Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault which some readers may find distressing.
Allison Mack has revealed the identity of her husband Frank, as she continues to spill the beans about her role in the now infamous sex cult NXIVM.
The former Smallville actor has faced a lot of flack in recent weeks, as she's broken her silence about her 'slave master' role in the cult, which was promoted as a self-improvement organisation but in reality, saw female members branded with the initials of either herself or founder Keith Raniere, before being made to sleep with him.
Raniere received a 120-year prison sentence for his crimes, while Mack was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and spent two years of a three-year sentence in prison between 2021 and 2023, earning an early release on good behaviour.
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A new podcast has seen the 43-year-old speak for the first time about her part in NXIVM, as she revealed she would use her celebrity status to recruit young women, who would serve as sex slaves to Raniere.
While it had already been confirmed that she married a man named Frank following her release, who she met while walking her dog, more details about her husband have now come to light, and he's been identified as former white supremacist Frank Meeink.
Of course, people can change, but being a former Neo-Nazi is probably the sort of red flag that should be a dealbreaker when you see it posted all over their Tinder profile.
However, in Meeink's defence, he is fully reformed now and is a public speaker and civil rights activist, who also works for a non-profit organisation.
Speaking on the episode of the CBC podcast titled Allison after NXIVM, he said: "From the work that I've done with former jihadists, former gangbangers, former neo-Nazis, I mean, I've worked in that world for a long time.
"People don't understand what it's like when you get stuck in something like that. And it's the one thing that validates you. It's hard to get out."
Mack also added more about her first meeting with her beloved, saying: “The first thing I heard was he said, 'Your dog has such pretty pink skin'. He has a very thick East Coast accent and so I immediately was like, 'Are you from New York? Cuz I love New York'.
“He was like, 'Oh, I'm a public speaker', and I was like, 'What do you speak on?' and he was like, 'Oh, just like tolerance and de-radicalisation and police reform'.
"And I was like, 'No way. I have done time and I'm really passionate about prison reform. That's crazy'."
Both revealed their past to the other fairly quickly and that seemingly brought them closer together, as neither could judge the other for the person they used to be, although Mack has particularly faced criticism for those who believe she is presenting herself as a victim with these podcast revelations.
Mack is now pursuing a very different career path away from acting, as she seemingly looks set to follow in her husband's footsteps and perhaps try to amend for her previous crimes.
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Topics: Celebrity, Crime, Podcast, True Crime, US News, Allison Mack
James Moorhouse