Tom Cruise has been named in a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology. Which is fascinating, really: who knew that you could get sued for participating in crazy?
The lawsuit has been filed by ex-Scientologist Peter Letterese, who claims that the church harassed him after he left. According to the NY Daily News, Letterese claims, among other things, that "a member of the church phoned his lawyer at home, and
when the lawyer's wife answered, said he was her husband's homosexual
lover."
What does Tom Cruise have to do with all this? Well, Letterese says that the Church of Scientology is a "crime syndicate" and wants it broken
up under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization law in the same manner that Mafia families have been broken up, and Cruise is a top member of the Scientology 'family.' Letterese says that Scientology head David Miscavige is "aided and abetted by the actions of Tom Cruise, his right-hand man
for foreign and domestic promotion, as well as for foreign and domestic
lobbying. He has assisted the syndicate in acquiring funds and [made]
his own donations of money believed to be in the multiple tens of
millions of dollars."
Which is to say, he wants Cruise's money.
I'm no fan of Tom Cruise, and I'm even less of a fan of the Church of Scientology, but this whole thing strikes me as contrived and unnecessary. I mean, aren't there better things to sue Tom Cruise about? You know, perhaps for Creeping Everybody Out, or for Ruining Oprah And Couches For Everybody, Forever? Those kind of lawsuits, I could get behind.
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