Allison Mack
Curiosity Saved Me From Ending My Life
After NXIVM Leader’s Arrest
Published
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum
Allison Mack informed her fellow “Smallville” alum Michael Rosenbaum she thought of ending all of it throughout NXIVM’s downfall … however hope — and simply plain outdated curiosity — saved her.
As you understand … Allison was a high-ranking member of the intercourse cult NXIVM who recruited new members to affix. Many of those recruits ended up being abused by the group’s chief, Keith Raniere, who’s serving a 120-year prison sentence after his 2018 arrest in Mexico.
In an interview on “Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum,” Allison revealed she was hiding out in Mexico after Keith’s arrest when the darkish ideas crept in.
She recalled, “I was staying in a penthouse apartment by myself for 2 weeks and I didn’t know what was happening. I went out on the balcony and thought, ‘I could jump and this could be over.'”
Allison mentioned she was in a position to fight the suicidal ideation by trying to the longer term … “I was like, ‘But then I wouldn’t know what happens next, and I want to know what happens next.’ And … ‘It’ll be different tomorrow, so I need to just hang on through this because it’ll be different.'”
Things have been completely different for the previous actress … after pleading responsible to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy prices and serving 21 months of a 3-year prison sentence, she’s received a brand new podcast — “Allison After NXIVM” — and a brand new husband.
She married a person named Frank in Los Angeles earlier this yr after getting engaged round Christmas.
Looks like Allison’s leaving her previous behind her … beginning down a brand new path for a brighter tomorrow.
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