Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

74 His critiques would then be: The head of Author Services International, Barbara Ruiz, was constantly with Travolta. Interview with Roger Christian.

75 He predicted it was: Interview with Mike Rinder.

76 Even at the premiere, Sea: Interviews with Spanky Taylor and Noriyuki Matsumaru.

77 “ ‘Battlefield Earth’ may well”: Elvis Mitchell, “Earth Capitulates in 9 Minutes to Mean Entrepreneurs from Space,” New York Times, May 12, 2000.

78 There were false accusations: Interview with Roger Christian.

79 Miscavige responded that it: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

80 “Why didn’t anyone watch”: Mark McKinstry, personal communication.

81 Shelly Miscavige had been: Interview with Claire Headley.

82 Penélope was suspect: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun. The church denied that they objected to Cruz’s religious beliefs; see Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know: Marriage, Scientology-Style,” Vanity Fair, October 2012.

83 “I want you to look”: Interview with Tom De Vocht.

84 Miscavige then assigned Greg: Headley, Blown for Good, p. 279.

85 Shelly Miscavige, the leader’s: Interviews with Claire Headley and Noriyuki Matsumaru.

86 Wilhere, who was actually in the Hole: Ibid. According to Vanity Fair, Scientology denies that any clothes were purchased or that Wilhere was sent to New York “for this phantom project that never existed.”

87 Nazanin Boniadi: Boniadi’s story comes from four off-the-record former Scientologists, in addition to the published sources.

88 “was a military commander”: Hubbard, “The Responsibilities of Leaders,” HCO Bulletin, Feb. 12, 1967, corrected and reissued Sept. 4, 1979.

89 Then came the shopping spree: According to Vanity Fair, “Scientology denies that any such clothes were purchased or that any such trip took place ‘for this phantom project that never existed.’ ” Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know,” Vanity Fair, Oct. 2012.

90 She spent that first night: Ibid.

91 “He needs to get his ethics”: Rathbun, The Scientology Reformation, p. 85.

92 Naz had embarrassed Miscavige: Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know,” Vanity Fair, Oct. 2012. The church told Vanity Fair, “Mr. Miscavige doesn’t remember any girlfriend of anyone, in his entire life, insulting him.”

93 “You don’t get it”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun; also, Rathbun, The Scientology Reformation, p. 86. Tom Cruise’s attorney, Bertram Fields, denies that this exchange took place. “He’s never said anything like that, and he doesn’t think that. This is vicious rubbish.”

94 Naz’s last glimpse was: Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know,” Vanity Fair, Oct. 2012.

95 The search for a new mate: Morton, Tom Cruise, pp. 261–66.

96 The names included Kate Bosworth: Morton, Tom Cruise, p. 270; “Katie Holmes’ Missing Days,” FoxNews.com, June 21, 2005, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160192,00.html.

97 Holmes was an ingénue: Sara Stewart, “Katie Loves Her Cruise Control,” New York Post, June 12, 2005.

98 “I think every young girl dreams”: Jeannette Walls, “No ‘Risky Business’ for Cruise, Holmes,” MSNBC.com, May 2, 2005.

99 “I was in love from”: Ibid., p. 271.

100 nighttime helicopter ride: Interview with Noriyuki Matsumaru.

101 “best friend”: Robert Haskell, “Holmes, Sweet Holmes,” W, Aug. 2005; “Katie Holmes’ Missing Days,” FoxNews.com, June 21, 2005, www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160192,00.html.

102 “Something’s happened”: The Oprah Winfrey Show, May 23, 2005.

103 Today show: Today show, June 25, 2005.

104 “At this stage”: Ibid.

105 “five billion years ago”: Hubbard, “Aberration and the Sixth Dynamic,” lecture on Nov. 13, 1956.

106 “place Scientology at the absolute”: David Miscavige speech, International Association of Scientologists, Copenhagen, Oct. 6, 1995.

107 The Citizens Commission on: www.cchr.org/quick-facts/real-disease-vs-mental-disorder.html.

108 “Whatever type of drugs that Zawahiri”: Larry Byrnes, The Know Drugs Show, Freedom magazine video, video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=4437051883726295326.

109 more than twenty percent of children: Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/?mentalhealth/chapter3/sec1.html.

110 About ten percent of Americans: Marcia Angell, “The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?” New York Review of Books, June 23, 2011.

111 “I identified”: Interview with Paul Haggis.

112 Kirstie Alley and Kelly Preston: Alisa Ulferts, “Scientologists Push Mental Health Law,” St. Petersburg Times, April 9, 2005. Katherine Mieszkowski, “Scientology’s War on Psychiatry,” Salon, July 1, 2005. Retrieved from http://www.salon.com/2005/07/01/sci_psy/.

113 “None of these children were psychotic”: Alisa Ulferts, “Panel Waters Down Limits on Student Mental Services,” St. Petersburg Times, April 20, 2005.

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