>>> SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES IS HAPPENING.
POLICE SAY EVEN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.E SAY EVEN IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK.
WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WHEN FORMER "DYNASTY" STAR, CATHERINE
OXENBURG CAME ON, SAYING SHE
BELIEVED HER BOUGHT ERDAUGHTER,
HAD BEEN SWEPT INTO NXIVM.
THE FOUNDER, KEITH RANIER, WAS
ARRESTED, ALONG WITH A
WELL-KNOWN ACTRESS IN THE SHOW
"SMALLVILLE," NAMED ALLISON
MACK.
MACK.
THE PAIR CHARGED WITH SEX TRAFFICKING AND RELATED CRIMES.
THEYVE DENIED THE CHARGES.
MACK WAS RELEASED ON $5 MILLION
BAIL JUST YESTERDAY.
PROSECUTORS SAY THIS WOMAN,
ALLISON MACK, RECRUITED WOMEN TO
JOIN A FEMALE MENTORSHIP GROUP HEAD BY RANRANIERE.RSHIP GROUP
HEAD BY RANRANIERE. IN FACT, SHE WAS RECRUITING SEX
SLAVES FOR THIS MAN.
A WOMAN RECRUITED WILL JOIN ME
IN A MOMENT.
FIRST, BACKGROUND ON THE GROUP.
>> ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE
CHARGES MADE AGAINST YOU, MAAM?
>> "SMALLVILLE" ACTRESS ALLISON
MACK UNDER SCRUTINY AS THE MAIN
RECRUITER FOR A SEX TRAFFICKING
GROUP.
GROUP.
THE LEADER OF THE GROUP IS THIS MAN, KEITH RANIERE, APPEARINGIS
MAN, KEITH RANIERE, APPEARING WITH MACK IN ENLIGHTENING
VIDEOS.
VIDEOS.
>> THE WAY THEY BUY IT IS THEY
FIND IT CONGRUENT AND AUTHENTIC.
>> THE RECRUITMENT ATTEMPTS GO BACK SEVERAL YEARS, WITH MACKO
BACK SEVERAL YEARS, WITH MACK ALSO REACHING OUT TO A-LIST
CELEBRITIES, LIKE EMMA WATSON,
TWEETING, IM A FELLOW ACTRESS
LIKE YOURSELF, AND INVOLVED IN
AN AMAZING WOMENS MOVEMENT I
THINK YOUD DIG.
ID LOVE TO CHAT IF YOURE OPEN.
MACK ALSO TWEETED AT SINGER
KELLY CLARKSON.
KELLY CLARKSON. WRITING, I HEARD THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE THAT YOURE A FAN OF
"SMALL VILLE
"SMALL VILLE "SMALLVILLE."
"SMALLVILLE." IM A FAN OF YOURS A WAS SS AS W
ID LOVE TO CHAT.
ANOTHER WAS THE ACTRESS IN
"SIXTH SENSE."
"SIXTH SENSE." >> YOU WANT A PLAIN RING?
>> OH, SCIENCE, THE PRESTIGE OF
KNOWLEDGE.
KNOWLEDGE.
>> AND THE HIT TV SHOW "SEX IN
THE CITY."
>> ROOSTERS.
>> EXCUSE ME?
>> THEY ARE ROOSTERS. >> IN 2013, SHE MET MACK.
THE TWO WERE ADDITIONING FOR A I
PILOT IN NEW YORK.
WHAT STARTED AS FRIENDLY BANTER TURNED INTO A RECRUITING EFFORT.
DOZENS OF E-MAILS WERE
EXCHANGED, ENCOURAGING HER TO
JOIN A WOMENS GROUP AND CONNECT
WITH A FRIEND OF MACKS, WHO RAN
WHAT SHE CALLED A SCHOOL FOR
INTROSPECTION.
INTROSPECTION.
ADDING, I KNOW IT MAY NOT BE YOUR THING.NOW IT MAY NOT BE
YOUR THING.
I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU WILL LOVE THIS.T FEEL LIKE YOU WILL LOVE
THIS.
NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO EMMA
WATSON AND KELLY CLARKSON BUT
DID NOT HEAR BACK.
ALLISON MACK, THROUGH A
SPOKESPERSON, SAID, I HAVE NO
COMMENT REGARDING THESE MATTERS.
ADDITIONALLY, NO STATEMENT IS
BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME.
SAMIYA JOINS ME NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> YOURE A SUCCESSFUL ACTRESS. SHES A SUCCESSFUL ACTRESS.ESS.
SHES A SUCCESSFUL ACTRESS. YOU MET AT AN AUDITION.
SHE, QUOTE, LOVE BOMBED YOU.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IT WAS BASICALLY A PROCESS OF
MIRRORING ME.
MIRRORING ME.
I WOULD SAY, IM VERY INTERESTED IN FEMINISM. IM VERY INTERESTED
IN FEMINISM.
