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How ‘Smallville’ Actress Allison Mack Became a Women-Branding Cult Leader

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A former Hollywood actress, Mack rose up the ranks of the cult Nxivm—whose founder, Keith Raniere, was recently arrested in Mexico—to second in command.

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Amy Zimmerman 

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