Los Angeles July 30 (IANS) Actor Michael Rosenbaum has described his "Smallville" co-star Allison Mack who has been arrested for her involvement in sex trafficking as a "great actress".
Known for essaying Lex Luthor in the Superman TV series "Smallville" Rosenbaum has broken his silence about Mack s sex cult arrest reports entertainment news platform toofab.com.
Asked about Mack on "Theo Von This Past" weekend podcast Rosenbaum said: "I ve chosen not to talk about it because it s so shocking " he said. "When I was on that show Allison was the sweetest most professional. She was a great girl a great actress."
Mack is currently facing multiple charges including sex trafficking for her work with sex cult NXIVM for which she was believed to be second-in-command behind Keith Raniere. It is believed Mack recruited trained and even branded young women with a symbol representing her and Raniere s initials all in preparation for them having sex with Raniere reports toofab.com.
Recalling Mack s involvement with "self-help stuff" Rosenbaum said: "I remember her mentioning something. An organisation I didn t really listen. I just remember thinking Oh that s a little culty. That s not for me. "
The actor was sad to hear about Mack s condition and hinted that Raniere might have blackmailed her.
"You just don t really know someone. I thought she would be married with kids. She was smart and her family was into music and opera and stuff upper class. She had her stuff together " the "Breaking In" actor added.

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