Book: Scientology controls Tom Cruise's life

A new tell-all by author Andrew Morton that says the Church of Scientology controls Tom Cruise’s life, directs his marriages and runs his career, may end up getting the publisher sued for $100 million, British newspaper the Independent says.

The paper says a lawsuit against New York-based St. Martin’s Press is likely after the Jan. 15 release of Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, which will not be published in the U.K. because of its assertions. The paper is vague over the book’s contents because of Britain’s celeb-friendly libel laws, but thankfully the New York Post has no qualms about discussing the tome’s contents, which it discussed in an exclusive.

Among the contentions are that the church in 1999 asked Cruise to take a course to identify “those in his life who create problems and difficulties,” leading directly to his divorce from Nicole Kidman, who was raised Catholic, in 2001. The book says her lack of faith in Scientology was found to be distracting to Cruise. Kidman then reportedly had a miscarriage just weeks after the breakup.

This is after Cruise was introduced to Scientology by Mimi Rogers, whom he married in 1987. “The most important recruit ever is in the process of being secured,” Scientology leader David Miscavige allegedly declared. “His arrival will change the face of Scientology forever.”

Furthermore, Biography goes on to say Cruise’s hook-up with Penelope Cruz was a Scientologist plot to make inroads into Spain’s media, and that the Vanilla Sky co-stars only broke it off after Cruz’s father Eduardo (an outspoken critic of Scientology) suffered a heart attack in 2003. In 2004, Cruise even fired his agent, Pat Kingsley, for saying Scientology was bad for the actor’s image, according to the book.

After that, Cruise’s relationship with Colombian model Sofia Vergara hit the skids when she “disappeared” after realizing she was being used “as a high-profile Scientology recruit who would be an alluring figurehead for a future recruitment drive in Latin America,” the book insists.

Enter Katie Holmes, who allegedly began a relationship with Tom in 2005 after he was turned away by Vergara (a round of phone calls to Jennifer Garner was shot down by the actress because she allegedly didn’t care for Tom’s voicemails asking “if she knew what freedom was,” the book says). The book asserts she was essentially brainwashed, taking on Scientologist Jessica Feshbach Rodriguez as a best friend, wearing new couture clothes and insisting “if she or any of her children were ever to suffer a mental or terminal illness, they must turn only to Scientology’s treatments,” Biography claims.

All these and other outrageous claims — such as Holmes being impregnated with L. Ron Hubbard’s frozen sperm to conceive daughter Suri and the church hiring the cleaning crew at the couple’s mansion —have led to vehement denials from the Cruise camp.

“It’s a pack of lies. The book suggests Scientology somehow runs his career,” Cruise lawyer Bert Fields told London’s Daily Mail. “I’ve represented him for over 20 years and I’ve never discussed his business with David Miscavige. It’s poorly researched and badly written, and it’s not really even about Tom Cruise, it’s an attack on Scientology.”

As for Morton, he says after two years researching the book, he’s not sticking around for the fallout.

“I’ve sold my flat, and I’m not telling anyone where I’m moving to,” he told the Daily Mail. “I intend to disappear for awhile.”

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Comments

[joeypotterfromcapeside]

I am a woman who has grown up watching Katie Holmes in so many different roles and I have always looked up to her and wanted to be just like her. I look a lot like her and so I thought it was neat to watch her come of age in "Dawson's Creek." I am now also very sad that this poor, beautiful, young , innocent girl has been turned into a cult zombie. I feel so bad for her, as Tom is controlling her entire life. He even makes her wear an ankle bracelet. OMG he calls her all day long keeping track of her activities. Has anyone taken a good look at baby Suri's face lately? That poor child looks like she is already crazy. Tom should be ashamed of brainwashing one of America's most beautiful, innocent and upcoming actresses~ and his kid looks terribly, terribly unhappy. Already emotionally scarred by the age of two. God help Katie. We should all pray for her and her babies. I do mean pray to God Almighty in Heaven. Jesus come quickly.

[IceMan]

I knew Tom was a bit odd when we filmed "Top Gun". He was always asking me if I knew what freedom was. I just ignored him, because he's shorter than I am. He's shorter than just about everyone. In fact, he's shorter than the word "Scientology" if you stood it on its end. I'm filing his lawyer's comments under the heading of "The lady doth protest too much". Tom's career is basically over, and now he's been reduced to a couch-jumping sideshow that all of America is laughing at.

The fallout from this book could be spectacular.

