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Kreuk claimed she was “horrified and disgusted” by recent stories about the group. “I am deeply disturbed and embarrassed to have been associated with Nxivm,” she added.

Kreuk and fellow Smallville star Allison Mack joined the program around 2006, according to a report in the UK tabloid The Sun.

Mack stayed with the program, and The Sun reported she was with Raniere when he was arrested at his Mexican hideaway.

Raniere, 57, allegedly lured wealthy young women into Nxivm— and a secret sex society called The Vow. The Sun reported that Mack recruited as many as 25 women for him.

Kreuk said she became associated with the group when she took a “personal growth/self help course” to deal with her shyness.

The 35-year-old Vancouverite has been an actress since she was 17 and is probably best known for her eight years as Lana Lang on the WB network’s Superman prequel Smallville.

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Kreuk got her acting break in the title role of the ABC television movie Snow White. She also starred in and produced Beauty & the Beast for the CW.

Earlier this year, she told Postmedia that she was confident in her new role as Joanna Hanley, a powerful lawyer in Burden of Truth.

She also said as a woman she has felt unsafe on set. She hoped movements like Time’s Up will help workplaces to become safer.

With Postmedia files

Photo by Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS

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