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3 Now called the Tampa Bay Times.
4 Cruise’s attorney, Bertram Fields, denies this took place: “Mr. Cruise has never asked Mr. Haggis or anyone else to
denounce media attacks on Mr. Cruise on the Larry King show or anywhere else or to do anything like that.”
5 The church characterizes this as an attempt at extortion.
6 The church forwarded a letter to me from Katy Haggis’s friend in which she denies losing a job because of their
friendship and asserting that the church is welcoming to everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation. The friend,
whose parents are both employed by the church, did not respond to a request to talk further.
7 Tommy Davis gave me an adavit, signed by Scobee, in which she admits to having liaisons. Scobee told me there were
only two incidents, both of which involved a kiss and nothing more. She says she did not write the adavit; she says she
only signed it in the hope of leaving the church on good terms so that she could stay in touch with relatives. The church
maintains that it does not use confidential information derived from auditing sessions.
8 The church denies that blow drills exist.
9 According to Tommy Davis, “Mr. Miscavige has never physically assaulted Marc Headley or anyone else.”
10 Davis later said that he had never followed a Sea Org member who had blown and had only gone to see Brousseau
because he was “a very good friend of mine” (Deposition of Thomas Davis, Marc Headley vs. Church of Scientology
International, and Claire Headley vs. Church of Scientology International, US District Court, Central District of California,
July 2, 2010).
11 Valerie Venegas told one of her sources that higher-up ocials had spiked it; later, she blamed me, because I had
uncovered the probe and had called to verify it with the agents (Tony Ortega, “FBI Investigation of Scientology: Already
Over before We Even Heard of It,” Village Voice Blogs, Mar. 19, 2012).
12 Tommy Davis says that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s name never came up.