{"id":2913081,"date":"2020-12-12T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=2913081"},"modified":"2023-03-29T08:54:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T12:54:43","slug":"who-is-nicki-clyne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-nicki-clyne-2913081\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Clyne: 5 Things To Know About Allison Mack’s Wife After Actress Files For Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allison Mack, who’s been charged for her role in the NXIVM sex cult, reportedly filed for divorce from her wife, Nicki Clyne, on Dec. 11. Here are five things you should know about Nicki.<\/h3>\n

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It looks like it’s over for Allison Mack<\/strong><\/a>, 38, and her wife Nicki Clyne<\/strong>, 37. The Smallville<\/em> actress, who made headlines for being charged for being a part of the NXIVM sex cult, filed for divorce from the Battlestar Galactica<\/em> star in Orange County, CA on Dec. 11, according to TMZ<\/em><\/a>. The former couple got married in 2017 and had no kids together.<\/p>\n

Before the filing, Allison pled guilty to 2 counts of racketeering conspiracy and racketeering in Apr. 2019 after prosecutors claimed she was the pimp for the NXIVM and she is facing 40 years of jail time.<\/p>\n

Here are five things you should know about Nicki and her involvement with Allison and NXIVM.<\/p>\n

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Nicki Clyne at New York Comic Con in 2010 (SplashNews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. Nicki is an actress. <\/strong>Nicki is best known for her role as Cally Henderson Tyrol on the Sci-Fi Channel\u2019s reboot of Battlestar Galactica<\/em>. She also had roles in a 2002 episode of The Twilight Zone, The L Word, Dark Angel, <\/em>and Dead Like Me. <\/em>Her most recent roles<\/a> were a voice in Godkiller: Walk Among Us <\/em>in 2010\u00a0and as Gail Gartner in the TV show, Personal Space<\/em>.<\/p>\n

2. She has claimed NXIVM is not a sex cult<\/strong>. \u201cI find this idea completely absurd and even offensive \u2014 as a woman and a partner of [Keith Raniere<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s] for over a decade,\u201d she\u00a0reportedly wrote in a letter of support for the NXIVM leader, according to Page Six<\/em><\/a>. In the letter, which Page Six <\/em>reports was unsealed Tuesday (Oct. 20) in a Brooklyn federal court, the Battlestar Galactica <\/em>actress said that it was \u201cabsurd\u201d to claim that NXIVM was created as a way to \u201cfor Keith to have sex partners.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never known Keith to want intimacy with someone who doesn\u2019t want it, and it\u2019s a ridiculous notion to think he would have gone to all that trouble for sex,\u201d said Nicki, according to Page Six<\/em>. Nicki\u2019s letter was reportedly one of dozens submitted by former NXIVM students and supporters ahead of Keith\u2019s sentencing for sex-trafficking<\/a> and other charges.<\/p>\n

3. Nicki is an outspoken defender of NXIVM.<\/strong> Nicki\u2019s letter wasn\u2019t the first time she publicly voiced her support for the self-help organization and alleged sex cult. \u201cIt\u2019s very unfortunate the way that the word NXIVM has been applied and is now synonymous with the term sexual cult, which I don\u2019t even know how to define what that is,\u201d she said in a September 2020 interview with CBS This Morning<\/em><\/a>. Nicki admitted to being a member of DOS, NXIVM\u2019s all-female secret society that reportedly branded members with Keith\u2019s initials.<\/p>\n

“We’re not denying that certain things took place,\u201d said Nicki. \u201cThere is evidence that certain things happened. How they happened, why they happened, and how certain people chose them \u2014 that’s a whole other conversation.”<\/p>\n

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Nicki Clyne attends The Annual Entertainment Weekly And Syfy Party Celebrating The San Diego Comic-Con event in 2009 (SplashNews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. Nicki claims she could have changed the outcome of Keith and Allison\u2019s trials.<\/strong> Though Nicki was accused of being a recruiter for Raniere by a former DOS member, the ex-Galactica <\/em>actress has never been charged<\/a> with a crime. In the documents obtained by Page Six<\/em>, she also said that the trial would have gone a different way if she was allowed to testify. \u201cMy testimony would have countered much of what the prosecution\u2019s witnesses alleged and dismantled the Government\u2019s entire theory about DOS,\u201d she reportedly wrote in her letter, \u201creframing it from a sinister \u2018sex cult,\u2019 to a group of women who sought guidance from a trusted and intelligent man, and created a secret sorority for women that implemented some somewhat unconventional practices in the pursuit of growth and personal freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

5. She hasn\u2019t been in touch with her now estranged wife.<\/strong> “I haven’t been able to speak to her for a year and [a] half. 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,” Nicki said, adding: “This has been the hardest, most humbling experience of my life.” However, when asked if she would still go back to Keith and NXIVM, she said, “Yeah. I wouldn’t trade my experiences for anything.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allison Mack, who’s been charged for her role in the NXIVM sex cult, reportedly filed for divorce from her wife, Nicki Clyne, on Dec. 11. Here are five things you should know about Nicki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81910789,"featured_media":4234814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Who Is Nicki Clyne? Actress Claims She Was Keith Raniere's 'Partner'","mt_seo_description":"Ex-'Battlestar Gallactica' star Nicki Clyne -- who is married to Allison Mack -- claimed she was NXIVM founder Keith Raniere's partner.","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-10-21T13:32:42Z","apple_news_api_id":"1978a33c-d59b-4b96-8c92-3c2e68d47aff","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2020-12-12T17:17:21Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAw==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AGXijPNWbS5aMkjwuaNR6_w","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378005375,378005365],"tags":[378005892,378004421],"_post-options":[378006328],"coauthors":[378005584],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/nicki-clyne-nxivm-leader-keith-ranieres-parther-splashnews-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-cdPb","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81910789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2913081"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4977214,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2913081\/revisions\/4977214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4234814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2913081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2913081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2913081"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=2913081"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2913081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}