Hollywood star Tom Cruise has become second in command of the controversial Church of Scientology, according to a new biography – which makes an extraordinary attack on the star by comparing his 20-month-old daughter Suri to the Devil’s child in the film Rosemary’s Baby.
According to reports, the book, an unauthorized biography written by author Andrew Morton, claims Scientology has taken over the 45-year-old actor’s life, with its officials selecting many of the staff at his Hollywood mansion.
Morton, a former biographer of the late Princess Diana alleges that the ‘Top Gun’ actor is consulted by Scientology leader David Miscavige on “every aspect of planning and policy” and is tailoring his career to fit the aims of Scientology.
Miscavige and Cruise are said to have a close relationship, and according to the book, the pair are so close, Miscavige even joined him on honeymoon in the Maldives after his wedding to Katie Holmes in 2006.
These are claims Cruise denies vehemently, and Scientology lawyers are believed to be drawing up a lawsuit seeking $100million in compensation from Morton’s publishers, St Martin’s Press.
Cruise’s lawyer and close confidante Bert Fields gave a rare interview to Britain’s The Mail on Sunday newspaper, to pour scorn on Morton’s book, titled Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography.
Fields heavily criticized a passage in which Morton claims some “fanatical” Scientologists believed Suri Cruise was actually the result of a sperm donation by Scientology’s dead founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Morton writes that Ms Holmes may feel she was in “the horror movie Rosemary’s Baby, in which an unsuspecting young woman is impregnated with the Devil’s child”.
Mr Fields said: “It’s not being published in England. The American publishers criticized the libel laws in Britain because they require an author to tell the truth. Well, thank God for the British libel laws.”
Cruise has no intention of reading the book when it’s released in the States, Fields added: “He has no intention of reading it. He’s very, very busy with a lot of things right now.
“He has been told about it and naturally he knows there are a bunch of lies about him. You can imagine what it must be like to have someone compare your baby girl to Rosemary’s Baby. Morton should be ashamed of himself.
“It’s a boring, poorly researched book by a man who never talked to anyone involved in Tom Cruise’s life or anyone close to him.
“There’s no real independent research. He hasn’t spoken to his mother, his sister, me, Paula Wagner [Cruise's film producing partner], his agent, his wives, David Beckham, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez or any of the famous directors he’s worked with. Instead you’ve got this long, boring reference to people he knew 30 years ago.”
According to Morton: “When Tom confided to the Scientology leader about the couple’s fantasy of running through a meadow of wild flowers together, his friend apparently decided to make his dream come true.
“A team of 20 Sea Org disciples was set to work digging, hoeing, and planting wheat grass and wildflower seed near the Cruises’ bungalow.
“Naturally the work was regularly inspected by David and Shelley Miscavige [his wife], who would ride over to the site on his motorbike. They were apparently unhappy with the finished appearance and had the area ploughed over and reseeded.”
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