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Smallville’s Allison Mack Has Been Arrested

Reports say that Allison Mack from the TV series Smallville has been arrested.

Published

6 years ago

April 20, 2018

The saga of Smallville’s “Chloe” Allison Mack and her alleged role in the NXIVM “sex cult” has taken another turn, as it is reported today that the actress has been arrested and is due to appear in federal court in Brooklyn later today.

Allison is accused of being second-in-command of a group that involves sex slaves and branding. It’s all far more salacious than we would like to get into on a fan/news site for a TV show, but you can read more about it here.

Assuming the accusations against Ms. Mack are true, we are hopeful that the arrest is a first step toward getting help so no one is victimized again.

Allison starred as Clark Kent’s best friend Chloe Sullivan in ten seasons of Smallville. She has been involved with the NXIVM group and has associated with its already-arrested leader Keith Raniere for over a decade, even appearing in a series of videos on YouTube where she interviews her “mentor” Raniere. Allison’s co-star Kristin Kreuk (Lana) was at one point part of the group, but has released a statement that she has been away for several years and was only a part of things when it seemed to be a self-help/empowerment type operation.

UPDATE: Allison could face a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years to life if she is convicted, according to Deadline.

“As alleged in the indictment, Allison Mack recruited women to join what was purported to be a female mentorship group that was, in fact, created and led by Keith Raniere,” United States Attorney Richard P. Donoghue said in a statement. “The victims were then exploited, both sexually and for their labor, to the defendants’ benefit.”

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Big Fan

April 20, 2018 at 12:02 pm

Assuming the accusations against Ms. Mack are true…. How bout innocent until proven guilty!!! thats how we do in the USA…or have you forgotten??

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- Craig Byrne
  
  April 21, 2018 at 10:09 am
  
  Less than ten minutes of research could show you that Allison Mack was not innocent and she was a clear accomplice of Keith Raniere.
  
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  - Gd
    
    April 22, 2018 at 5:44 pm
    
    Still needs to be foun guilty by a jury. Having read her older blogs, this is not who she is. I feel she was brainwashed, like cults tend to do. Maybe im wrong. Regardless… it is sad to say the least.
    
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    - Riksa
      
      June 24, 2019 at 5:05 am
      
      Based on her email talking how liberated she felt after the threesome with Raniere her and this other woman, it is safe to say she’s far from being innocent. The symbol they branded (seared to flesh) their “inner circle” with, was a combination of her and Keith Raniere’s initials. Raniere was declared guilty of all charges. One of the victims, then an underage girl, was transported, blindfolded, to a remote cabin, where Raniere and a circle of naked women watched as an adult woman had lesbian sex with the girl, while everything was caught on video. Pornstar Stormy Daniels also has the Raniere & Mack initials seared on her flesh. Clare Bronfman, heiress to the Seagram liquor fortune, was a public supporter of Hillary Clinton. As a board member of NXIVM, she and Raniere had ordered NXIVM members to give campaign contributions to Hillary’s campaign, the maximum amount allowed by law each, but Bronfman then compensated them for the money, in clear violation of campaign finance laws. Considering NXIVM’s support for Hillary’s campaign and Stormy’s direct connection to NXIVM, this puts her accusations against Trump into very questionable light. Then again, she already has taken her accusations back, reverting back to her previous claims she had made on social media, to her friend in the adult film industry, who was accusing her of having an affair, that no sexual encounter between her and Trump ever happened.
      
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sm carter

April 20, 2018 at 1:57 pm

She needs to be BANNED from HOLLYWOOD ! Along with anyone else who was involved.

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RONN!E

April 20, 2018 at 5:36 pm

Chloe was the best part of Smallville. Now I can never watch the show the same way again.

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Andy Nystrom

April 21, 2018 at 6:27 pm

Obviously one reason this case is hitting people so hard is because of Chloe Sullivan. Allison Mack played such a fun, upbeat character that you want to believe that the actress put a lot of herself into the character. And people are complex, often contradictory. Maybe certain parts of Chloe (not all but some) really were Allison, or even still are. But sadly so is the cultist part of her, and the crimes she committed. If she was in fact brainwashed (which I’d rather believe than her always being this way) then I hope that she manages to find redemption eventually, regardless of whether she ever leaves prison. At the same time it’s also important not to let who we may feel about her from Smallville, etc overshadow the people who were hurt by her actions.

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Gd

April 22, 2018 at 5:42 pm

Unfortunately she may have been brainwashed and could not recover. She may be a victim as much as anyone else. But now will face the same consequences as that monster. This actually hurts a lot whether brainwashed or fully aware. Chloe was my favorite character and Allison Mack always seemed like a kind and caring person as well as self giving. Read her older blogs before she met this beast. So sad.

