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vs. David Miscavige <strong>and</strong> Church <strong>of</strong> Scientology California, Oct. 30, 1999.<br />

17 he dropped out <strong>of</strong> tenth grade: Deposition <strong>of</strong> David Miscavige, Bent Corydon vs.<br />

Church <strong>of</strong> Scientology, July 19, 1990.<br />

18 David redeemed himself: Interview with Sinar Parman.<br />

19 Mitt Romney would name: Jim Rutenberg, “Romney Favors Hubbard Novel,” The<br />

New York Times, Apr. 30, 2007.<br />

20 “Get me John Travolta”: Interview with Bill Franks. Marty Rathbun believes that<br />

Miscavige didn’t meet Travolta until <strong>the</strong> 1990s.<br />

21 Hubbard slipped away: Sinar Parman, personal communication.<br />

22 It had been customized: Interview with John Brousseau.<br />

23 “Jack Farnsworth”: Interviews with Steve “Sarge” Pfauth <strong>and</strong> Tory Christman;<br />

Sue Lindsay, “Genius in a Yellow Straw Hat,” Rocky Mountain News, Feb. 16, 1986.<br />

24 about $100,000: Interview with Denise (Larry) Brennan.<br />

25 Fifty such treatments were prepared: Church <strong>of</strong> Scientology response to queries.<br />

26 “What <strong>the</strong>y wanted”: Interview with Paul Haggis.<br />

27 Miscavige refused this direct order: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 136.<br />

28 Brousseau got a call: John Brousseau <strong>and</strong> Gale Irwin, personal communication.<br />

Brousseau remembers that Marc Yager destroyed <strong>the</strong> phone with <strong>the</strong> tire iron, but<br />

Irwin remarks, “I have a vivid image <strong>of</strong> Miscavige smashing <strong>the</strong> phone.”<br />

29 A year later, in 1984: Reitman, Inside Scientology, pp. 136–37.<br />

30 David Mayo was sent: Interview with Bent Corydon.<br />

31 She suffered from chronic: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.<br />

32 “She was frail <strong>and</strong> thin”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.<br />

33 If Mary Sue were sufficiently alienated: Russell Miller interview with David<br />

Mayo, “The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews,” Aug. 28, 1986,<br />

www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/bfm/interviews/​mayo.htm.<br />

34 making sure that Hubbard’s name: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org<br />

member. Gerald Armstrong testified that <strong>the</strong> crew was instructed to destroy<br />

“anything which connected L. Ron Hubbard to <strong>the</strong> Gilman or La Quinta properties;<br />

anything which showed any connection to <strong>the</strong> Guardian’s Office; anything which<br />

showed Hubbard’s control <strong>of</strong> Scientology or Scientology finances; anything which<br />

showed any orders being written <strong>by</strong> Hubbard into <strong>the</strong> Scientology organizations.”<br />

Church <strong>of</strong> Scientology California, vs. Gerald Armstrong, Superior Court <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> State <strong>of</strong><br />

California for <strong>the</strong> County <strong>of</strong> Los Angeles.<br />

35 In <strong>the</strong> spring <strong>of</strong> 1981: Interviews with William “Bill” Franks <strong>and</strong> John Brousseau.<br />

36 about fifty at <strong>the</strong> time: Thomas C. Tobin, “The Man behind Scientology,” St.<br />

Petersburg Times, Oct. 25, 1998.

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