Here is a letter from a reader.
Dear Mr. Parlato;
I follow daily, with interest, your reporting on NXIVM and the many players.
I do so because I too was in a cult back in the years 1982 to 1984.
All cults, whether religious, pseudo religious, ideology, cult of personality, etc. operate the same and all seem to end up the same way with power and sex being paramount.
Having such experience and intimate knowledge of over 30-plus years of what happens to cult members, I can predict pretty accurately what will happen to certain key players.
Allison is too long invested, morally, physically, financially bankrupt, her life all but stolen by Keith and his cronies that she is a lost cause.
Should she awaken from this dream to realize what has been taken from her, I fear she will end her life.
I would like to note it is never brought up that Allison’s mother never dissuaded her from this group but in fact appeared to have supported her in this.
India, on the other hand, has a mother who sees openly what this group is, fights for her daughter and will not stop to free her from the evil clutches of this group.
India is young enough that with therapy, her mother’s love and support, she can regain her life.
Her mother must always be vigilant as long as any of the others still exist.
The group I was in still has a core group of about 5,000 or less, greatly diminished from its pinnacle back in the 80’s when I was sucked in.
If you have not done so, I would suggest you read a book titled Snapping by Conway and Siegleman.
These groups all use the same techniques.
I have found it is not intelligence, nor the lack of it, that attracts people to such groups. It is something within us.
To this day I find myself still taken in, though momentarily, by the same techniques, but my recognition and recovery is almost instantaneous which makes me exclaim WOW! Duped again – yet now I am unafraid to backtrack and remove myself from the person or situation.
You are free to use this email, and my first name, in your report.
I have been there, survived, at a cost, and only got out by the grace of God.
Others still remain, in one fashion or another, sadly.
I wish you the best.
Georgia
PS: Please do not publish my email address nor my last name.
I so wish I would never have to see these disgusting tongue pictures ever again. Gross!!
I don’t know how much anyone needs to said beyond the words “child actress”. Allison’s parents sold her even as a child. Her mother and father have both been NXIVM members, and her father was profiting off that membership giving high priced voice lessons. Allison’s mother made it clear she supported any and all involvement in NXIVM.
Allison’s parents welcomed into their home for house arrest the person who wrote a fake letter to child protective services against their other child saying that her nephews are abused. It would appear only their famous child matters, and definitely not their grandchildren.
Catherine Oxenberg on the other hand appears to actually care about her daughter.
They are vastly different situations IMO.
Are you saying that AM’s parents knew about DOS before it went public? Supporting involvement in NXIVM and supporting involvement in DOS are quite different. I had thought her family found out about when the public did.
Shadow State
What is the difference between Allison Mack and an inner city pimp who brands his “girls”? The difference is that Allison was first brainwashed and victimized by a man.
The facts are indisputable in regards to which sex is the most violent. The facts are indisputable when it comes to domestic violence ….so why so focusesi on this one isolated case when hundreds of women and killed and assaulted daily by men – usually by the men who claim to love them!
Those are facts and statistics that can be proven….
The “facts” about Mack and her mother are, at this point, nothing but assumptions.
That doesn’t mean she isn’t guilty.
It means she hadn’t yet been proven guilty, and everything said about her here is mainly speculation.
“The difference is that Allison was first brainwashed and victimized by a man.”
Do you understand how out of touch with reality your response is.
Among the vast majority of North America’s males the branding and enslavement of women is regarded as criminal and unacceptable.
Even in NXIVM when males discovered that this practice was occurring, they left the cult in droves.
NXIVM affiliates in Vancouver, Seattle and San Francisco quickly collapsed and males led the way out the door.
You regard Allison Mack as a victim unable to take care of herself.
When Kristen Kreuk discovered sexual improprieties in NXIVM she left.
Many of the NXIVM females were upper middle class or upper class women with resources of their own.
Even Allison was working in media up until the cult business was publicized. She was doing voice work in the Amazon Prime “Lost in OZ” cartoon.
Before you call Allison Mack a victim consider these facts:
1.) Mack drove a BMW that was a gift from Clare Bronfman.
2.) Mack had a “gorgeously decorated” apartment in Brooklyn Heights, a trendy expensive neighborhood in NYC,
This apartment was also probably a payment from Clare Bronfman.
3.) Allison traveled around the world in 2017 including trips to Paris, London and Ecuador.
4.) Allison relished the title “Pimp Mack.”
Allison Mack is NOT a victim.
Allison Mack is a PREDATOR who profited from her abuse of other women.
Allison Mack’s crimes are not so much sex crimes as crimes of abuse of power.
Allison Mack should receive the exact same punishment as the black man who has branded and enslaved over 50 women.
Anything less would be racism.
She’ll get less. It’s called sexism. It’s all over this page and website.
The only sexism I see here is against women, not against men.
How much time did the branding pimp get for his crimes, Shadow State? We will see if Allison get a shorter sentence or not….
I’m gonna bet not.
