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70 “I am the ecclesiastical leader”: Declaration of David Miscavige, Church of Scientology International vs. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz, USS District Court, Central District of California, Feb. 8, 1994.

71 “Now here I am, being beat up”: Interview with Tom De Vocht.



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9. TC AND COB


1 There are cottages built for: Affidavit of Andre Tabayoyon, Aug. 19, 1994.

2 salute Cruise when he arrived: Interview with Noriyuki Matsumaru.

3 directed not to speak to Cruise: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 290.

4 Miscavige’s life began to reflect: Ibid.

5 He normally awakens: Interviews with Tom De Vocht and Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

6 The coffee is fresh-ground: Information about David Miscavige’s diet comes from his former chefs, Sinar Parman and Lana Mitchell.

7 “three squares and a snack”: Interview with Sinar Parman.

8 “get ripped”: Ibid.

9 between 2000 and 2004, the food costs: Interview with Claire Headley. The church disputes this figure without offering an alternative number.

10 drinks Macallan Scotch: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 319.

11 his favorite films: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

12 He usually turns in: Interview with Tom De Vocht. Lana Mitchell, “Hot and Cold Running Servants,” June 27, 2011, www/scientology-cult.com/hot-and-cold-running-servants.html. Sinar Parman says that when Miscavige is in Clearwater, he generally rises at nine a.m.

13 Miscavige enjoys shooting pool: Sinar Parman, personal communication.

14 He collects guns, maintains: Interview with Mike Rinder; John Brousseau, personal correspondence.

15 Richard Lim: richardlimtailoring.com.

16 His shoes are custom-made: Interviews with Janela Webster and Mike Rinder; Mariette Lindstein, personal correspondence.

17 His wardrobe: Lana Mitchell, “Hot and Cold Running Servants,” June 27, 2011, www/scientology-cult.com/hot-and-cold-running-servants.html.

18 Cruise admired the housecleaning: Interview with John Brousseau.

19 Until 2007, when he: Ibid.

20 at a cost of thirty to fifty thousand dollars: Ibid.; Marc Headley, personal communication; interview with Noriyuki Matsumaru.

21 He brings along his: markrathbun.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/?transcript_of_bryan_seymour_interview_with_lana_?mitchell_17b1u9r-17b1u9t.pdf.

22 He loves underwater photography: Mike Rinder and Mariette Lindstein, personal correspondence.

23 issued two sets of pants: Dan Koon, personal correspondence.

24 as little as thirteen or fourteen dollars: Interview with Janela Webster.

25 Married couples at Gold Base: Mariette Lindstein, personal communication. Lana Mitchell, markrathbun.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/?transcript_of_bryan_seymour_interview_with_?lana_mitchell_17b1u9r-17b1u9t.pdf.

26 Every personal phone call is: Interviews with Mike Rinder and Lana Mitchell; John Brousseau, personal communication; markrathbun.files.wordpress.com/2011/11?/transcript_of_bryan_seymour_interview_?with_lana_mitchell_17b1u9r-17b1u9t.pdf.

27 Bank records: John Brousseau, personal communication.

28 They may not know: Interviews with Daniel Montalvo and Sandy Kent Fuller.

29 Many Sea Org members: Mariette Lindstein, personal communication.

30 On April 30 of each year: Interviews with John Brousseau, Marc Headley, Mike Rinder, Janela Webster, and Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

31 Miscavige keeps a number of dogs: Interviews with Marc Headley, Claire Headley, and John Brousseau.

32 A full-time staff member: Interview with Marc Headley; Claire Headley, personal correspondence.

33 a charge of attempted rape: Jason Nark, “From Here to Scientology: Worldwide Leader David Miscavige’s Philly-Area Roots,” South Jersey News, Jan. 3, 2012.

34 church resources were used: Lawrence Wollersheim Interviews Jesse Prince, Tape 3, Aug. 25, 1998. www.factnet.org/Scientology/jt3.txt.

35 She worked as an accountant: Mary Jacoby, “High Profile Couple Never Pairs Church and State,” St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 13, 1998.

36 “court jester”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

37 “She was sick”: Interview with Jenna Miscavige Hill.

38 women became physically aggressive: Interview with Mariette Lindstein.

39 break Cook’s finger: markrathbun.wordpress.com/category/debbie-cook/; Debbie Cook testimony, Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc., vs. Debra J. Baumgarten, AKA Debbie Cook Baumgarten, AKA Debbie Cook, and Wayne Baumgarten.

40 “The only thing I want”: Interview with Jefferson Hawkins.

41 “in ignorance and darkness”: Ibid. Hawkins is now affiliated with Anonymous, a hacktivist collective that has targeted Scientology. They often picket church offices, sometimes wearing Guy Fawkes masks. The group pugnaciously opposes any form of censorship, and became hostile to Scientology after the church invoked copyright claims in order to remove from the Internet the video of Tom Cruise extolling “KSW” The church terms Anonymous a “cyber-terrorist” group. Two Anonymous members pled guilty to participating in a 2008 attack on a Scientology Web site.

42 “He smelled of body odor”: Yael Lustgarten affidavit.

43 “I gathered all the buttons”: Interview with Amy Scobee. Scobee says she was used to Scientology’s methods of resolving internal conflicts. Twice, when she was fourteen and had just become a part of the church, she was sexually abused by an older man in Scientology. She never called the police. “We’re taught that ‘we handle our own,’ ” she told me. Because she failed to report the incidents of abuse to her auditor, after her abuser had confessed them, she was consigned to manual labor. Her abuser later became an Ethics Officer in the church.