The television actor Allison Mack has been released from a California prison near San Francisco.

TV actor Allison Mack has surrendered to a California prison to serve three years for her role in the cultlike group NXIVM.

A former member of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere's sex trafficking enterprise avoided prison at sentencing after prosecutors cited her extraordinary cooperation.

“Smallville” actor Allison Mack was sentenced to three years in prison for her role in the scandal-ridden, cult-like NXIVM group.

Raniere, a self-improvement guru whose organization NXIVM attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, faces sentencing Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, on convictions that he turned some female followers into sex slaves branded with his initials. The judge told a woman who Raniere ordered to be kept in a room for two years when she was 18: “What happened to you is not your fault." Prosecutors had sought life in prison, while a defense lawyer told the judge Raniere should face 20 years behind bars. The judge said Raniere groomed a 13-year-old girl so that “two years later he's having sex with a 15-year-old girl." Ex-followers told the judge that Bronfman for years had used her wealth to try to silence NXIVM defectors.

Clare Bronfman arrives at federal court, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Bronfman, the Seagram's liquor fortune heir and a wealthy benefactor of Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of a self-improvement group NXIVM in upstate New York convicted of turning women into sex slaves who were branded with his initials, faces sentencing Wednesday in the federal conspiracy case. “It doesn’t mean I haven’t made mistakes because I have made mistakes,” said Bronfman without mentioning Raniere. Ex-followers told the judge on Wednesday that for years, Bronfman has used her wealth to try to silence NXIVM defectors. As part of a plea agreement, Bronfman agreed to forfeit $6 million from a fortune prosecutors have said is worth $200 million.

NEW YORK The leader of a cult-like self-improvement group in upstate New York who was convicted last year on charges that he turned some of his followers into sex slaves will face sentencing on Oct. 27, a judge said Friday. We need to figure out how to configure the courtroom to make sure everyone is safe in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the judge said. At trial, prosecutors told jurors that the 59-year-old Ranieres organization, NXIVM pronounced NEHK-see-uhm operated like a cult that won him the devotion of a wealthy heiress and Hollywood actresses. Prosecutors said he formed a secret subgroup comprised of brainwashed female slaves who were branded with his initials and forced to have sex with him. Raniere is facing 15 years to life in prison.

Since then, several TV projects -- from Lifetimes Escaping the NXIVM Cult to Voxs Netflix series Explained -- have shined a light on the cults practices and Macks involvement, while many more, including an HBO docuseries, are currently in production. In addition to Smallville, Mack made guest-starring appearances on FXs Wilfred and Foxs The Following. Allison Mack on 'Smallville' and 'Lost in Oz.' In July 2018, Salzman, her mother and other key NXIVM members were arrested for their respective involvement in the cult. RELATED CONTENT:Lifetime to Release Movie About NXIVM Cult -- See Who's Playing Keith Raniere and Allison MackInside the NXIVM Cult: 'Dynasty' Actress Catherine Oxenberg on Bringing Her Story to LifetimeWhat's the NXIVM Cult?

Now, one mother and former recruit, Dynasty actress Catherine Oxenberg, is bringing her true story of losing her daughter, India, to the cult and her long fight to rescue her from the clutches of Raniere to Lifetime. ET, Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter is based on Oxenbergs 2018 memoir, Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter From a Terrifying Cult. Her StoryI didnt sign my daughter up for a sex cult, says Oxenberg, who holds herself accountable for what ultimately happened to India. Intending to help her daughter on her journey into adulthood, she inadvertently introduced India, then 19 years old, to NXIVM in 2011. Once almost killed me! (In the film, Oxenberg is portrayed by Andrea Roth while Jasper Parish plays India.

Lifetime's original movie about the controversial NXIVM cult has its very first trailer -- and as expected, it is bonkers. Following the premiere of Escaping the NXIVM Cult, Lifetime will roll out a documentary special with journalist Gretchen Carlson called Beyond the Headlines: Escaping the NXIVM Cult With Gretchen Carlson. The companion doc will show Carlson investigating the cult and feature a sit-down with Oxenberg about her real-life journey to save her daughter from NXIVM. Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter, part of Lifetime's "Ripped from the Headlines" slate, premieres Saturday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. RELATED CONTENT:Lifetime to Release Movie About NXIVM Cult -- See Who's Playing Keith Raniere and Allison MackNXIVM Leader Keith Raniere Found Guilty in Sex Trafficking CaseActress Allison Mack Pleads Guilty in NXIVM Alleged Sex Cult CaseSmallville Star Allison Mack Claims NXIVM Branding Ritual Was Her Idea