Leah Remini has broken her silence around the death of Mike Rinder, a Scientology whistleblower who earned an Emmy for exposing the secret organization, and recently died. The actress called Rinder her “trusted partner” in Scientology, to whom she turned when she herself left the secretive group in 2013.

Leah Remini is mourning the loss of her beloved friend and colleague. Following the death of Mike Rinder on Sunday at age 69, the actress, 54, paid homage to the late star on social media.

Mike Rinder, a former executive leader for the Church of Scientology who became a whistleblower after he left the organization, has died. He was 69.