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Smallville’s Rosenbaum & Welling Plan Live TalkVille Event

Smallville actors Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum are planning a live TalkVille event in Los Angeles.

Published

1 week ago

April 15, 2024

Craig Byrne

By now you have surely heard TalkVille, the podcast from Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum where they reminisce about their time on the classic WB/CW series Smallville. Some may have even been to “Smallville Nights,” the events that Tom and Michael host at cons. Well, now fans can prepare for another kind of live experience, as the former Clark and Lex actors have a live event planned for May 22 and 23, 2024 in Los Angeles.

Held at the Bourbon Room in Hollywood, this TalkVille event will also have a bonus kick off with “Smallville Nights” for special ticket holders where Tom and Michael will act out memorable scenes from Smallville with some lucky audience members. If you’ve been to “Smallville Nights” at a convention, you already know it’s a good time.

May 22 appears to be sold out, but you can purchase tickets for the May 21 event here. Tell them KryptonSite sent you!

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Michael Rosenbaum Would Consider A Smallville Movie

Michael Rosenbaum has revealed in a new interview that he would consider reprising the role of Lex Luthor for a Smallville movie.

Published

1 month ago

March 20, 2024

Craig Byrne

Screen Rant today posted an extensive interview with Michael Rosenbaum where he talks about his role as Lex Luthor on Smallville as well as his podcasting empire which includes Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum and TalkVille. There are many fantastic topics covered – you can read the entire interview here – but one thing that might get Smallville fans really pumped is that Michael expressed an interest in reprising the role for a Smallville movie.

“I asked Tom [Welling] the other day, ‘If [Smallville creators] Al [Gough] and Miles [Millar] came to us and said, ‘We got this great idea for a Smallville movie. We want you guys to get in shape for the next two months, and then we’re going to go shoot this movie like a real finale…’ We were both like, ‘Yeah!’ If it was right, I think that would be dope. So many other shows are doing that. I would certainly consider it,” Michael said.

“It would have to something that, again, was grounded, but if Al and Miles did it, and wanted to do a one and half hour movie, I think Tom and I — we’d all consider it,” he continued. “I think we’d have fun going back, but we’d have to really work to get back into those characters in that mindset because we’re a lot older. But if you shaved my head and you put makeup on me, it still works!”

The Screen Rant interview also touched upon the notion of a Smallville animated project — something that Michael and Tom both have been pushing for in recent years. Is there anything new to share?

“All I could share is that it’s a great idea. We have Al and Miles, the creators of Smallville backing us up. When it’s the right time, we’d like to go and do this; pitch to Warner Bros. It has to be the right time, and right now is not the right time. We had the strike, we had a change of executives at DC — one being one of my best friends in the world, James Gunn. When the time’s right, I think it’s something that’s a no brainer, unless they have other ideas. We’d like to do it — the whole cast would like to do it. They would voice their own character from the show, and we have a concept of what the show is,” he confirmed.

You can read the full Screen Rant interview here.

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Marc Guggenheim Answers Two Smallville-Related Crisis Questions

Arrowverse architect Marc Guggenheim has answered questions about Michael Rosenbaum and Erica Durance’s Smallville roles in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Published

2 months ago

March 8, 2024

Craig Byrne

Arrowverse architect Marc Guggenheim has been releasing a fantastic Substack newsletter called LegalDispatch in recent months, and with this week’s edition, he answered some Smallville-related questions regarding the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover — specifically, what Michael Rosenbaum‘s Lex would have done if he had shown up, and also, if there were more plans for Erica Durance to appear as Lois beyond her brief scene with Tom Welling.

Being transparent, Marc answered some of those questions! First, regarding what role Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex would play:

Well, here’s the thing. By the time we’d engaged with Michael about appearing in Crisis — thanks in huge part to Stephen Amell’s efforts — we’d already shot the Smallville reunion scene in Hour 2. Nevertheless, I was eager to get Michael’s Lex into the story if I could, so my brain started working on options that could be fit into the episodes that we were still shooting.

I forget the story impetus for them, but I noodled with a version where Michael’s Lex would interact with Jon Cryer’s Lex, which I think would’ve been quite entertaining had it come to pass.

Also, was there any temptation to have Erica Durance’s Lois Lane appear in more than one episode?

There was absolutely a temptation for sure. As with most things, however, we were subject to the limit of a combination of screentime, story requirements, money, shooting schedule, and the actors’ personal schedules.

You can read this week’s LegalDispatch here.