Smallville Alum Allison Mack Thought NXIVM Sex Cult Would Make Her 'A Great Actress Again'

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An explosive new podcast is set to reveal a ton of insight into the NXIVM sex cult scandal! On Monday, journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis and author Gabriel Sherman revealed the teaser for their podcast Infamous: Inside America’s Biggest Scandals‘ next big case — and it’s already super intense!

In the six-minute clip that dropped this week, actress Allison Mack, who was one of the members to face jail time for her role in the cult, opened up about why she joined the controversial group in the first place. Related: Woman Arrested For Attacking Husband At Airport  — Crazy Details! According to the Smallville alum — who spoke with Grigoriadis in 2017, though the audio is being released for the very first time now — she joined the infamous cult co-founded by Keith Raniere to “become a great actress again.” She shared: The Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves star continued: In case you don’t know, in 1998, Keith and Nancy Salzman founded NXIVM, a personal development company that offered “executive success programs” and a range of techniques promising self-improvement with an emphasis on bringing people “more joy” in their lives.

They gained popularity when Clare and Sara Bronfman, the daughters of the late philanthropist and Seagrams heir Edgar Bronfman Sr., showed the group support.

But things weren’t as they seemed behind closed doors… Former members came forward claiming they’d been indoctrinated into a sex cult!