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30 Jun, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Actor Allison Mack, who became a key figure in the NXIVM cult led by convicted sex trafficker Keith Raniere, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. bit.ly/3jxYEwO
Mack, 38, learned her fate Wednesday morning in federal court in Brooklyn. She was arrested in April 2018 after a wild trek with Raniere and others to Mexico, where Raniere was arrested in a villa outside Puerto Vallarta in March of that year. bit.ly/3jxYEwO
“I made choices I will forever regret,” Mack told the judge, according to the Associated Press, adding that she was filled with “remorse and guilt.” bit.ly/3jxYEwO
Prosecutors had asked the judge for leniency, emphasizing Mack’s role in helping to seal their case against Raniere on multiple sex trafficking, racketeering, fraud and conspiracy charges. Raniere was sentenced to 120 years in prison last October. bit.ly/3jxYEwO
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