‘Sex cult’ vic toils at eatery
Her “masters” are in jail, but she’s still slaving away.
Alleged Nxivm sex-cult “slave” India Oxenberg toiled at menial tasks at her Manhattan restaurant job Sunday, two days after “Smallville’’ actress Allison Mack, the shadowy group’s suspected second-in-command, was arrested on trafficking charges.
Oxenberg — the 26-year-old daughter of “Dynasty” actress Catherine Oxenberg and granddaughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia — hauled plastic tubs full of restaurant fare out of a basement on Second Avenue in the East Village and into the cafe Plant Made.
“It’s not polite to take pictures without asking. Leave me alone. I will call the police,” Oxenburg told reporters.
Co-workers expressed sympathy for Oxenburg.
“She’s going through a lot,’’ a manager said. “She may have been brainwashed.”
Her family says they believe she was indeed brainwashed by Keith Raniere and Mack, the leaders of Nxivm — pronounced “nexium.”
Raniere was arrested in March, and Mack was collared Friday. Both face sex-trafficking and forced-labor charges.
Mack is set to appear in Brooklyn federal court for a bail hearing on Monday.
Mack allegedly lured young waiflike women into the group, groomed them for sex with Raniere and even branded at least some with his initials.
Prosecutors say she also demanded that devotees provide “collateral” — “including on one occasion close-up pictures of their vaginas” — for membership.