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That spring, Shelly returned from a Freewinds voyage before her husb<strong>and</strong> did, <strong>and</strong> in<br />
his absence she decided to arrange <strong>the</strong> Org Board herself. There were no settled posts,<br />
executives were still churning in <strong>the</strong> Hole, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> management structure was a mess.<br />
Taking matters into her own h<strong>and</strong>s, Shelly made a number <strong>of</strong> appointments.<br />
Soon after her husb<strong>and</strong> came back, Shelly’s mood visibly changed. Her bro<strong>the</strong>r-in-law,<br />
John Brousseau, observed that she looked cowed: “The bulldog was gone.” Shortly<br />
before she disappeared, she asked Mike Rinder if Dave still had his wedding ring on.<br />
Then she vanished. Although a missing-person report has been led, <strong>the</strong> Los Angeles<br />
Police Department will not comment on her whereabouts. She was escorted to her<br />
fa<strong>the</strong>r’s funeral in August 2007. That’s <strong>the</strong> last time she was seen in public. Former Sea<br />
Org members say she is being guarded at a church facility in Running Springs,<br />
California, near Lake Arrowhead, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> several repositories for Hubbard’s writings.<br />
It gets cold <strong>the</strong>re in <strong>the</strong> winter. Miscavige sent Shelly a sweater <strong>and</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> gloves for<br />
Christmas.<br />
In November 2007, Tom Cruise <strong>and</strong> Katie Holmes married in a fteenth-century castle<br />
outside <strong>of</strong> Rome. Among <strong>the</strong> celebrities attending were Jennifer Lopez <strong>and</strong> Marc<br />
Anthony, Will <strong>and</strong> Jada Pinkett Smith, Jenna Elfman, <strong>and</strong> even Brooke Shields. Once<br />
again, David Miscavige served as <strong>the</strong> best man.<br />
1 Cruise’s attorney says that Sea Org members were not directed to salute him <strong>and</strong> that he has had many cordial exchanges<br />
with <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
2 According to Tommy Davis, “From <strong>the</strong>ir perspective, it was <strong>the</strong> least <strong>the</strong>y could do to express <strong>the</strong>ir affection.”<br />
3 According to Tommy Davis, “These incidents are pure fantasy <strong>by</strong> Tom De Vocht.”<br />
4 The case against Cart<strong>wright</strong> was settled out <strong>of</strong> court.<br />
5 Cruise’s attorney notes, “Mr. Cruise has never expressed anything but support <strong>and</strong> respect for <strong>the</strong> work on Battlefield<br />
Earth.”<br />
6 Cruise’s attorney says Cruise did not complain about not having a girlfriend at <strong>the</strong> opening <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> church in Madrid.<br />
7 The church has stated, “Scientology ministers maintain <strong>and</strong> practice a code <strong>of</strong> conduct known as <strong>the</strong> Auditor’s Code. The<br />
Auditor’s Code provides st<strong>and</strong>ards to ensure that priest-penitent communications remain strictly condential. All such<br />
information is kept strictly confidential <strong>by</strong> a Scientology minister <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church.”<br />
8 Cruise’s attorney says that this conversation never took place. According to Tommy Davis: “Katy did not lose her friend<br />
because she admitted she was gay, she lost her friend because Katy lied to her about being gay.”<br />
9 Several sources independently told me <strong>of</strong> Boniadi’s experiences with Tom Cruise. All <strong>the</strong>ir recollections were consistent.<br />
Cruise’s attorney says that no Scientology executives set him up with girlfriends, <strong>and</strong> that no female Scientologist that<br />
Cruise dated moved into his home.<br />
10 Also in <strong>the</strong> exhibit is a photograph <strong>of</strong> Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, known as Abu Dadah, who is described as a<br />
psychiatrist <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> mastermind <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Madrid train bombings in 2004. Yarkas, an al-Qaeda fund-raiser, was a used-car<br />
salesman who had little or nothing to do with <strong>the</strong> Madrid bombings. In a list <strong>of</strong> 218 international known Islamist militants,<br />
<strong>the</strong> only one who ever studied psychology was Ali Mohammed, an Egyptian operative who helped plan <strong>the</strong> American