Allison Mack, the actress who starred in the TV show “Smallville” and was an influential member of the cult NXIVM, is now talking about her role during her time with the group.

Speaking on the podcast “Allison After NXIVM,” Mack says she used her fame as a way to recruit new members and to influence their behavior, according to Entertainment Weekly .

“I think that I capitalized on the things I had. And so the success I had as an actor, I think I did capitalize on that, yeah,” Mack says, according to EW. “And it was a power tool that I had to get people to do what I wanted. ... I think that I was very effective in moving Keith’s (Raniere) vision forward.”

Raniere was the co-founder and leader of NXIVM, which was based in Albany, N.Y. The group presented itself as a “self-help and pro

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