[Jb]

tom,I didn't stop watching because of his beliefs,I stopped watching after his scene on national TV,also I think you are very strange,LITTLE MAN

[Jb]

tom,I didn't stop watching because of his beliefs,I stopped watching after his scene on national TV,also I think you are very strange,LITTLE MAN

[bob]

Actually (*)(*), they have quite a checkered past, rather than try to summarize it here, just go to http://www.clambake.org/ and read up on what they are all about.

[Lala]

I am not a Scientologist, but I know first-hand how very, VERY much the "church" controls every single aspect of their member's lives. These worker drones here in Clearwater are literally slaves to whatever the church wants them to do.
They are most definitely brainwashed during their auditing sessions and are threatened and bullied at every point of their lives. Just one "for instance" here: ever see a pregnant Scientologist out and about in Clearwater? I mean...there are definitely women of child-bearing age all over the place. Go google how they are allowed to get pregnant, what happens when they get pregnant without permission, the number of abortions that are forced upon the women who get pregnant without permission, etc. That's just one aspect of their control.
And as far as Cruise's lawyer Bert Fields never discussing Tom's career with David Miscavige...you don't have to talk to Miscavige for him to be controlling Tom's career: only Tom has to talk to him and pass it along to you.
I hope it's a huge best-seller. I hope it hurts Scientology a lot. I wish Andrew Morton all the best and applaud his bravery in writing this book.

[Mary]

Who cares about Tom Cruise? He's just an annoying freak.

[(*)(*)]

I think the Hip Hop i.e. the rap cult is the way to go: or maybe the consumerism cult as a life style, \"o heck/" the lust for flesh like a rock star-- reeks of a grand cult lifestyle.

Do Scientology's members threaten the community with wanton acts off violence and jihads? directed against your pagan pursuits of freedom?

Sincerely,

Just another act of Patriot

[Luke Skywalker]

Dont be glib Tom..dont be glib.

[Perry T.]

Scientology is dangerous, not only to its followers but to ALL major religions. Tom is just a good sheep to advertise this filth & brainwash more potential followers.

[shuman]

Whew! This tom dude is a bit on the flakey side, must be one of them.

[tom]

oh yeah, i also know the history of psychiatry and lots of other things you don't. you are a smug nothing and i am a god.

[tom]

living in or near clearwater, you will certainly find no shortage of scientology stories and haters. but ask yourself this one question - do you really know freedom? i do.

[Shuman]

This is just plain wierd. How did Kirsty shed 300 pounds of duck lard? How does Travolta transgress back and forth between a prednozone porker and a svelt schmuck? Must be a venutian plot to infiltrate the fat people's world. Why else would they have hired him for Hairspray, shoot him full of duck lard and make him wear a wig? She was already there. Wierd man.

Speak out Nicole, and save a lot of people a lot of misery. Thanks Mr. Morton.

[Holly]

Scientology is rubbish. It would be me starting a religion called, "The Gay Nazi's for Christ."

[hoshi]

Scientology is a load of crap and the biggest cult since the Moonies out of Chicago. They do run all of their members lives. I have seen the entrance contract and you have to give up everything - your possessions, your money, your MIND and your family. If I am having a nervous breakdown, I am going to get help and the same goes for an illness. The only thing Tom Cruise has left are his charming good looks (I do not deny this) and his name. The book may be a load of crap but it is true that this faith is a cult and cults run their members lives.

[Hans Solo]

Unreal, I want to start a cult...errr relegion based upon the movie Borat.

We can go to Kudastan and party with the monks.

[Luke Skywalker]

Scientology is nothing more than a well organized cult. I wouldnt doubt that many of his allegations were true. Just take a look at downtown Clearwater sometime. It looks like its inhabited by mindless zombies...Hard to put my beliefs into someone who was best known for writing science fiction.

Now if George Lucas ever starts a religion, Im in!!

[Lu]

This stuff about Cruise is such a load of crap, unbelievable. One basic belief of Scientologists is that man is a spirit traveling from body to body and so on. They couldn't care less about sperms or bodies. So that is just a dirty lie and shows how much "insight" this Morton guy really has.

[Steve]

No wonder Morton is hiding, he and his publisher are about to lose their shirts. Britain won't publish because they know the book is a crock.

[Dave]

Tom Cruise has so little credibility left, most people won't hesitate to believe this even if it sounds like a bad science-fiction story.

After all, isn't that just what Scientology is?