SHED SAY, OH, ME, TOO.
IM FROM PAKISTAN.
OH, IM FASCINATED BY DIFFERENT CULTURES.SCINATED BY DIFFERENT
CULTURES.
TELL ME MORE.
I LIKE SUSHI.
I LOVE SUSHI.
YOU KNOW?
>> MM-HMM.
>> IT WAS A VERY -- WE GOT CLOSE VERY QUICKLY.ERY -- WE GOT CLOSE
VERY QUICKLY. LOOKING BACK, IT WAS A VERY
CONTRIVED EFFORT.
CONTRIVED EFFORT.
AT THE TIME, SHE SEEMED TO
SINCERE.
>> DID SHE EVER MAKE ANY
REFERENCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
TO THIS GROUP, NXIVM? >> SHE SAID SHE LIVED UPSTATE IN
A COMMUNAL SITUATION.
>> DID SHE OFFER TO HELP YOU?
THIS IS HOW A LOT OF THE GROUPS
GET YOU IN.
YOU KNOW, HEY, WE HAVE A GREAT NEW WAY OF THINKING.VE A GREAT
NEW WAY OF THINKING. WHY DONT YOU COME LISTEN TO IT?
>> WELL, I WAS IN A FAIRLY
VULNERABLE TIME.
VULNERABLE TIME. ID HAD A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE,
AND I WAS DRINKING TOO MUCH.
I WAS LOOKING FOR HELP WITH
THAT.
THAT.
WE DISCUSSED HOW AA WAS FULL OF,
LIKE, FOR ME, A LOT OF MALE
ENERGY.
I DIDNT REALLY RESPOND TO GROUP
SITUATIONS.
SHE SAID, OH, I HAVE AN
ALTERNATIVE.
SHE PUT ME ON THE PHONE WITH A
GUY CALLED EDGAR. YOU KNOW, HE SPATTED SOME VERY
GENERIC SELF-HELP STUFF, AND I
WASNT IMPRESSED.
WASNT IMPRESSED. >> YOU ULTIMATELY HAD A DINNER
WITH HER, WHERE SHE BROUGHT
ANOTHER PERSON ALONG.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> THERES BEEN SPECULATION IN THE PRESS ABOUT WHETHER THAT WAS
INDIA OXENBURG.
INDIA OXENBURG. DO YOU BELIEVE SHE BROUGHT INDIA
WITH HER?
WITH HER?
>> I BARELY REMEMBER THIS WOMAN
BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY QUIET.
SHE SEEMED TO BE IN AWE OF
ALLISON AND SOMEWHAT UNDER HER CONTROL.AND SOMEWHAT UNDER HER
CONTROL.
SHE DIDNT SPEAK AT ALL.
VISUALLY, WHEN I SAW A PICTURE
OF INDIA, IT MAY WELL BE HER. AT THAT DINNER, ALLISON WASR.
AT THAT DINNER, ALLISON WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A DIFFERENT
PERSON.
PERSON.
SHE WAS VERY MOODY, VERY PULLED DOWN AND SERIOUS.Y, VERY PULLED
DOWN AND SERIOUS. IT WAS STRANGE TO SEE HER GO
FROM A SMILING, CHIRPY,
EXTREMELY FRIENDLY GIRL, INTO
SOMEONE QUITE STERN.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT YOU INTO THIS
GROUP?
GROUP?
>> I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, I HAVE
NO DOUBT.
LOOKING BACK AT THE E-MAILS,
ITS VERY CLEAR THAT SHE WAS
REALLY MUCH
REALLY PUMPING UP HER FEMINIST
INTERESTS TO LURE ME IN.
YOU KNOW, IM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF YOUNG FEMINISTS.Y SUPPORTIVE OF
YOUNG FEMINISTS. I WAS VERY HEARTENED THAT THIS
WOMAN WAS LOOKING TO DO
SOMETHING POSITIVE.
SOMETHING POSITIVE. YOU KNOW, SO I -- IT WAS EXACTLY
THE RIGHT BUTTON TO PUSH WITH
ME.
ME.
IM SORT OF ANGRY THAT SHE USED FEMINISM FOR SUCH NEFARIOUSSED
FEMINISM FOR SUCH NEFARIOUS ENDS.
ENDS.
>> SHES DENYING IT.
>> YEAH.
>> SHE IS UNDER ARREST AND $5
MILLION BAIL DOESNT SUGGEST THE
POLICE DONT THINK YOU DID
ANYTHING WRONG.
LISTEN, WERE GLAD YOU ARE WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU WERE STRONG AND PROJECTED
ENOUGH THAT, EVENTUALLY, SHE
MOVED ON.
THIS COULD HAVE ENDED
DIFFERENTLY.
>> YES.
>> ALL THE BEST TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MEGYN.