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Tom Welling is breaking his silence on Smallville co-star Allison Mack and her involvement in the NXIVM sex cult.

During his interview on fellow Smallville co-star Michael Rosenbaum‘s Inside Of You podcast, the two briefly discussed the sex cult, where Allison allegedly recruited women into NXIVM where leader Keith Raniere reportedly blackmailed women into becoming sex slaves and branded his initials into them.

Earlier this week, Keith was found guilty on seven charges, including forced labor conspiracy and sex trafficking conspiracy.

“I didn’t know anything about it,” Tom said. “So, there you go. I was very surprised to read anything about it. It sounds very bizarre. Allison was always a nice person around me.”

Tom added: “It’s also funny that people would think we know, or that we would have some like, really like perspective on it.”

“I always say this, if somebody said, ‘Hey your brother killed someone?’ ‘No, it’s impossible. You don’t know my brother,’” Michael responded. “Now, Allison and I were never really tight on the show like you and I were. I didn’t really know where she went off and did her own thing. But like if somebody said, ‘Oh, Allison Mack killed [somebody],’ I would go, ‘No, that’s impossible.’”

Michael then added that he feels torn between “always [having] love for Allison” and the details that are coming out about the case. “I don’t know what to say or what to…other than if it’s true, it’s a tragedy.”

Back in April, Allison pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and racketeering charges. She will be sentenced in September.

Nxivm founder Keith Raniere has been found guilty of federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges on Wednesday (June 19), according to John Marzulli – spokesman for the prosecutor’s office.

Keith had pleaded not guilty on all seven charges he faced, including racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labor conspiracy, sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and attempted sex trafficking.

His conviction comes after his top liutenant of his sex cult Smallville actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and racketeering charges. She will be sentenced in September.

Allison was accused of recruiting women into NXIVM where Keith reportedly blackmailed women into becoming sex slaves and branded his initials into them.

CNN reports that US attorney Richard Donoghue said that “Raniere, who portrayed himself as a savant and a genius, was in fact a massive manipulator, a con man, and the crime boss of a cult-like organization involved in sex trafficking, child pornography, extortion, compelled abortions, branding, degradation and humiliation.”

Keith is due to be sentenced on September 25 where he could face life in prison.

Disturbing new details have emerged about Allison Mack‘s involvement in Nxivm’s secret sex cult.

The 36-year-old former Smallville actress and alleged slave master kept India Oxenberg – the daughter of Dynasty actress Catherine Oxenberg – on a 500-calorie-a-day diet, ex-member “Nicole” testified over the weekend during the sex-trafficking trial of accused leader Keith Raniere, the New York Post reports.

Nicole said that Allison was “so manipulative, she’d threaten to starve … India even further to ensure that Nicole remained obedient.”

”When India and I became close, they would use her to make me behave,” Nicole explained. “Allison was trying to have [India] get down to a certain weight, and they decided that goal weight was 107 pounds.”

“It was just really hard to watch, sometimes,” Nicole added. “It was tough on her.”

Nicole went on to describe degrading events they had to endure for Allison, such as “weekly naked group pictures” for Keith, which Allison called “family photos.”

Allison Mack pleaded guilty in the case back in April.

Allison Mack has pleaded guilty for her involvement in the NXIVM sex cult case.

The 36-year-old former Smallville actress plead guilty on two counts – racketeering conspiracy and racketeering – and she faced 40 years in prison, 20 for each count, according to TMZ.

Allison was accused of recruiting women into NXIVM under the guise of a women’s empowerment program with courses costing thousands of dollars. She was also accused of coercing two “slaves” into having sex with the group’s leader, Keith Raniere.

“I must take full responsibility for my conduct. I am very sorry for my role in this case. I am very sorry to my family and to the good people I hurt through my misguided adherence to [NXIVM leader] Keith Raniere’s teachings,” Allison said in court.

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Michael Rosenbaum, who co-starred with Allison Mack on Smallville, is breaking his silence on the allegations that she was the number two in a sex cult.

Michael, who is now 46 years old, played Lex Luthor on the show alongside Allison and spoke about her on the podcast This Past Weekend last month.

“I’ve chosen not to talk about it only because it’s shocking and all I can say is this: When I was on that show, Allison was the sweetest, most professional — she was just a great girl, great actress The whole story’s yet to come out but I think a lot of the story’s out there now and I think it’s just shocking, it’s surprising. She was great,” Michael said.

About their personal relationship, Michael said, “I really didn’t hang out with Allison but maybe a couple times throughout seven years. So we didn’t know each other, we weren’t close friends, but like there was always a mutual respect and love there.”

He continued, “I didn’t expect this, this was a curve ball…But again, I didn’t really know her…She was smart, this is why it’s so shocking to me. Yes, she was younger, she could have easily been mind-f—– and given like who knows, they could have said, ‘Oh’ — and promised her this thing and she was empowered by things and somehow she fell down this.”

“Ultimately, inadvertently, she got into something that was bigger than her,” he concluded.

Allison Mack is headed back to court for a bail hearing.

The 35-year-old Smallville actress was seen while arriving at the United States Eastern District Court on Friday (May 4) in Brooklyn, New York.

Allison was arrested last month, facing charges of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and conspiracy to commit forced labor in relation to the alleged sex slave cult Nxivm.

She was joined at the hearing by the cult’s leader Keith Raniere.

According to Us Weekly, Allison was “very stoic” during the hearing and “was staring blankly, blinking a lot, had her hands in her mouth and then looked down a lot.”

“She definitely seemed to know the seriousness of what is happening,” the onlooker added.

Keith pleaded not guilty and a court date was set for October 1st.

Just days after Smallville star Allison Mack was arrested in connection to a case involving Keith Raniere‘s alleged sex cult Nxivm, a new series based on the cult is already in the works for television.

Annapurna Television has optioned the rights to Barry Meier‘s 2017 New York Times expose about the group, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

A writer has not yet been named for the forthcoming drama, but the plan is to adapt the report as “a one-hour fictionalized scripted series that is inspired by actual events.”

Westworld‘s Shannon Woodward is set to be one of the executive producers.

Allison was reportedly recruited to Nxivm by her Smallville co-star Kristin Kreuk, who ended up leaving, but Allison allegedly became cult leader Keith‘s second-in-command and his direct “slave.” Click here to see more about the original story.