KEY POINTS

  • Nicki Clyne, famous for her “Battlestar Galactica” role, has defended the alleged sex cult NXIVM
  • Clyne is the wife of Allison Mack, the alleged right-hand woman of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere
  • Clyne said she and Mack haven't talked for a year and a half

NXIVM avid supporter and Allison Mack's wife Nicki Clyne expressed her support for the alleged sex cult and confirmed that she is still a member of the organization.

In an interview with "CBS This Morning," the “Battlestar Galactica” star and five other members of the alleged sex cult expressed their support for Keith Raniere, who was convicted of varying charges including sex trafficking last year.

Clyne’s continued affiliation with NXIVM means that she is forbidden from communicating with Mack, who was arrested in 2018 but released on a $5 million bond, as part of the bail conditions of the "Smallville" actress.

"Part of the conditions of her bail is that she can't speak to anyone who is affiliated in any way with the case or NXIVM,” Clyne said.

Despite not seeing her wife because of her ties to NXIVM, she said she wouldn’t exchange what she experienced “for anything.” Clyne also said that she has not talked to Mack in a year and a half and she admitted that “this has been the hardest, most humbling experience of my life.”

Clyne, who was said to have resigned from her acting work to join the controversial organization, and other NXIVM supporters filed a petition asking the Brooklyn federal prosecutors to answer their questions about the alleged wrongful conviction of Raniere.

Mack’s wife also admitted she is still a member of the alleged sex cult but maintained that others involved gave consent to the acts by the organization.

“It’s very unfortunate the way that the word ‘Nxivm’ has been applied and is now synonymous with the term ‘sexual cult,’ which I don’t even know how to define what that is,” Clyne said.

"We're not denying that certain things took place. There is evidence that certain things happened. How they happened, why they happened and how certain people chose them—that's a whole other conversation."

Clyne’s wife, Mack, was allegedly the Raniere’s right-hand woman who admitted that she asked other women “to perform services for me.” The 38-year-old, who is now tracked through an electronic anklet, also said the members were meant to follow the instructions or “they could suffer serious harm.”

The pair tied the knot in 2017 but federal prosecutors said in 2018 that they wed "at the behest of NXIVM co-founder Keith Raniere.” Mack, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and many other charges last year.

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Actress Allison Mack (R) is pictured leaving the United States Eastern District Court after a bail hearing in relation to the sex trafficking charges filed against her on May 4, 2018 in the Brooklyn, New York. Jemal Countess/Getty Images