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Scientology cult tore up tree to make pen for Tom Cruise | Scientology chiefs tore down a giant eucalyptus
tree to make Tom Cruise a pen, among other lavish gifts for the actor. They ripped
it up from their California HQ to make presents for their golden boy and used
parts of it on the interior of a customised 4X4 for him. Other extravagant treats
given to the 50-year-old Mission Impossible star include an aircraft hangar with
a plush office and several personalised nickel-plated motorbikes. He has also
been given a luxury coach called Silver Screen. The actor demanded that it was
fitted with a drawer to keep slippers in so people don’t walk on the carpet with
dirty shoes. The details emerged after Marty Rathbun, a former high-ranking Scientologist
who left the church in 2004, leaked a memo from 2005, the Sun reported. It also
revealed how Tom insisted his Scientology leader and best friend David Miscavige,
52 — who he calls Chairman of the Board or COB — sampled the coach first. The
memo states: “He (Cruise) requested that a space be figured out for placement
of slippers in the front of Silver Screen as he doesn’t want shoes on the carpet.
“This is figured out — there is a drawer at the entrance which can be used for
this. “He also stated that no one will be allowed to enter other than his personal
assistants. Mr Cruise also said that when Silver Screen arrives he isn’t going
to set foot in it unless COB has been in first.” Former Scientologist John Brousseau
has told how he was paid just £30 a week to work on the gifts and customise Cruise’s
favourite Ford Excursion and motorbikes while a member of the controversial church.
Tom’s actress wife Katie Holmes, 33, dumped him and filed for divorce in New York
ten days ago because she didn’t want their six-year-old daughter Suri brought
up surrounded by the religion.
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