The following is the written transcript* of the Victim Impact Statement submitted to the courts by Tabby Chapman for Allison Mack’s Sentencing Hearing, which took place on June 30, 2021. This is the first public information outside of Seduced Documentary to be released regarding Tabby’s time in NXIVM. Your Honor, Allison contacted me in 2006…
Author: Tabby Chapman
All over the world, when the docuseries SEDUCED: Inside the NXIVM Cult, airs, Twitter becomes a sea of people who would “NEVER join a cult” and would “NEVER fall for any type of coercive control.”
I can always tell when an episode is airing. I follow the hashtags for the show, and those nights bring a new influx of “I can’t believe they fell for any of that” or “There’s no way in hell I would ever wear a sash.” The same people who stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon and feel that nothing could be powerful enough to have carved such a wonder.
Poverty is horrific. But a kid usually doesn’t know any better. Until they get into upper grades at school and visit other houses. And eventually they learn of a life beyond this and the “American Dream” where they can do what they want, when they want, free from limitations, and be rich! Unless they join a cult…