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Actress Allison Mack Released From Prison After Sentencing for Role in NXIVM Cult

July 5, 2023
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Actress Allison Mack, who starred in the television series “Smallville,” has been released from prison early, government records suggest. Online records from the Federal Bureau of Prisons website state that Ms. Mack was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California—a low-security women’s prison—on July 3, a year earlier than anticipated. The Epoch Times has contacted the prison…

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Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Should Be Paroled, California Appeals Court Rules

May 31, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from prison on parole. The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has…

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Death Toll in Kenyan Starvation Cult Rises to 73: Police

April 24, 2023
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NAIROBI—Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, a police officer said on Monday. The death toll, which has repeatedly risen as exhumations have been carried out, could…

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Queen Elizabeth II Versus Xi Jinping: Differences in Leader Recognition

May 17, 2022
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Commentary British monarch Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her platinum jubilee this year, which will be widely celebrated across the country. Even if one chooses to not join any of the activities, one may receive a commemorative copy of the Holy Bible, published by the Cambridge University Press, and procured and mailed out by certain parishes…

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Actress Allison Mack Gets 3 Years Prison for Role in NXIVM Cult

June 30, 2021
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“Smallville” TV show actress Allison Mack was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for her role in NXIVM, a New York-based cult whose leader was sentenced to 120 years in prison for sex trafficking and other crimes. Mack, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn. She pleaded guilty in…

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Actress Allison Mack to Be Sentenced for Role in NXIVM Cult

June 30, 2021
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“Smallville” actress Allison Mack is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to blackmailing two women as part of NXIVM, a New York-based cult whose leader was convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to 120 years in prison. Mack, 38, has asked U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn to spare her prison…

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