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Allison Mack Breaks Silence in CBC Podcast, Admitting Coercion in NXIVM

Her first extended interview grapples with culpability alongside claims of manipulation by Keith Raniere.

Overview

  • The seven-episode Uncover series Allison After NXIVM premiered Nov. 10 from CBC and Campside Media, hosted by Natalie Robehmed and produced by Vanessa Grigoriadis.
  • Mack acknowledges using her celebrity as a “power tool” to recruit and pressure women, describing herself as callous, aggressive, and excited by the power she wielded.
  • She recounts Raniere telling her that sex was necessary to “heal” her, a dynamic she now characterizes as manipulation within NXIVM’s secret subgroup DOS.
  • The podcast includes new interviews, including the first on-record conversation with former NXIVM insider Lauren Salzman, to reassess Mack’s role.
  • Since her 2023 release under the First Step Act after serving roughly 21 months of a three-year sentence, Mack has pursued a master’s in social work and married Frank Meeink.