of trust. But ex-members say that
information is actually used to keep members from speaking out about the
horrifying reality of the group.
DOS operates as a master-slave hierarchy,
with Raniere at the top and Mack as his immediate subordinate. From
there, Mack has several slaves of her own who are then ordered to
recruit a group of slaves themselves, and it spreads down from there
like a pyramid scheme.
Women in the group are allegedly kept on a
500- to 800-calorie a day diet because Raniere likes thin women and
believes fat 'interferes' with his energy levels, Parlato claims.
DOS members are branded with a symbol that
reportedly includes Raniere and Mack's initials (above, ex member
Sarah Edmondson shows hers)
Slaves must immediately answer their masters
any time they text or call them, and if they do not recruit enough
slaves of their own, they are beaten with a paddle on their
buttocks.
The Frank Report alleges that it was Mack
who introduced corporeal punishment to the group.
When women are deemed worthy to enter the
group, they are ordered to strip at an initiation ceremony and then
branded with a symbol that includes both Raniere and Mack's initials.
The blog also says that there's yet another
tier of the cult above DOS. Women who perform well in DOS may also be
invited to join Raniere's harem.
Mack 'has assumed the top position in the
harem,' the Report says.
'Miss Mack has proven capable in the
recruitment department replacing many aging harem members with younger,
more nubile women,' the Report says.
DailyMail.com reached out to Mack's
spokesman for comment, but learned 'she is not taking press inquiries at
the time'.
A spokesman for Mack (left and right) said she
is not speaking to members of the media at this time
NXIVM said in a previous statement: 'The
allegations relayed in the story are built upon sources, some of which
are under criminal investigation or already indicted, who act as a
coordinated group. We will explore any and all legal remedies to correct
these lies.'
Mack has not been secretive about her work
with Raniere.
On her personal website, she details how
Raniere 'mentored [her] in her study of acting and music' over the
course of several years.
'As such, she has developed a deep
connection to the nature of humanity as it relates to acting as an art
form, and a tool for personal evolution,' the website states.
She also boasts that they partnered together
in 2013 on a project to develop a curriculum taught in a private arts
academy.
In a widely-circulated interview with
Raniere, Mack is actually the woman asking the questions. In the video,
she beams at Mack as he espouses his ideas.
Former Dynasty star Catherine Oxenebrg (left)
says her daughter India (right) is being blackmailed by the cult
Mack appears to have mostly quit acting. The
last roles she had were on TV in 2015.
Before starting NXIVM, Raniere helped run
Consumers' Buyline Inc, a company which offered members discounts on
groceries and other products.
In the mid-1990s, the company was under
investigation as a possible pyramid scheme.
It was shut down before any charges could be
filed.
Investigators appear to be focused on
bringing down his latest venture.
Earlier this week, former Dynasty star
Catherine Oxenberg met with prosecutors in NY Attorney General Eric
Schneiderman's office to speak about her daughter India, who is a member
of the group, the New York Post reported.
Oxenberg has been outspoken about the group,
and fears that her daughter is being starved and blackmailed.
According to the Post, Schneiderman's
prosecutors are focusing their efforts on the women who were branded
against their will.