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Mack, 38, has asked U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in
Brooklyn to spare her prison time and instead sentence her to
home confinement or probation.
"She cannot undo what has been done, and she will have to live
with the regret for the rest of her life," Mack's lawyers said
in a court filing last week. "But Ms. Mack still holds the
potential to be valuable to society - as a family member, as a
friend, as a helper to those in need and as a cautionary tale."
Former members testified at NXIVM leader Keith Raniere trial
that he established a secret sorority within the group in which
women were kept on starvation diets, branded with Raniere's
initials and in some cases ordered to have sex with him.
Leaders of the group, including Mack, were said to use nude
photos and other compromising materials to blackmail members
into complying. Mack admitted that she coerced two unnamed women
into doing work for the group by threatening to release damaging
information about them.
Federal prosecutors have not requested a specific sentence, but
have said it should be less than the 14 years called for by
federal guidelines in light of her "substantial assistance" in
the investigation of NXIVM and Raniere.
"Smallville," a television series that ran from 2001 to 2011,
featured a young Clark Kent before he became famous as Superman.
Mack played Chloe Sullivan, his close friend.
(Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York; Editing by Noeleen
Walder and David Gregorio)
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