Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief(167)

122 It was only when she: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield.

123 “It has changed my”: “Prozac Frees Ex-Scientology Leader from Depression,” Psychiatric Times 8, no. 6 (June 1991).

124 The Los Angeles County: www.whyaretheydead.info/flo_barnett/coroner.html.

125 In 2007, Kyle Brennan: Plaintiff’s Supplement to Response to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, Estate of Kyle Thomas Brennan vs. Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc., Denise Miscavige Gentile, Gerald Gentile, and Thomas Brennan, US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division.

126 costs approximately $25,000: Ibid.; and Tony Ortega, “Jamie De Wolf, L. Ron Hubbard’s Great Grandson, Gaining More Notoriety for His Views on Scientology,” Runnin’ Scared (blog), The Village Voice, July 26, 2012.

127 suit was dismissed: Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit Against Church of Scientology,” Tampa Bay Times, Sept. 21, 2012.

128 “It is irresponsible for Mr. Cruise”: www.rickross.com/reference/scientology/?psychiatry/psychiatry7.html.

129 But at the 2005 annual: Morton, Tom Cruise, p. 292.

130 “If someone wants to get off drugs”: “Spiegel Interview with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg,” Spiegel, Apr. 27, 2005.

131 “a movie of intense fascination”: Roger Ebert, “Crash,” Chicago Sun Times, May 5, 2005.

132 “frustrating movie”: A. O. Scott, “Bigotry as the Outer Side of Inner Angst,” New York Times, May 6, 2005.

133 most powerful actor: “The Power List,” Premiere, June 2006.

134 most powerful celebrity: “Tom Cruise Ranked 1 among the Top 100 Celebrities in 2006,” Forbes, May 1, 2007.

135 “Cruise was drooling”: Interview with John Brousseau.

136 “It was a half-million-dollar beauty”: Ibid.

137 “Oh, J.B.”: Tony Ortega, “ ‘Tom Cruise Worships David Miscavige like a God’: The John Brousseau Story, Part Two,” Runnin’ Scared (blog), The Village Voice, July 29, 2012.

138 “None of the Church staff”: Church of Scientology responses to queries.

139 reincarnations of Simón Bolívar and Manuela Sáenz: Interview with Tom De Vocht. Mark “Marty” Rathbun, Moving on Up a Little Higher; Commemorative Edition, p. 106.

140 “The bulldog was gone”: Interview with John Brousseau.

141 Former Sea Org members say: Ibid.; Mark “Marty” Rathbun, personal communication.

142 Miscavige sent Shelly: Interview with Noriyuki Matsumaru.

143 Among the celebrities attending: Morton, Tom Cruise, pp. 307–8.





10. THE INVESTIGATION


1 “The sexual pervert”: Hubbard, Dianetics, p. 103.

2 “the most dangerous and wicked level”:” Hubbard, The Science of Survival, p. 88. Hubbard’s remarks about homosexuality don’t appear in later editions of the book.

3 “This is the level”: Ibid., p. 89.

4 “to dispose of them quietly”: Ibid., p. 157.

5 “Homosexuality is about as serious”: Hubbard, “The Resolution of the Second Dynamic,” lecture, Oct. 1952.

6 “sacked for homosexuality”: Hubbard: HCO Executive Letter: Amprinistics, Sept. 27, 1965.

7 “It has never been any part”: Hubbard, “Second Dynamic Rules,” HCO Policy Letter, Aug. 11, 1967.

8 Gays in the church: Interview with Guy White.

9 “to make go away”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

10 In 2003, a gay artist: Interview with Michael Pattinson.

11 “I was just floored”: Interview with Lauren Haggis.

12 In 1996, the church sent: Tony Ortega, “Sympathy for the Devil,” New Times L.A., Sept. 27, 2001. The church explains, “In 1996, the Church had in place a program to assist members to post websites about their activities as Scientologists. The Church included in the program a spam filter that these parishioners could use to modulate the inquiries they received as a result of placing their personal stories as Scientologists on the Internet. This program lasted about a year.” Karin Pouw, personal communication.

13 “The worldwide interest in Scientology”: www.youtube.com/watch/v=OfbLn9xPW4.

14 “Hana told us”: Interview with Mary Benjamin.

15 “I was PTS, but I”: “Celebrity Interview: Kelly Preston,” Celebrity, #376, undated.

16 “It was that”: Interview with Deborah Rennard Haggis.

17 “Until then”: Ibid.

18 “We tried to do”: Letter from “Mom and Bob” to Deborah and Paul Haggis, Sept. 14, 2006.

19 “You don’t have any money”: Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “The Truth Rundown,” St. Petersburg Times, June 21, 2009.

20 “It was immensely tender”: Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “Scientology’s Response to Church Defectors: ‘Total Lies,’ ” St. Petersburg Times, June 20, 2009.

21 “At the top of the church”: Interview with Paul Haggis.

22 “We ran ourselves completely”: Interview with Jenna Miscavige Hill.

23 These stories reminded him: The church says that it adheres to “all child labor laws,” and that minors can’t sign up without parental consent; the freeloader tabs are an “ecclesiastical matter” and are not enforced through litigation.