How much time did the branding pimp get for his crimes,
You asked for it.
You got it.
Colorado man gets 472 years for sex trafficking.
472 years.
Man given 472 years for sex trafficking – longest prison sentence for crime in history
Brock Franklin, 31, ran a human trafficking ring that ‘recruited women and girls on Facebook’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-longest-prison-sentence-child-sex-trafficking-472-years-colorado-brock-franklin-gang-a8077656.html
Women demand equal rights but when they get in trouble for crimes, like Asia Argento or Allison Mack, they want to hide behind their gender.
“We were abused by evil men.”
If you’ve read Catherine’s book, you’ll know she is an eloquent, loving, hot mess dumpster fire of a mom and India had/has a child like mentality even as an adult.
“India had/has a child like mentality even as an adult.”
And the Unholy Trinity of Keith, Clare and Allison were willing to exploit India’s unsophisticated nature.
Which makes all three of them, but particularly Allison, dangerous to naive young women.
Never say never. Allison may yet wake up. People can surprise you. For example, there are Scientologists who walk away even though they have done bad things while inside. Even though their family is still in the cult, and even though they have no money or support system on the outside.
Never say never.
I think you are right–the only thing we can predict for people to actually do is change. Yes, Allison Mack wasted a good deal of her life on this cult, but she is a 36 year old woman who can still live the rest of her life in a positive manner. After, she’s held accountable for her crimes of course.
I think India has come from being controlled by this cult to being controlled by her new boy friend–she needs massive amounts of therapy before even beginning a new relationship.
A few decades in prison should help turn Mack around.
Which cult was Georgia in?
NXIVM is ruled by an Unholy Trinity of Keith Raniere, Clare Bronfman and Allison Mack.
What you liberals and fan boys forget is that the criminal law is built on VENGEANCE and destroying evil and evil doers.
Allison Mack is a slave master who has profited off of enslaving young women and destroying their souls.
Why did Clare give Allison a BMW and an apartment in trendy Brooklyn Heights?
Out of the goodness of Clare’s heart?
Allison Mack sold her soul to the Devil..
Allison Mack relished being called PIMP MACK.
It’s high time for Allison Pimp Mack to harvest the bitter fruit of her evil endeavors.
it is never brought up that Allison’s mother never dissuaded her from this group but in fact appeared to have supported her in this.
In Catherine Oxenberg’s book she mention’s how she and a friend traveled around Brooklyn Heights looking for Allison’s apartment.
This was after Raniere’s arrest but before Allison’s.
And who did they spot leaving a coffee shop and heading into an apartment building?
Allison and her mother.
Allison has gone ALL IN on NXIVM and her mother can’t or won’t stop her.
No one knows what happens behind closed doors. We can send our positive hope that Allison’s mother is doing what every mother should, maybe just quieter and less bold than others… Who knows if she can be saved, but a mother would be the one with the power to bring one back to his/her senses in any situation. I’d like to imagine any sane mother would utilize this precious power in such times.
What’s the difference between Allison Pimp Mack and the black male inner city pimp who heats up a wire coat hangar to brand his victims?
None, absolutely none.
There’s a huge difference: The Black guy makes a lot more money.
Another difference is, the Black guy doesn’t have a 60 year old mental case posting about him in the comments section of Frank Report 50 times a day.
The black guy doesn’t have a club of fan boys who worship him as some sort of role model because he was on a TV show 10 years ago.
Just because somebody has a lot of experience with cults doesn’t mean they get to say that Allison will probably kill herself. She might go through a period of being suicidal, but to say she will kill herself is to completely disregard the support of her family, her friends, and (hopefully) the mental health community.
I have no idea what Allison’s family is like, but they put up their house to keep her out of prison until trial, so they obviously care about her.
You’re wrong! Allison is no lost cause! I’m not giving up on her.
The FBI isn’t giving up on Allison either.
The FBI consists of good decent family men, many of whom have daughters and they understand that Allison Mack is a PREDATOR who sucks the souls out of young women.
The FBI won’t rest until the whole world understands the EVIL of Allison Mack the Slave Master.
“The FBI consists of good decent family men”? (who used false evidence to illegally obtain an umbrella warrant under FISA for the purposes of illegally spying on a private citizen and rigging the outcome of a US election).
Thank you much, Georgia, for your bravery and trust in sharing your experience and insights.
I’m curious: What do you feel it is in you, in us, that compels you, compels us, to give ourselves over to such leaders — even when we may suspect they do not mean well for us?
I wouldn’t give up on Allison just yet. India may have a great advantage with Catherine as her brave, even fierce, and powerful protector, but a mother’s love ought never be underestimated once Ali’s mom hopefully takes Catherine’s lead and realizes what’s right for her daughter.
Very well said.
Some people are lucky enough to have those who see through the bullshit to fight for those who they care about who for one reason or another can’t see it, being under a spell so to speak.
It’s a sadly stark difference between two matriarchal figures here.